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jpf18



Joined: 13 Aug 2000
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 18, 2022 11:17 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

stotts.ryan wrote:
Bunch of them listed on Amazon to experiment and examine. What are the chances of them not being from the same factory that makes the chinook ones?

https://www.amazon.com/Best-Sellers-Sports-Outdoors-Masts/zgbs/sporting-goods/3421881/ref=zg_bs_nav_sporting-goods_4_3421611


Based on the photos - the Chinooks' do not have the rough surface and no drilling burrs. Chinook must be molding tendons in a form with the holes. So no, these knock-offs are not from the same factory floor.
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Ugly_Bird



Joined: 04 Nov 2008
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 18, 2022 4:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

jpf18 wrote:
stotts.ryan wrote:
Bunch of them listed on Amazon to experiment and examine. What are the chances of them not being from the same factory that makes the chinook ones?

https://www.amazon.com/Best-Sellers-Sports-Outdoors-Masts/zgbs/sporting-goods/3421881/ref=zg_bs_nav_sporting-goods_4_3421611


Based on the photos - the Chinooks' do not have the rough surface and no drilling burrs. Chinook must be molding tendons in a form with the holes. So no, these knock-offs are not from the same factory floor.


Maybe. But to make a hole in rubber it is not drilled. Instead a sharp edge tube-like borer is used.
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manuel



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PostPosted: Sat May 14, 2022 8:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Because available locally (yes!) I tried a Bic tendon. Well so far it's been outlasting any other brand! I'm going onto 1.5 years and it only has a slight crack in it near a screw hole.

The Bic material looks shinier maybe a touch more plasticy. Possibly they work better in humid environment?

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