Now don't get me wrong. I love Stiga and have owned about 5 of their blades myself but with the constant need to reinvent blades they've come up with some laughable ones.
- Crystal Tech - hardening the surface of the outermost ply with some lacquer. It's fine except it achieves the same thing as their old "CR" tech except hardening the entire surface of the blade instead of just the contact area.
- Tube - punching tiny holes in the innermost ply and filling it with glue with tiny particles of carbon, titanium, kevlar....
- WRB: Ok Stiga probably patented the term "WRB" but every company is guilty of this; hollowing out the blade at the handle area for a little bit of head heaviness to give the illusion that you're "producing more spin" by making you have to work a little harder to complete your stroke. Even Donic does it arguably worse by hollowing out the handle pieces themselves giving you that hollow feedback in strokes but I guess the pros of that is that the empty space is easily accessible allowing you to fill it with putty or epoxy.
- Donic's precut Bluefire rubber. I know the intention was probably good (to produce less waste) but it doesn't consider the odd blade shapes from Oversize to the modern ergonomic blade designs. (tbh I think we should be applauding them for this)
I can only speak for blades I've owned and it just so happens I owned more blades from Stiga than any other company.
I will probably be getting another blade from them but it'll be either another Clipper and/or a blade from their hard wood series.
What about you? What gimmicks from other companies have you bought into?
- Crystal Tech - hardening the surface of the outermost ply with some lacquer. It's fine except it achieves the same thing as their old "CR" tech except hardening the entire surface of the blade instead of just the contact area.
- Tube - punching tiny holes in the innermost ply and filling it with glue with tiny particles of carbon, titanium, kevlar....
- WRB: Ok Stiga probably patented the term "WRB" but every company is guilty of this; hollowing out the blade at the handle area for a little bit of head heaviness to give the illusion that you're "producing more spin" by making you have to work a little harder to complete your stroke. Even Donic does it arguably worse by hollowing out the handle pieces themselves giving you that hollow feedback in strokes but I guess the pros of that is that the empty space is easily accessible allowing you to fill it with putty or epoxy.
- Donic's precut Bluefire rubber. I know the intention was probably good (to produce less waste) but it doesn't consider the odd blade shapes from Oversize to the modern ergonomic blade designs. (tbh I think we should be applauding them for this)
I can only speak for blades I've owned and it just so happens I owned more blades from Stiga than any other company.
I will probably be getting another blade from them but it'll be either another Clipper and/or a blade from their hard wood series.
What about you? What gimmicks from other companies have you bought into?