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New Paddle 17 years 3 days ago #21305

MrMove Topic Author Offline Senior Member Posts: 33 Thank you received: 0	Hey, after i broke and burned my Tywarp Beam 10 i am thinking about buying a new paddle. At the moment i cannot really decide between the Werner Player Glass Bent, the H20 Team and the H20-2. Any opionions on these paddles?! cheers chris Attachments:
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Re:New Paddle 17 years 3 days ago #21312

RobertZ Offline Elite Member Posts: 155 Thank you received: 0	H2O. You can not go wrong. They are very comfortable, really tough and their customer service is #1.
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Re:New Paddle 17 years 3 days ago #21314

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Werner is always a good bet. I recently bought a Werner Powerhouse but haven't used it properly yet. But H20 is also great.

It depends on what type of boating you do. I've got the H20-2 and the H20-Team. Two very different paddles. I cannot paddle a creek boat with the H20-Team. It just has too little power although I've seen many (much smaller though) paddlers using the Team to creek with. I use the H20-Team for playing and it's awesome. No complaints. The grips are second to none.

The H20-2 is a great blade. Not the smoothest draw but overall it's great. The shaft is strong. (The old shafts were not great..)

In my opinion, their customer service USED to be awesome. In fact I cannot think of a company better than them. I snapped two paddles and they sent me an H20-Team and an H20-2 free of charge where I collected them in Scandinavia for a trip. When I chipped my right blade (on a dodgy slide) and then a few days later tore it in a rapid they replaced both of the blades and supplied the glue, free of charge. They assure me this is very rare and I can believe it. The plastic blades are awesome!

But when I ordered another H20-2, it arrived with the wrong feather. They refused to send a replacement as they said it would cost too much and therefore I went for a Werner and got refunded on my H20. Their CEO (John Hevesi) left and the company is under new management. What this means, I don't know. But it wasn't the service I used to get.. What a shame. I'm sure it will get sorted as Steve Horvath is really on the ball and gets the job done. If not, then too bad for them.

Try an H20, you won't be disappointed! Or just go with Werner from the start. :cheer:

What type of boating do you mainly do?

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Re:New Paddle 17 years 2 days ago #21319

MrMove Topic Author Offline Senior Member Posts: 33 Thank you received: 0	I'm mainly into playboating, but I also do some Class V creeking when I'm on holiday (no steep rivers around my place ).
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