Pathos Spearguns help

  • Hello everyone. I am trying to locate a Pathos speargun dealer in Manila Philippines area. Can anyone tell me where to buy one or order one. Gosh it is so frustrating trying to find things in the Philippines.I am going to Manila tomorrow, monday to hopefully come home with one. I thank you anyone for any help in this. John Hooksalot2@gmail.com

  • My fault, Dan.
    I am the culprit for sending John some PMs regarding what I, personally, would be looking for.
    I shoot air, but Pathos is getting a lot of love from a lot of people I respect because of their very long band stretch, high set handles and how well they handle recoil. Like so many other guns, a few people always find a few issues and Pathos are no different. But overall, there's a lot of love.


    I do think I have also mentioned that he should be looking at your guns in another thread of his.


    Come to think about it, John just wants a gun very badly, but why not try get one of the the most efficient for its size for the skittish fish in his new home country. Obviously, I have tried my best to get him hooked on air, too, haha;-). I do think, actually I know, that it is a very viable alternative. And it just so happens, that there is a distributor there who can get him one. Needs to be imported first, though. (John, I am getting some PP prices for you on those, just in case).


    With the risk of starting a small online war I will admit that just a few days ago, I tried to steer John away from a revered US brand which produces blockey woodies by the thousands. I have shot a few of them. I find them old tech, with much shorter band stretch than many modern pipe guns. They are durable, take tons of fish no doubt and if you are a great spearo and/or fish are plenty then I am sure it is a fine choice. But I have dived and speared in the Philippines and I, personally, believe there are better guns for those semi-depleted hunting grounds.

  • Thank you but promoting Speardiver spearguns is not what I was getting at. I just found the tight focus on Pathos spearguns amusing, what with other options being more readily available.


    Got you:)
    The problem actually lies in that not much is readily available in that country:-(
    And with what is a available or at least has a distributor (who might not have stock), I didn't really see anything that I would, personally, get over trying for a few days to see if one could get the Greek Kid on The Block.


    To elaborate, though not sure it is needed, haha:
    It's not my place to make John's original thread(s) into a brand vs. brand battle. In emails, I steered John towards some quite impressive tests and reviews of the Pathos. And I honestly talked the bulky old school US woodie down (a specific brand). If I had come across other great reviews of eg. the Salvimar bandguns or Hammerheads (both have distributors there, too) I would have shared those, too. But I didn't. I was hoping John would have friends visiting him in the foreseeable future, which would open him up to more options (this was where the Greek gun initially came in), except there might now be restrictions on bringing in spearguns. All in all, it's not the easiest gun-buying situation he is in.


    John, I will send you an email with the Salvimar dealer's info. That might be an option. I have no idea about how their bandguns perform, but he does have some stock. I have a much better idea about their airguns (which he said, would take 15 days to arrive).

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