At 01:39 AM 8/14/00 -0700, Dave Kruger wrote: >Kevin Whilden wrote: ><snip> > > For instance, a recent boat that I tested > > had seams that leaked and deck rigging that ripped off the boat under > > strain. If I was in the market for a new kayak, I would consider such > > information alone quite valuable. > >Kevin, in ten years of reading SK reviews I have *never* seen any mention of a >flaw like "seams leaked" or "rigging that ripped off the boat" in a SK review. > >How come? What happens to a report from a tester (such as yourself) that >contains hard-nosed (but damaging) information such as that? > >Could be I missed reports that detailed serious flaws, but I don't think so. I have never seen it either... until recently. I think most manufacturers have their act together and this is rarely a problem, which could be one explanation why you have never seen such a thing in a review. It simply hadn't happened. But given the laws of statistics, something bad like this is eventually guaranteed to make its way into an actual test. We will know soon enough whether some recent criticisms on Paddlewise are justified. Kevin Kevin Whilden Your Planet Earth http://www.yourplanetearth.org (206) 788-0281 (ph) (206) 788-0284 (f) *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Aug 14 2000 - 10:30:18 PDT
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