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Old 05-26-2017, 07:07 AM   #16
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Re: Small id rubber pros and cons

Stumbled upon these bands with a smaller inner diameter than the regular Small id bands and called "No holes" band. Anyone tried them?

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Old 05-26-2017, 02:36 PM   #17
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Stumbled upon these bands with a smaller inner diameter than the regular Small id bands and called "No holes" band. Anyone tried them?

I'm surprised the picture was even able to post on this forum. I have not tried the "no holes," but had considered them a while back. After searching the web a bit I found peoples' results were not too great and decided against them.
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Old 05-26-2017, 07:05 PM   #18
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I'm surprised the picture was even able to post on this forum. I have not tried the "no holes," but had considered them a while back. After searching the web a bit I found peoples' results were not too great and decided against them.

Noticed that these bands were presented a couple of years back, and that all the raving since has been about the regular small IDs, guess that tells what I wanted to know.
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Noticed that these bands were presented a couple of years back, and that all the raving since has been about the regular small IDs, guess that tells what I wanted to know.
To be fair, I don't believe the majority of people on this board know the Freedive Store so I don't think you will get much information here and I believe Dan is the only one who carries the "no hole" rubber. Again, even from what little information I was able to pull it was not promising. I'm sticking with small id.
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Old 05-26-2017, 08:18 PM   #20
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Re: Small id rubber pros and cons

One additional thought... I don't believe these are primeline so if the bands are lacking in performance it may not necessarily be the "no holes" that's the issue, but the formula itself.
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Old 05-27-2017, 02:13 AM   #21
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Re: Small id rubber pros and cons

I tried the zero ID bands and found them to be almost identical to the small ID bands from Primeline ... at least in 14mm size. Maybe not as snappy but still very good. I only tested the 14mm size. The top coat did fade out quickly though and the zero ID bands are almost impossible to use with a knotted loop and you absolutely need to use the plastic inserts or metal inserts made for small ID bands. If you want to see some example of the zero ID bands in action you can see them in this test here. They are the silver bands.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSK4HkkimXk
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