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Re: Surgical tubing stretched too far
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Originally Posted by jb1403
Can anyone confirm that the McMaster part is equivalent to the amazon link for the spear gun tubing (other than the dimensions) in terms of quality or rubber type?
We ran the McMaster tubing at our first competition and it definitely showed some wear and caused some issues in eliminations, I am wondering if the spear gun tubing will be better.
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Originally Posted by David Guzman
I can't verify that they are the same as we haven't gotten the amazon stuff but they are both latex rubber. So can't be much different. What size did you try from McMaster?
There are many variables to what causes wear, such as attachment points and stretch %.
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I bought both the 'Spear it' brand spear tubing, and McMaster Latex Tubing and they appear to be identical, at least for our purposes.
Specifically, we've used both 12mm (1/2") Spear-it tubing, which seems to be identical to 1/2" OD, 3/16" wall latex tubing from McMaster.
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