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You do not have weight of the foundations. Only number of sheets.
Our langstroth foundation is 100 g and it is good, because bees can draw cell walls to half way.
I wondered when anyone would spot that. Was resisting getting into this thread but you hit the nail on the head. Number of sheets is one thing, guage is another. For example Langstroth sheets come anywhere from 10 to 28 sheets per Kg.
10 per Kg is great foundation but as wax is essentially priced by weight it is the most expensive option (but worth it). We have our own wax processed for us and it is about 12 per kilo. British and other sizes pro rata. Before deciding if your 100 sheets of whatever is good value you need to know how much wax you are actually getting. One persons 'it feels quite heavy' may be another persons 'it feels too light'. Part of the advertised description should be how many sheets per lb or kg.
Early in the thread the difference between wired and unwired in price was mentioned and the thread only offered the options of running the supers as unwired. Wired foundation is one of the UK's more bizarre variants. sure..it exists in some other countries but as a fringe product. Most serious bee countries...and many less so...run on unwired foundation all the time but with prewired frames. More work at day 1 but gee the savings thereafter are massive in time and convenience.
As regards the statement/allegation about the easipet product being make in poor conditions and 'cut' with paraffin wax? You do have facts to back that up don't you? If not, statements like that could be setting yourself up for a lawsuit. To me it is NOT obvious that this is the case unless you have seen a
reliable analysis. FWIW...IF it came from China it is most likely to have come from some of the most advanced facilities in the world and the assumption that Chinese product is inferior health and hygiene wise is generally a prejudice rather than a fact. What is sometimes the case with Chinese wax is that it is softer...it just is....and can lead to saggier combs. Chinese wax also has a risk of containing contaminants...mostly varroacides...in higher amounts and in more types...than we expect here BUT its all down to how tightly the client (the one in the chain contracting the product from the Chinese manufacturer) writes their spec. They can do anything we can do here, and wax analysis is commonplace there so if you order high purity on your spec you get what your spec says. However if all you seek is cheapest....that exactly what you will get.
I do not directly know the products being discussed and may never, but I have not heard any negativity about these suppliers.
