Wedgetop vs. Roughtop

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Originally Posted by GRT808

If you do end up purchasing the belts from mcmaster carr and end up cutting them I suggest purchasing Blue Nitrile Rough Top belt. Based on previous posts and robots (254,294,973) I've heard it is a very robust material experiencing little wear throughout the season compare to the rough top AM sells. I'm not too sure if using a band saw to cut to size is a good method though (haven't tried it myself yet).

We've used blue nitrile. I know 233 ran all of 2008 on one set of wheels, but we never experienced the longevity that others did. It certainly didn't wear super fast, but it was not as good as some have advertised.

I would note that you can run the heck out of them and still have tread surface left, but it's basically smooth with dimples in it. We would lose all of our "nubs" and get to this point somewhat frequently.