Thorne's Sale - date announced

[itma]

Looked at their website this afternoon and noticed that they were publicising their "Winter Sale".

No lists or anything like that yet, of course.

BUT, presumably to limit the site-crashing scramble, this year it is due to start at 3 AM. On Saturday 3rd of January …

I wonder if anyone is going to be there to press the Reset button?

 

[MuswellMetro]

Looked at their website this afternoon and noticed that they were publicising their "Winter Sale".

No lists or anything like that yet, of course.

BUT, presumably to limit the site-crashing scramble, this year it is due to start at 3 AM. On Saturday 3rd of January …

I wonder if anyone is going to be there to press the Reset button?

Yep, never get to bed before 2:00am anyway, more worried that i might get trigger happy and order too much because i might have an extra bevvy waiting for the start

 

[Amari]

Yep, never get to bed before 2:00am anyway, more worried that i might get trigger happy and order too much because i might have an extra bevvy waiting for the start

Yes, always a danger, it lubricates the click finger - and can lead to injudicious posting on this forum - I fear I have been close to banishment on occasion in the past.

 

[pargyle]

Yes, always a danger, it lubricates the click finger - and can lead to injudicious posting on this forum - I fear I have been close to banishment on occasion in the past.

There's a few of us who HAVE been banned .... sort of badge of dishonour ! Not many recently but it's only just getting a bit wintry so there's time yet ...

 

[REDWOOD]

Well I just rise above it, you see that's the thing about being mature

 

[Amari]

sort of badge of dishonour ! Not many recently but it's only just getting a bit wintry so there's time yet ...

Envy!: I must try harder

 

[Chrisfnvs]

Yes i saw it a few days ago, it dose say this time if you are ordering National gear there is plenty to go round, so no need to stay up all night !

 

[Luka22]

Yes i saw it a few days ago, it dose say this time if you are ordering National gear there is plenty to go round, so no need to stay up all night !

Sounds good to me. To be honest I have never ordered on the first day anyway, so never had a problem with a crashing side and the National gear was never sold out in the past, even if I ordered up to 3 weeks after the Sale start...

 

[mbc]

There's a few of us who HAVE been banned .... sort of badge of dishonour ! Not many recently but it's only just getting a bit wintry so there's time yet ...

I've had an avatar banned, does that count?

 

[pargyle]

I've had an avatar banned, does that count?

I think you could be considered as an honorary member on that basis ....

 

[enrico]

I have never been banned, does that mean I am still a virgin!
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[BeeBeeKa]

I wonder if anyone is going to be there to press the Reset button?

Does it worth an effort? The main purchase of the following year for me is gonna be an extractor. I have only 4 hives at the moment, but I`ll certainly increase their numbers in the following years. I presume the 12 deep langstroth frames radial / 8 deep langstroth frames tangential electric extractor( capable to do both modes) should suffice yet. Ready to pay about 1000 euro for such a luxury… Don`t see yet reasonable prices in Thornes… Their descriptions are also not a state of the art IMHO

 

[Amari]

Does it worth an effort? The main purchase of the following year for me is gonna be an extractor. I have only 4 hives at the moment, but I`ll certainly increase their numbers in the following years. I presume the 12 deep langstroth frames radial / 8 deep langstroth frames tangential electric extractor( capable to do both modes) should suffice yet. Ready to pay about 1000 euro for such a luxury… Don`t see yet reasonable prices in Thornes… Their descriptions are also not a state of the art IMHO

Whatever you buy make sure the extractor will indeed take deep frames. My 9-frame radial model from Thornes won't take National deeps which is sometimes a nuisance. Nonetheless my wife and I both agree it was worth every penny of nuisance and grind saved with a manual job.
Some of the adverts in Beecraft suggest prices cheaper than T's. The spring convention would be a good place to buy - several manufacturers, maybe with show offers

 

[itma]

Whatever you buy make sure the extractor will indeed take deep frames. My 9-frame radial model from Thornes won't take National deeps which is sometimes a nuisance. Nonetheless…

You can get "tangential screens" (accessories specific to the model) so that it can take standard Deep National (DN) frames - 3 at a time, tangentially.

However the Thorne's one simply won't take 14x12's.
But my Park 9-frame radial when fitted with its tangential screens will take 14x12's.
And the electric motor is indeed very worthwhile …

 

[BeeBeeKa]

I find this prices are much more attractive than the Thorn`s ones: http://tomaszlyson.co.uk/82-radial-honey-extractors-economical
But they also do not describe their products properly… I.e. I have no idea what does the size Ø900 really mean. How much frames it`s capable to cope with, and whether the tangential mode for dealing with heather and Ivy honey possible or not?

 

[farbee]

I would buy a SAF radial extractor direct from Italy. Much cheaper. There was a thread about it but I cannot find it.

 

[BeeBeeKa]

I would buy a SAF radial extractor direct from Italy. Much cheaper. There was a thread about it but I cannot find it.

Thank you for a clue farbee. You probably enter too short words in a searching engine (“SAF” alike). The engines work with words of more than 3 letters, normally. Except the one build in a browser. But this one is only of a help to find a particular word or a phrase on a whole web page, if page is overloaded with great loads of information. In my browser ( FireFox) it`s in a tool bar at the very top, in “editing” department – the “search” option. It`s very useful IMHO. Thanks again.
Here is that thread, I suppose: http://www.beekeepingforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=26592&highlight=SAF+extractor+Italy