Weather here in northern Michigan has been horrible. It's rained pretty much every day since pulling the boat out of storage. It's rained so much, I stopped trying to get the boat launched and started drawing up plans to build an ark.
Anyway, I'm starting to make some progress again but have decided to include replacing all plumbing on my pre-launch to-do list. I've got pretty much everything I need; hose, valves, fittings. Only thing left to purchase is hose clamps. I need 18 of them. I can't believe I'm going to spend $75 dollars on hose clamps. The SBF online store is out of just about everything the correct size, so I found what I think is the same clamp on amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002IVEDTS/ref=ox_sc_act_title_7?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1 $37.39 for 10, $74.78 for 20. That's $3.74 eachOr better yet, 18 of them from WM is $135.00 Give me a break.
I'm going to spend the money, I mean otherwise the boat could sink. I think I'm just looking for someone to give me a really really good reason why I shouldn't go the Depot and spend less than $20 for 25.
What makes Scandvik or ABA hose clamps worth 5 X as much as other stainless clamps? There's got to be a good reason?
Anyway, I'm starting to make some progress again but have decided to include replacing all plumbing on my pre-launch to-do list. I've got pretty much everything I need; hose, valves, fittings. Only thing left to purchase is hose clamps. I need 18 of them. I can't believe I'm going to spend $75 dollars on hose clamps. The SBF online store is out of just about everything the correct size, so I found what I think is the same clamp on amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002IVEDTS/ref=ox_sc_act_title_7?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1 $37.39 for 10, $74.78 for 20. That's $3.74 eachOr better yet, 18 of them from WM is $135.00 Give me a break.
I'm going to spend the money, I mean otherwise the boat could sink. I think I'm just looking for someone to give me a really really good reason why I shouldn't go the Depot and spend less than $20 for 25.
What makes Scandvik or ABA hose clamps worth 5 X as much as other stainless clamps? There's got to be a good reason?