"best value" booms

[efox26]

Im looking at 3 booms:

Chinnok Sport 5-7 $119
Wsfg Hwi Lanai 5-7 $125
Nautix Stinger 5.5-7.1 $99

Any thoughts - quality etc...

[alvaro001]

i own a chinook and is great, they last a long time. ive heard that wh are also very good. nautix i havent seem them often where i sail, but i guess they are not that good, so i suggest you stick with either chinook, wich i recomend highly, or the wh.
good luck.

[isobars]

If you can find Technolimits booms, grab em. Ive paid anywhere from $125 down to $50 (on closeout) for them, and find them to be among the best of the 20 or so brands of aluminum booms Ive used and the 6 or 8 brands Ive owned. They work perfectly, and hold up about as well as most bricks. I did manage to bend one pair after a few years of trying (185 pounds, sail very powered up in the Gorge full time), and sailed em bent for months because the bend seemed to have no effect.

In the absence of those, Id assume youd get better service from Chinook and WH just because theyre easier to come by than Nautix and because WH and Chinook provide outstanding service.

Mike \m/

[gustbuster]

ya missed one naish booms 200-250 cm $99

[djohel]

Ive used Chinook booms for years (10+) and have returned for new ones. I love them. They once replaced bent tubes free of charge for me.