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#81 · (Edited)
Here is a currency conversion:
$1.00 U.S.A. =6.65 CNY-Chinese Yuan Ren
$1.50 U.S.A. =9.97 CNY -Chinese Yuan Ren
This is the reason China can sell items so much cheaper and some items qualify for free shipping.
Another example: most of the trail cameras are imported from China. The camera is excellent quality, but where some fail is another company builds the software to operate the camera and parts of the software are not compatible with some of the camera settings. Some of these imported cameras list for approximately $150.00 U.S.A. which equates to 997.00 CNY-Chinese Yuan Ren. This same camera that Canadian sellers import from the U.S.A. sell from $275.00 to $299.00 here in Canada. The higher cost is due to import fees, shipping, currency conversion, then the Canadian mark up. Canadian dealers will purchase these cameras quite a bit cheaper than I would be able to: being a dealer and quantity purchased. I import most of my trail cameras from the U.S.A. as I can still save money as compared to buying here in Canada.
Importing small batteries similar to the small watch battery: 10 from China equates to
$5.00 Canadian for me after currency exchange. These qualified for free shipping. The same battery brand and number purchased from a Canadian drug store with tax is approximately $5.00 for one. The IQ bow sight with Retina Lock that I use on my 2014 Elite Energy 35 vertical compound bow uses three of this battery size.
All the best.
 
#82 ·
bunnyrabbit said:
Here is a currency conversion:
$1.00 U.S.A. =6.65 CNY-Chinese Yuan Ren
$1.50 U.S.A. =9.97 CNY -Chinese Yuan Ren
This is the reason China can sell items so much cheaper and some items qualify for free shipping.
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A lot of the reason is that they simply steal intellectual property. Somebody else designs, tests, pays to deploy to manufacturing and the rounds of QA required to get a decent product to market.

Chinese firm then steals design, replicates process, and sells themselves under some BS brand, undercutting everything a normal business has to do to bring a product to market. There is a reason why china steals broadhead designs and sells instead of competes legitimately, with their own designed products. The latter costs money and if a chinese firm had to play by the same rules as a legitimate one, they wouldn't be able to bring broadheads to market at $1/per.

Unless you think a US firm that manufacturers broadheads in China has a cost of $.50 per and sells them at $15 per pocketing the difference. They don't. Every step of the way a legitimate business has costs and layers that an IP-stealing Ebay chinese vendor doesn't.
 
#83 ·
To revive an old thread - from what I have read here, the Chinese Hypodermic 100 grains are good to go. From those who have bought them, do you have a link to the company to use on Ebay? I have some Christmas money burning a hole in my pocket and have only used fixed blades and wouldn't mind trying some expendables to test form non-planing longer distance shots.
 
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#86 ·
Looks like one of the guys in NJ to me. It says item location is in NJ. A couple of them have an American flag displayed in their listings.
If you want the extreme blades you need to include 2.3" in your description. The ones shown are 100 grain 2" cut.
Also I like the ones with the Allen screws best. Some have a small Phillips head screw but you can see them in the pics shown.
Either will shoot fine though. :)
(did I not link some sites earlier in this thread)?
 
#87 ·
robertyb said:
Looks like one of the guys in NJ to me. It says item location is in NJ. A couple of them have an American flag displayed in their listings.
If you want the extreme blades you need to include 2.3" in your description. The ones shown are 100 grain 2" cut.
Also I like the ones with the Allen screws best. Some have a small Phillips head screw but you can see them in the pics shown.
Either will shoot fine though. :)
(did I not link some sites earlier in this thread)?
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You did, but the links did not work for me - it said items no longer available unless there is one posted as an update.
 
#88 ·
Do a search for whatever grain head you want and then hypodermic and the cut if it matters to you.
100 grain hypoderimc
125 " "
125" " 2.3"
etc.
Then hit the lowest cost shipped to get the knockoffs to the top. :)
 
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#92 ·
William II said:
I know I will get flamed, and forced to ride sitting backwards on a horse through the town square, but I still say we are paying extremely high prices for most of our broadheads.

There I said it, start throwing the rotten tomatoes, and horse apples at me!!!
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I agree . I have tried the knock off broadheads most work very well some I can not tell the difference .
 
#93 ·
James Pauley said:
Been using Chinese rages and Ramcats -- no problem with any of them -- same head made for the same company - so why not save some money.
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That may be an unpopular truth but I believe it is the truth . In a lot of the “knock off heads “ I can not tell any difference between the real ones and “ fake “ ones . I will admit that in a few cases I can tell them apart but most of the time the only difference is the package they come in.[/QUOTE]
 
#94 ·
William II said:
Just a thought, but I would almost bet that any broadhead the Chinese sell as a knock-off is one they already make for an American manufacturer which are sold here under a brand name. (For a ridiculously high price)

I have seen Chinese Rage, Chino-Toxic, Chino Ramcats, and Chino-Montec G5 knockoffs.

But I have never seen a Chinese knock-off Grim-Reaper, Spitfire, or Slick Trick. Just assuming these are truly American made.

Might be completely wrong about the above. Not that it matters.
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I agree never seen s knock off Grim Reaper , spitfire or slick trick . More prof that the knock off and name brand ones are made in the same shop in over seas. If you saw knock off ramcat next to the ramcat I bet you could not tell them apart . I know I can’t
 
#95 ·
Stalker said:
I bought some of the Knockoff Swhacker heads just to test. They were about $1.50 each if I remember right.A good bit of slop where the blades fit in the furule but not too bad.Here's my test.They are the 1.75"cut.I used a piece of thin vinyl and a box to get them to open before hitting the plywood.I also used heat shrink tubing to keep it closed like the real Swhackers do.These came with rubber dental bands.
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Thanks for the test video. Very helpful. I just received a small order of the Chinese Swhackers myself. The fit and finish is definitely not as sweet as the genuine models. Added a little blue locktite on the screw for the blades and for the screw-in tip, just to make sure they don't rattle loose and fall out while transporting bow to blind. Blades seemed just as sharp as the genuine version. I'll run the same test as you, just for my own piece of mind. I'll run some comparison accuracy tests as well. Again, I really appreciated your video.
 
#96 ·
53wffj said:
Thanks for the test video. Very helpful. I just received a small order of the Chinese Swhackers myself. The fit and finish is definitely not as sweet as the genuine models. Added a little blue locktite on the screw for the blades and for the screw-in tip, just to make sure they don't rattle loose and fall out while transporting bow to blind. Blades seemed just as sharp as the genuine version. I'll run the same test as you, just for my own piece of mind. I'll run some comparison accuracy tests as well. Again, I really appreciated your video.
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One thing I didn't mention in the video is I didn't use the rubber bands that came with them.I cut my own heat shrink bands like the real ones and used them.
 
#97 ·
I use Nap double cross but am testing Schwacker 150 grain. I bought 2 packs and a pack of replacement shrink bands. They are made in Taiwan. I sure hope they are real. This is probably how they get copied. Don't see any nock off Nap or Wasp because they are made here. We need to change how American companies can produce things in other countries instead of here.
 
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