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Re: AndyMark Omni Wheels

I highly suggest the plastic omni-wheels to anyone considering between our two styles.

Simply put, the plastic omni-wheel is an upgrade of the Trick Wheel. Gary is right in his post... the Trick Wheels have too much spacing between the rollers and the rubber rollers don't hold up as well as they should because they have a diameter that is too large.

The "Omni Wheel" is VERY robust. They are made from two halves of molded polycarbonate with a 10% fiberglass filler. All wall thicknesses of this mold is over 0.1". The rollers are molded instead of cut like the rollers on the Trick Wheels. They spin easier sideways, while still providing traction forward and backward. Each roller on the Omni-Wheel rides on a pair of brass eyelets, which are bearings for the captured dowel pin. Trick wheels don't have these brass eyelets.

We strongly considered discontinuing the "Trick Wheels" this year, but since many people bought them last year and during the off season, we had to keep them on our product listing. We will look to discontinue them this summer, unless the demand keeps up.

It is no fluke that we priced the Omni-wheels lower than the Trick wheels. They are lower simply because we want to sell them more than the Trick wheels. Some people, I believe, are choosing Trick Wheels because they think they are paying more for a better product, but this is not true... the Omni-wheels are simply a better omni-wheel than the Trick Wheel.

I am excited to hear from people who have started to use our plastic Omni-wheels to see what their opinions are.

Sincerely,
Andy
 


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