- Joined
- Mar 30, 2011
- Messages
- 36,134
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- Location
- Glanaman,Carmarthenshire,Wales
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- Too many - but not nearly enough
Out of curiosity, I was just checking up the current price of a Varrox wand the other day, Googled it (£160.00 now!
) and I stumbled across a site called Frugo - they had 'branded' Varrox wands there for less than £30.00 a pop including postage! (photo was an identical photo to the ones the big firms sell) I quickly smoked they were Chinese produced lookalikee items (the seller - Guangzhou Diangu Maoyi Youxian Gongsi gave me a hint), I was in a reckless mood that evening and just out of curiosity I thought I'd have a punt, the morning after I had an email telling that it was packed and despatched on the next slow boat out, and this morning, two weeks later, it arrived. First impressions are, it can hold it's ground against the genuine ones, build quality is ever so slightly more agricultural and the wand is a little shorter than the genuine model. but the whole thing looks a lot more robust than the economy alternatives on offer in this country, although the 'foot' plate was loose and needed to be crimped into place the cable is also robust but could be a bit longer (it's a little shorter than six feet) and I had to split it a bit as the crocodile clips were only two inches apart. tested, it works, what more does one want?
I haven't looked to see if there is anything elso of interest on there.
) and I stumbled across a site called Frugo - they had 'branded' Varrox wands there for less than £30.00 a pop including postage! (photo was an identical photo to the ones the big firms sell) I quickly smoked they were Chinese produced lookalikee items (the seller - Guangzhou Diangu Maoyi Youxian Gongsi gave me a hint), I was in a reckless mood that evening and just out of curiosity I thought I'd have a punt, the morning after I had an email telling that it was packed and despatched on the next slow boat out, and this morning, two weeks later, it arrived. First impressions are, it can hold it's ground against the genuine ones, build quality is ever so slightly more agricultural and the wand is a little shorter than the genuine model. but the whole thing looks a lot more robust than the economy alternatives on offer in this country, although the 'foot' plate was loose and needed to be crimped into place the cable is also robust but could be a bit longer (it's a little shorter than six feet) and I had to split it a bit as the crocodile clips were only two inches apart. tested, it works, what more does one want?I haven't looked to see if there is anything elso of interest on there.
