i bought one of these booms the other day and have used it once, today i was showing someone the crappy clamp system and i noticed it was crocked, and after messing with it i can swivel it from one side to the other, are these booms supposed to do this or have i bought a big pile of ****..

NP booms do have a rotating head.
For every person who hates the NP boom front end, there is 1 person who loves them.

Go back to Reg and he can check it for you.

Chad

just remember to unhook b4 attemtping a forward or yours will look like mine, rooted. damn aluminium

poley

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just remember to unhook b4 attemtping a forward

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.. did watch the "free your mind" DVD or something! (I did it while trying a tabletop, and I'd reckon the stupid feeling far outweighed the other damage )

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NP and they said they would replace the head

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yeah there was a prob with a batch of heads in last years X3 & X5 booms, air in the mix or something but with the replacement theyre as good as.

and laurie the cost of a new carbon boom does out weigh the humiliation,

poley

silvec01 Posted - 10/06/2005 : 12:40:06
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once in a while you do get a dud! bunch of molded products. NP is great with their backup service. Go to Reg and he will always sort it out for you. That is why i prefer NP over other brands.
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What do the 'other brands' do in cases like that Chad??
Regards.
Jez

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What do the 'other brands' do in cases like that Chad??
Regards.
Jez

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They 'Try' and do the same but since I had problems with my Arrows sail I cant say it always happens with all brands. And it would be unaccurate to talk on behalf of other shops...

Most brand name booms today are made for the hugh European market who don't have the same demanding conditions that we in W.A are lucky to experience

After breaking an expensive north boom i took some advice and bought a Hydrodynamics wave survivor boom and have never looked back

I'm currently using the new RD Wave Pro booms which is an awesome design due to the fact that the front half of the boom has been reduced to a 28mm diameter grip for comfort but the back half is still a standard size boom which gives you the comfort of a skinny but the strength and stiffness of a standard boom.

Check out the extensions on most brand name booms and compare them to to the Hydrodynamic booms and your see why these booms are so strong

Their W.A based so they know our demanding conditions and replacement part are no worries

Hope iv been some help

Heres a link to their site
http://www.hydrodynamix.com/new-products.html