[Rhodes22-list] Fenders?

[Bill Effros]

Dave,

The West Marine review must have been written by a competitor.  The 4 
packs I bought were in a mesh bag.  You can take them out and look at 
them.  You can always return to West Marine if you don't like what you 
find inside any package.  They won't stock products that aren't as 
advertised.  Mine had no blisters, no defects, and I never bothered to 
look at them in the store.

But they didn't stay pristine for long.  Fenders get beat up as soon as 
you start to use them.  They are nothing more than thick walled plastic 
balloons.  (I don't like the flat ones because they don't have enough 
"give".)  The whole point is that they take the shots instead of the 
sides of your boat.

I like the cheap ones because it is easy to replace them once they get 
too beat up--they don't cost more per square foot than the boat.

Bill Effros

DCLewis1 at aol.com wrote:
> Bill and Michael,
>  
> Thanks, good info.  I think we will try the same approach to  outfitting for 
> lines.  Do you use nylon or poly?  Splice, tape, or  fuse the ends?
>  
> Re the Taylor fender pack.  I'm not sure whether it was their 3 or 4  pack, 
> but I read a West Marine review and the purchaser reported they were junk  - 
> blistered, etc.  He couldn't spot the defects before purchasing because  of the 
> packaging.  Perhaps that user's experience was not representative,  but it 
> made me think I shouldn't buy a fender I couldn't examine first.
>  
> Thanks,
> Dave
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