Airhead Ski Ropes on Ebay / Pro Ski Coach Water Ski Forum

ToddF · #1 Sun, Oct 4, 2009 4:01 AM

I need a new and where I live I have to order just about everything.
I saw it on ebay so I was just wondering if they are any good, they are cheap, They have an 8 section with handle for 30 dollars.

Thanks

Todd

h20dawg79 · #2 Sun, Oct 4, 2009 12:59 PM

I bought 1 of those off Ebay with a radiused handle last winter. It's a much thicker rope then most, But it works great. I Love the Rad. handle, that alone was worth the $30.00. I even made a cool Blue "Arm Guard" for it!

ToddF · #3 Sun, Oct 4, 2009 3:15 PM

Good to hear, I was thinking rope and handle 30 dollars is pretty cheap, I didn't want it to break the first time I used it.
I guess I will buy two.

Todd

WadeWilliams · #4 Sun, Oct 4, 2009 3:35 PM

Can you link us to it?

I'm not sure how many strands this rope is and what the quality of the line is, but it's reallly cheap. You don't want the rope to break when you're skiing.

h20dawg79 · #5 Sun, Oct 4, 2009 4:56 PM

It's the thickest rope I've seen... I can take a comparison shot if needed.

How about that H2oDawg brand Arm Protector! (it's a knock off, and so is the quality...)

Click on Mini photo to enlarge!?!?

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ToddF · #6 Sun, Oct 4, 2009 6:50 PM

http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-Airhead-75-Foot … 286.c0.m14

hope the link works

Todd

ToddF · #7 Sun, Oct 4, 2009 6:57 PM

http://www.jetlogic.com/airhead/ahsr8.php

here is what I believe to be their home page.

WadeWilliams · #8 Mon, Oct 5, 2009 2:37 PM

ToddF wrote:
Good to hear, I was thinking rope and handle 30 dollars is pretty cheap, I didn't want it to break the first time I used it.
I guess I will buy two.

Todd

16 strand, 3/8 inch... 1600pound tensil strength... Looks pretty good!

Not sure how accurate the length is... but if you're not worried about setting any records it looks like a great deal.

I dont really like the way it looks like the knot is at the front of the Y in the handle, but then again I'm sort of anal about what handle I ski with.

Thanks for posting!

PSM · #9 Mon, Oct 5, 2009 3:03 PM

We have several of these ropes at our club -- a member get's a bunch of them off eBay in the spring and sells them to others.

After skiing them for a few months they are all about 2' (yes, feet) longer than my broken-in Masterline rope at the 22' mark. Otherwise, they are good recreational ropes and have held up fine in terms of construction without any breaking.

ToddF · #10 Mon, Oct 5, 2009 3:27 PM

two feet that is amazing. How did you determine that, or choose to measure the rope. was it noticable, like wow all of a sudden I sure am skiing better.

PSM · #11 Mon, Oct 5, 2009 4:23 PM

Actually my partner and I heard of a lot of big PB's coming in at the club and felt left out. So one day while it was just us out there, for the heck of it we grabbed someones eBay rope from the shed, hooked up both on the deck post and leaned a little on the other ends.

The biggest difference was at 22', but even at 32' there was around an 18" difference. The handles were legit lengths.

Then we measured our ropes against one another to check the validity of our test (we both have ML rops), and they were within 3" of each other at all line lengths. We didn't want to burst any bubbles at the club though and be SD's so we kept the test to ourselves.

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