Neptune Carbon fibre Scoop Handle

[pistolpete]

Preview of our new Neptune Carbon Fibre Scoop Handle for 2016...

 

[Nauti]

That looks brilliant,what diameters do they come in?

 

[pistolpete]

They will fit 32mm/ 1 1/4", and 35mm/ 1 3/8". Foam filled for flotation, soft vinyl grip, orientation decal..

 

[pasttom]

Call me a Fisher, but what's the price????

 

[KinTN]

Whats the rated strength? I'm pretty hard on my handles and have broken more than one hi$ carbon hockey stick.

 

[EZ2Find]

when do you expect to be ready to ship them?

 

[pistolpete]

We are looking at January to start shipping the first lot..

 

[pistolpete]

Our Neptune handles have a retail price of 130.00 and will begin shipping on February 8th

 

[nagov]

Well priced in my opinion, can we pre-order from you or do you have a list of dealers to order through.....

Cliff

 

[pistolpete]

Dealer network is in process Cliff hence the Feb availability. We will post here once things are firmed up...

 

[OldBeechnut]

Very fair price I would say also..What kind of weight does the average length weigh in at and what kind of guarantee.

One thing on the handle, I have a friend who made scoops, the Diablo which never made it into production. My only complaint to him about his scoops were the grips, similar to yours. You have to look at the grip (orientation mark) to adjust the position of the scoop. On a open beach this is fine but When in deep ruff waters, or murky deep water it can be time consuming and a challenge. A grip that is contoured to your hand like the old orange type you constantly feel which way it is facing. Anyone else have this issue or is it just me getting old...
As you can see from the second picture, feel is the only way one can orientate the scoop

 

[Jim Robertson]

Will this handle hold up in wet hard sand on the beach? Thanks

 

[KinTN]

Yeah, I'm still waiting on a response to my strength question too. Wondering what kind of testing and break strength they are going to have. Price never bothers me; only performance.

 

[mike k.]

Wow ! , Lots of Anderson advertising on this site .

 

[pistolpete]

Very fair price I would say also..What kind of weight does the average length weigh in at and what kind of guarantee.

One thing on the handle, I have a friend who made scoops, the Diablo which never made it into production. My only complaint to him about his scoops were the grips, similar to yours. You have to look at the grip (orientation mark) to adjust the position of the scoop. On a open beach this is fine but When in deep ruff waters, or murky deep water it can be time consuming and a challenge. A grip that is contoured to your hand like the old orange type you constantly feel which way it is facing. Anyone else have this issue or is it just me getting old...
As you can see from the second picture, feel is the only way one can orientate the scoop

Ob, you make a very good point and this was a main consideration when we were in the design stage of our handles. We are avid water hunters ourselves and are well aware of the little things that have a big impact on ease of use. After trying to find an off the shelf finger grip for our handle and finding out that minimum runs for this unpopular size were in excess of 3000 multiplied by the cost per unit, we were not content to hold thousands of dollars worth of finger grips in our inventory. On top of that there are molding/setup costs. These costs did not align with us offering a professional and affordable tool for our customers.During the testing phase i found that putting a tie wrap on the vinyl with the lock facing forward served me well for scoop mouth orientation.
The weight of our foam filled 35mm/1 3/8" handle is 1lb 8oz. It is 45" long, and like all of our other products, carries a 1 year warranty.
Regarding the question of strength, our test fleet of handles were used this past summer for well over 500 hours. My only personal complaint is the tig welds on my 14ga stainless steel scoop are starting to break...

 

[stephenscool]

Electrical tape holds up really well. Just need to press down the edges really hard so sand particles can't find a way in.
The trick is getting the spacing between the knobs just right for your hand placements.

 

[OldBeechnut]

Very fair price I would say also..What kind of weight does the average length weigh in at and what kind of guarantee.

One thing on the handle, I have a friend who made scoops, the Diablo which never made it into production. My only complaint to him about his scoops were the grips, similar to yours. You have to look at the grip (orientation mark) to adjust the position of the scoop. On a open beach this is fine but When in deep ruff waters, or murky deep water it can be time consuming and a challenge. A grip that is contoured to your hand like the old orange type you constantly feel which way it is facing. Anyone else have this issue or is it just me getting old...
As you can see from the second picture, feel is the only way one can orientate the scoop

Ob, you make a very good point and this was a main consideration when we were in the design stage of our handles. We are avid water hunters ourselves and are well aware of the little things that have a big impact on ease of use. After trying to find an off the shelf finger grip for our handle and finding out that minimum runs for this unpopular size were in excess of 3000 multiplied by the cost per unit, we were not content to hold thousands of dollars worth of finger grips in our inventory. On top of that there are molding/setup costs. These costs did not align with us offering a professional and affordable tool for our customers.During the testing phase i found that putting a tie wrap on the vinyl with the lock facing forward served me well for scoop mouth orientation.
The weight of our foam filled 35mm/1 3/8" handle is 1lb 8oz. It is 45" long, and like all of our other products, carries a 1 year warranty.
Regarding the question of strength, our test fleet of handles were used this past summer for well over 500 hours. My only personal complaint is the tig welds on my 14ga stainless steel scoop are starting to break...

Thanks Pete... I fully understand. And Thanks for offering a Quality Product. Be Safe and Post us water hunters some Treasures to look at...

 

[mike k.]

Carbon fiber Snow shovel handle --- lake Erie use . heavy duty conditions . 2 years later a ok . Price $20 .55

 

[Jim Robertson]

n/t

 

[Dig]

What's the warranty?