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E-Vener wrote:
Smiert Spionam wrote:
Induro is a rebadged and overpriced Benro, with internals stamped out of cheap crappy metal.
You have taken one apart I take it?
I took apart an Amvona/Dynatran labeled version, and compared it in hand to an Induro in the store. Same mechanisms, tooling marks, hardware, etc. OK in a pinch for fifty bucks, but the fatal flaw is the cheap metal and lack of any decent internal bearings -- the locks just bear down on, and wear grooves in, the cup the ball sits in.
They look pretty, but will not last. At the ~$200 that the Induros sell for, it's a huge ripoff.
Another option is to watch ebay for a Markins Q3. For a while, new ones from gray market sellers in Korea had them for less than $200. Looks like they've crept back up a bit, but that may change.
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