Anyone know the cheapest place to buy some qline? Need to make up a few sets without costing the earth, cheers.
I brought 4 x 55m roles ( Qpower line pro,2x white ,1x yellow and 1x orange...they come in a pack)from the States ,cost me under $300 delivered to my front door in under a week ,about 4-5 months ago .Made up 2 sets at 25m and a set of 5 m extensions.you don't need to splice or sew the ends just tie loop knots/make sure to tie 2 knots as they WILL slip ,the stuff if real slippery.no stretch and whistles like a demon ...No more creeping up behind people with out them hearing you coming.
Hey Rattlehead, can you post the US contact for the Qpowerline pack, or PM me the info please?
The 2009/10 Cab lines go frayed in no time... it's a bummer.
Appreciated,
V
Hi guys,
I have these lines too and I'm very happy.
But it is better you stretch them first. Tie one end onto a pole or on a water tap and wrap the other end around a screwdriver or stick and stretch them *slightly*. Don't pull too hard (very important!). You can easily f*ck them up by stretching them too much.
Cheers
Caesar
so this stuff whistles like a demon and f#cks up if you stretch it too hard!!??
what (in all seriousness) are its advantages?
i reckon whistling lines would annoy the cr@p out of me. anyone used them and not had them whistle?
for cheapskates like me, here's a tip: if your lines wear most at the point where they twist (about 1 metre above the leaders on my bar) just turn them upside down when they're starting to show a bit of wear. you just doubled your line life.
for the super stingy: once they're wearing more than you like at the bottom again, cut your lines shorter by an amount that moves the worn section down enough out of harm's way (50cm). do this ten times to get from 25 to 20m lines. with a bit of practice the restitching of the sleeves takes only a few minutes.
disclaimer: in no way do i advocate letting line wear go anywhere near breaking point. it's just that i think it's a waste to chuck out 25m of line when only 25cm is showing signs of wear.
Ok, this massive difference in price made me dig a bit deeper into the quickbooks POS monster and I found a mistake, some entered the wrong currency and from there some big errors flowed into our website pricing.
The retail price is now $115 per 55M roll (website will be updated asap), and we will offer 20% discount from that price for 4 roll purchases, so the Australian price, delivered to your door is $368.00 and please remember we have to pay GST on the sale price so if you consider that and the fact that you are keeping your money in Oz and supporting an Oz retailer, hopefully you will purchase locally?
@ Caesar
No way you can over stretch this stuff by hand, maybe ordinary flying line but not Q-power pro, no way. Its the most resistant to stretch of any line on the market and has the highest tensile strength too.
Plus you do not need to pre stretch it!!! Make sure you tie your knots without twists within the knots, then you will have no problems with uneven lines. use pigtails and any uneveness from making the lines can be adjusted and the ends of the lines don't wear out.
@Djdojo
Good thinking 99!
I've had these for a couple of seasons now. When I go back to standard lines they feel like rubber bands. Agree with KP - there is NO way you can overstretch these lines by hand. Basically they don't stretch. That's the advantage, better kite response. And use pigtails as KP says, it helps them last. 2seasons 2/week and no significant signs of wear. Will probably swap them around soon though.
Mal
To maintain the original length how about just replacing the bottom section with new line? What type of knot would you use to do this ?
Also djdojo how do you go about re-sewing the sleeves so easily, do you have a industrial sewing machine?
