legless said...
I think you will find the arrows base comes from Billows.....also by the way it is made in Taiwan not China......I guess Neil Pryde, Gasstra, Loft, Severne etc etc are all crap too as they are all made in China as well.
If you read my post properly you will see I said the cheaper stuff is often exactly identical and from the same factory, but with a different brand on it. However some places also do copies that are total junk.
It is impossible to tell without trying it.
Thus I pretty much asked 'who has tried it?' as the internet is a wonderful information source.
You were going to be the first place I tried if I can't find one locally, but given the exceptional success I've had with Chinook and Streamlined tendons I was not going to buy the relative newcomer to the market without checking it out first.
Thanks to those with helpful suggestions, Ian I got the Arrows base at 2ndwind a few years back, so have sent Jez an email.
Grumple, I knew the mast was good, seems all their stuff is looking better.....