Chain vs. Belts?!?

[frcguy]

Originally Posted by Cothron Theiss

I'll try and slip the DarkSoul tool in there, but most of the build members on my team are unwilling to try out #25 chain, due to strength and the fact that we have some #35 sprockets left over. I'm working on turning them to the DarkSide (bad joke, couldn't resist) and run #25 on at least manipulators and such, but we'll see how it goes.

I understand the concerns with #25, although we ran #25 on our shooter/intake and had zero issues, even with a master link. For context we ran 2 22T sprockets from VexPro driven by a MiniCIM with a 4:1 VersaPlanatary. In my opinion, it's a useful option to have where #35 would be overkill.