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JoeyS wrote:Wait, so are you all suggesting the Ebay Bomber Gear guy is selling newly produced (but imported; lower quality) BG pads? I thought he bought the inventory of the BG business and was just selling what was left (?). I bought some of the long knee pads from the guy last year, and they are holding up fine, but I've only used them for a few dozen trips; I'm still waiting to wear out the Bombers I bought back in 2000, but I can't seem to kill them.
xcathodex wrote:from what i'm told by fellow cavers - i have no material evidence, so to speak - Bombers used to be made in America. the newer ones, at the very least the most recent production run that is still trickling its way onto eBay, are made in Taiwan if I remember correctly from the tags that used to be on mine. they are a shadow of the old made-in-America version.
the eBay Bomber guy is the one I spoke with who claims to have a new batch on order.
SpeleoRover wrote:We've been using 20 or so of the old US-made shorties at work for years. They've held up great. They need some patching and new straps, though.
Chaz (a member here) had some kneepads Rhino-lined at a truck bedliner service. That would make about any pad puncture proof!
Dangerjudy wrote:Rumors are circulating in the paddling world that Bomber Gear is going to resurrect itself. If so I wonder if they will make caving knee pads again. hmmm....
Dangerjudy wrote:http://www.paddlinglife.net/article.php?id=232
NZcaver wrote:Dangerjudy wrote:http://www.paddlinglife.net/article.php?id=232
Thanks for posting the link. Breaking news indeed!
2003 was a sad year as one of the most innovative paddling outerwear companies in the industry bid adieu to paddlesports.
But now, after fighting through five years of strife, Bomber Gear and owner Rick Fanken are back with a new, recognizable partner and the same bomber gear. “We’ve always had top-end designs,” Franken says. “That’s the reason Bomber Gear was able to rise out of the ashes like a phoenix. We have a strong brand.”
So Bomber Gear is back in business - yay!
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