What color bands do you like?

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    I've seen a video somewhere on youtube in which a spearo uses a gun with white bands.
    Strange that fish don't seem to be frightened by such a brightly colored gun!


    I would love to try out white bands, though. Seems like it would resist the effect of the sun even more than black. And it probably makes fish even more curious haha.

    Dan I have been holding off on my band order, holding out for colors [emoji4] any colors [emoji106] are you still thinking of doing this?

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    George Steele

    My focus has been the new Speardiver "no hole" rubber tubing. The first batch I made in silver over black and was going to market it as Speardiver Platinum rubber. You can see here Speardiver Small Hole Speargun Band Rubber. One of the reasons I picked silver is because no one has done it before and I wanted Speardiver rubber to stands out.




    Once it was ready and I rigged a carbon speargun and a wood speargun, I felt it looked a little strange. Since then a few spearos expressed concern that the light color will scare fish, albeit only theoretically as it may very well have the opposite effect of attracting fish. But for these reasons I got a little turned off the silver idea and never even promoted this rubber (I've had it for a few months now), actually I just added it to the store a few days ago. Even so I'm almost sold out of it as many guys were eager to try it just for the "no hole". The results are that for example the 14mm no hole rubber is as strong or stronger than conventional 16mm rubber (depending on the manufacturer). The advantage is you get a smaller profile/less drag and zero water intrusion to deteriorate the band from the inside.


    I initially wanted to do blue but held off because like I said Rob Allen "claimed" this color. Now I see that the Vecta 2 colors are much darker than the blue I like, from a distance they're hard to distinguish from black. So I'm back in business with blue and the next batch of Speardiver no hole rubber tubing will be blue over black. I expect this in about a month.


    Frigging cool! Your instincts were right that silver is the shit! Any left? I will take the blue when it arrives but I would love some of the silver

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    George Steele

    :) I appreciate your enthusiasm. Before you buy be aware that it's somewhat difficult to insert knotted wishbones into this tiny hole. This rubber is really meant to be used with the Speardiver wishbone system Low Profile Plastic Wishbone Inserts. These wishbones are fantastic and changed my band making into something I no longer dread. All you do is drill an 11/32" hole into any piece of wood, put the head of the plastic wishbone insert into the hole with the tapered stem sticking up, put some dishwasher detergent on the stem and push the band on. It takes 5 seconds and no wishbone insertion tool or pliers required.


    Speardiver Spectra wishbone line is ideal to use with the wishbone inserts. Insert the wishbone line through the hole in the head and out the side, with a lighter burn a glob on the end of the line and tie a single overhand knot. Do the same for the other end of the band, now pull hard on both ends of the band and the Spectra knot will settle into the hole and out of sight. The wishbone line can be easily pushed to expose the knot again and undo it, to thread the band through speargun muzzle holes. I will make a video of this soon.


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    :) I appreciate your enthusiasm. Before you buy be aware that it's somewhat difficult to insert knotted wishbones into this tiny hole. This rubber is really meant to be used with the Speardiver wishbone system Low Profile Plastic Wishbone Inserts. These wishbones are fantastic and changed my band making into something I no longer dread. All you do is drill an 11/32" hole into any piece of wood, put the head of the plastic wishbone insert into the hole with the tapered stem sticking up, put some dishwasher detergent on the stem and push the band on. It takes 5 seconds and no wishbone insertion tool or pliers required.


    Speardiver Spectra wishbone line is ideal to use with the wishbone inserts Speardiver Wishbone Line. Insert the wishbone line through the hole in the head and out the side, with a lighter burn a glob on the end of the line and tie a single overhand knot. Do the same for the other end of the band, now pull hard on both ends of the band and the Spectra knot will settle into the hole and out of sight. The wishbone line can be easily pushed to expose the knot again and undo it, to thread the band through speargun muzzle holes. I will make a video of this soon.


    https://spearfishing.store/316…stic-wishbone-inserts.jpg


    When did you get those? I need two dozen. haha. No shit, I dread making the bands with a knot but it's worth it. But this looks great. I'll place an order. :thumbup:

    So 21 ft and enough wishbones for 4 bands, if the wishbone inserts come in different colors I will take one of each color. Always been a big fan of your bands and colors are just blowing my mind [emoji106]

    A bad day at sea is better than a good day in the boatyard
    George Steele

    The plastic wishbone inserts are available in black, green, red and blue.


    Hank, I have the inserts for about a year just never had time to promote them. Although Liquid posted about them here http://spearfishing.world/spea…uoto-speargun-review.html. The inserts are now standard rigging with all Speardiver spearguns. It's added value for the buyer without a price increase. The added expense is worth it for me just for the ease of making bands.


    I've been using these wishbone inserts for a long time now and have them on all of my guns. Excellent product by far. Makes rigging your bands quick and easy as well as changing your wishbone cord.


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