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**The Reaper** · 09-20-2012, 17:40

Blackhawk makes some of the worst knockoffs of others designs, in...let's just say, very inexpensive places to have people sew for you. The most expensive gear is not always the best, but the cheapest almost never is.

What is a warranty worth when a piece of critical gear fails on you at the worst possible moment, because the material, thread, construction, sewing, etc. was inferior?

How happy would you be with a lifetime warranty on a parachute, if it failed you in flight?

FWIW, I was sorry to see Eagle go the route they did, and their current production, while available in great quantities, is not made to the standards that they used to apply when John was in charge.

First Spear is run by some of the former Eagle guys. I think their stuff is pretty good, so far. http://www.first-spear.com/home.php

Caveat Emptor.

TR

09-20-2012, 17:40	#8
The Reaper Quiet Professional Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Free Pineland Posts: 24,828	Blackhawk makes some of the worst knockoffs of others designs, in...let's just say, very inexpensive places to have people sew for you. The most expensive gear is not always the best, but the cheapest almost never is. What is a warranty worth when a piece of critical gear fails on you at the worst possible moment, because the material, thread, construction, sewing, etc. was inferior? How happy would you be with a lifetime warranty on a parachute, if it failed you in flight? FWIW, I was sorry to see Eagle go the route they did, and their current production, while available in great quantities, is not made to the standards that they used to apply when John was in charge. First Spear is run by some of the former Eagle guys. I think their stuff is pretty good, so far. http://www.first-spear.com/home.php Caveat Emptor. TR __________________ "It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat." - President Theodore Roosevelt, 1910 De Oppresso Liber 01/20/2025
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