Posts by Marco

  • Rob Allen new shafts. Very poor quality

    I know what you said Dan. I just didn't wanted my post to be erased from SB.


    The one you see here is just a copy/paste from that one. ;)


    With the old RA shafts I never had a single issue. Is now with these crappy silver ones that the rust is coming all over....


    BTW: Just regarding the gear? :rolleyes1:

  • Rob Allen new shafts. Very poor quality

    I just posted this on SB:


    http://www.spearboard.com/showthread.php?t=70118


    Just in case they erase the post for "Sponsors reasons", I would like to leave a copy here:


    Since I bought my first Rob Allen railgun, 3 years ago, I had nothing but good words to that manufacturer. I have ALWAYS recommended to my friends to buy their "Tuna" railguns, since they are well made, simple, powerfull, easy to handle, accurate and reasonable priced. I also changed all the shafts on my Euro guns by Rob Allen's.


    But the truth must be said and since they changed the shaft plating color from black to gray/silver (and probably the supplier), the quality of that "Quatro Phase coating which ensures corrosion protection four to five times better than conventional Electrogalvanising", as they state in their web site is (way) less resistant to corrosion than the old one.
    The same thing happened to a couple of friends, so I don't think my case is just casual.:(


    The original shaft (black) lasted two years without mayor corrosion; just the tip and the notch that goes into the mechanism, not a big deal. The new one I changed two months ago is badly corroded all over. I wash all my gear with fresh water after each dive, let it dry in the shade and then store it in a ventilated/dry place. All my diviing gear is in great shape and I always have it ready for the action :cowboy:


    I now own an Aimrite Venom, which "original" shaft is a Rob Allen and it is also starting to rust in an area it is not supossed to (in the middle of the shaft).:mad:


    I don't intend to use my gear for a beauty pageant o something like that. I just want to kill fish! But when quality goes down so bad, maybe to save a few pennies on every gun, a bell must be ringed.


    That is the reason I stopped buting Omer few years ago (they started to manufacture everything in China and the quality went down). I don't want to stop buying RA, but something must be done quickly to correct the poor quality of the shafts plating. For the moment, I won't buy a single shaft from Rob Allen until I see a change in the quality of their plating/galvanizing.


    I know this Forums has sponsors and they take huge advantage of the Internet, but a Forum is also to discuss openly between users from all over the world. As well as they sell their products to us through this way, they must take our feedback the same way.


    Sincerely,

  • Ciguatera

    Quote from straight shaft

    Marco, listen to me please! Do not eat any more fish for the next year! The ciguatera toxin will eat you up in no time. Just swing by my place and hand me all the fish you spear. I'm just a concerned fellow spearo.:;


    Ok. I will! :thumbsup2::laughing3:


    BTW, the highest concentration of the toxin can be found in the interiors as liver (which most don't eat) and roe (eggs), which I used to eat.


    The flesh should be all the same. I just take a less than an inch piece and that's enough for me to realize if the fish can be eaten (by Julio) or not.

  • "Despingue" de Pargos!

    Quote from A PULMON

    Yes I am Fernando. Yeah... next time I will let you know. Hope you don't mind spending some time in the kids pool 30 to 40 feet.
    I know that those photos are not from that day, if they were I will be exteremely green with envy.


    Well, you can start turning "greenish", but not for me. Mi friend Carmelo got like 5 10+ Pounder Pargos coloraós (Dog snappers) and Naranjo got a very nice "Cotorro". My catch was just an 8 pounder pargo and a couple of zeros. No pictures from my side...
    At the end, we managed to fill a large Igloo cooler with fish. Mostly pargo colorao'.


    I will post their catch in another post.


    As for the kids pool, I don't mind. We can always alternate spots; you take pictures and videos at the 70-80 feet spots and we will assist you in the 30' pesqueros. :;

  • "Despingue" de Pargos!

    Quote from A PULMON

    Hey Marco... Just saw your post. I amd the one who was with Robert and Pucho near you guys on monday. I stayed on the boat cause I am yet to go 50+. Robert and Pucho managed to bring up a couple of hogfish an some nice pargos. Later we moved to the kiddie pool, 30 feet, so I could get wet and spear something. There we got some more pargos, a spanish mackerel and some more. I will post when we go again.


    Well, you can always invite me... So the gasoline "serrucho" will be lower... :):; You are Fernando, right?


    BTW: This was not on Monday but the week before.

  • Homemade Pneumatic speargun?

    You're welcome folks!


    I had many guns with the handle in the middle, Nemrod Clipper from Spain first, Cobra sub from Brasil later. Very noisy and less powerfull than the current Mares.


    The Cyrano has the muzzle heaviness problem, but if you get the new Mares Spark mimetic (Old Sporasub Stealth) with a 7 mm shaft, it is better balanced than the Crano, more powerfull and cost less...


    Again, if you modify the barrel to avoid the water to enter it (Tovarich, Kara-yo or Mamba), will be even much better.


    There is also a modification in the web where someone attached a "cobra" shaped float to the muzzle. Apparently it worked well.

  • Looking for least visible float line

    Are you sure you are not reffering to Polyethylene instead of Polypro? Polyethilene is UV resistant while PP isn't.


    PS: Floatlines do scare fish. That doesn't means that you can't take fish with them, but mi personal experience tells me that witout that thing hanging around fish get closer.