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the shizzle => equipment => Topic started by: weakdave on December 18, 2011, 07:03:12 pm
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After being put off Hornets I am now considering Blackwings. I read through the previous thread and they got mixed reviews. Anybody used them since got anymore feedback or do I just stick with Dragons?
I know they are meant to be more Jet7-ish but I liked them, so thats fine.
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just make sure you get the right size.
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They sound too much like Hell's angels badges for me!
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Stallion, is that cos they dont stretch or just cos of 5.10s randomness?
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I think it's because you sell a lot of shoes on here as they apparently aren't the right size.
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Good point!
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Does anyone know if they stretch at all?
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Can anyone who actually has these shoes confirm what rubber they use?
BananaFingers says mistique, Five Ten says Stealth HF but the images have them with C4. Images of people using them seem to show HF which is what I was hoping..
Cheers
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For a very long time 5.10 didn't seem to know which rubber it was going to be. I saw samples with pretty much every possible option.
The production pair I just got seem to have HF on them. Dave, I am almost ashamed to say that 'wackblings' are much better than I expected. Not convinced they're better than Dragons but not bad.
I was never a Jet7 owner but they are at least superficially similar to Jet7 but they're very soft - much softer than I remember Jet7s being, although I could be miss-remembering Jet7s.
HTH, Iain
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Forgot to say, sizing is same as Dragons or Teams, close as I can judge.