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Unread 26-01-2010, 19:04
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Re: Surgical Tubing

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Originally Posted by Joe Johnson View Post
The black looks cool but (imho) the natural is better. I speak from experience. The properties of the black are not the same and the tan - it doesn't stretch as far before breaking, it takes a set easier and the tan ages better (which is not to say that the tan ages well -- it doesn't -- but that the black ages much much worse).

It is possible that I just got a bad batch of black, but I am not going to risk it.

My advice: stick with the tan.

Joe J.
148 uses nothing but black. We chose it based 100% on cosmetics, but don't have any complaints about performance.
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