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Re: VEXPro - After the season

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Originally Posted by Negative 9 View Post
I was thinking about purchasing a set of 8" Mecanums for my team. I was just wondering why there is such a significant disparity in price between the ones VEXpro sell and the ones AndyMark sell. Does anyone know if there is a comparable quality difference as well?
As far as I can tell, there are two major differences:
  1. Plastic (glass-filled Nylon) vs Aluminum body
  2. Place of Manufacture
    (tradeoffs here -- reference Andy Baker's 2009 Small Business lectures for advantages of local part sourcing)

It's all about final application, particularly with respect to #1. Neither is superior to the other without context.
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