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Aluminium Rods. Anyone tried?

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Hi,
Just noticed that aluminium rods are available in the Red store.
Anyone tried it yet?
Any reviews?

yean
 
The ET rods are nice -- they have some kind of nickel-alloy coating on them that gives a very durable surface. I have not used RED's aluminum rods. I think they're hard-anodized aluminum, so probably lighter than the ET rods without that nickel coating. If you're looking for light, I can't say enough good things about the RED Carbon X rods -- they are awesome. Unfortunately, they're kinda expensive.
 
yah. I've also got the ET rods and find them well worth the money.
 
I also use the ET alloy Ultra rods, great value and very strong.
 
That's what i use now too...
But with a 2nd Red One coming, it would be nice to have different accessories...provided it's as strong as ET's though.
 
Hans von Sonntag said:
how are the CF rods feel when you touch them? Are they coated? I know uncoated CF quite well and dislike it a lot, haptically.
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The RED Carbon X rods are a bit strange... Not sure if they have a coating or not, but they seem to scratch or scuff a bit easy. They're a very fine-weave carbon, not your typical "checkerboard" CF. Overall, I'm very happy with them, they are very strong and flex less than most steel rods. I'm anxious to try them out in the winter cold to see how they compare to aluminum and steel.
 
Jeff Kilgroe said:
The RED Carbon X rods are a bit strange... Not sure if they have a coating or not, but they seem to scratch or scuff a bit easy. They're a very fine-weave carbon, not your typical "checkerboard" CF. Overall, I'm very happy with them, they are very strong and flex less than most steel rods.
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Thanks for the short review!

[/QUOTE] I'm anxious to try them out in the winter cold to see how they compare to aluminum and steel.[/QUOTE]

Great point actually, never considered this really. Seems to be a big advantage of CF. Aluminium and steel absorb the ambient temperature, CF does not. Plus steel keeps the cold considerably longer than aluminium does. So in this regard CF is first, than aluminium and steel the least.

Hans
 
Jeff Kilgroe said:
The RED Carbon X rods are a bit strange... Not sure if they have a coating or not, but they seem to scratch or scuff a bit easy. They're a very fine-weave carbon, not your typical "checkerboard" CF. Overall, I'm very happy with them, they are very strong and flex less than most steel rods. I'm anxious to try them out in the winter cold to see how they compare to aluminum and steel.
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I worked a lot with CF tripods at -20° Celsius and below and never had problems. I would try them in winter.
Marc
 
Yeah Marc,

I'm not worried about the CF itself, like what Hans said above. CF will adapt to temperature changes at a different rate than steel or aluminum. I'm thinking we shouldn't have the expansion and contraction issues on the same level as steel or aluminum, which could be good or bad, I don't know.

I'll be using mine in temps down to -25F (-32C)... Which is pretty cold. Any colder than that and I stay home. And that sort of cold isn't an every day occurance. -20C that you mentioned (which would be about -4F) is actually a bit colder than typical for morning set-up temperatures for winter sports events around here.
 
I own the 24" Aluminum rods from ET and they are one of the best accessories to own!
 
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