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Coney Island Whitefish Biologist
Time to buy another pack of EMT shears. The more spares I keep in random places (boat, kitchen, workbench, not to mention on me while diving) the more I like them.
However being a semi-disposable, cheap chinese-made item the quality seems to vary. The prices seem to vary a lot too. Yet they all look the same and there don't seem to be any "trusted brands".
I was wondering if you all have any experience or recommendations for which to get or which to stay away from. Any ways to tell good from bad. Looking to get another big cheap pack of the basic version, not anything fancy, coated, or branded for diving. Do you guys think the more expensive (but identical looking) shears or packs are actually any better quality, or identical to the cheap ones off the same factory line only with more profit for the middle men?
The one thing I know is that I strongly prefer the 7.5" inch version over the too-small 5" type.
A couple of the big dirt-cheap packs I was looking at for reference:
12-Pack Medical Scissors, EMT and Trauma Shears, 7.25" - Premium Quality Black | eBay
https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B075WZTJR4/
These come to less than $2 each. You can also buy apparently(?) the same ones individually for as much as $10.
P.S. if anyone wanted to get together and try to do a group-buy of trauma shears customized with a stainless rivet I'd be down if we can find a manufacturer.
However being a semi-disposable, cheap chinese-made item the quality seems to vary. The prices seem to vary a lot too. Yet they all look the same and there don't seem to be any "trusted brands".
I was wondering if you all have any experience or recommendations for which to get or which to stay away from. Any ways to tell good from bad. Looking to get another big cheap pack of the basic version, not anything fancy, coated, or branded for diving. Do you guys think the more expensive (but identical looking) shears or packs are actually any better quality, or identical to the cheap ones off the same factory line only with more profit for the middle men?
The one thing I know is that I strongly prefer the 7.5" inch version over the too-small 5" type.
A couple of the big dirt-cheap packs I was looking at for reference:
12-Pack Medical Scissors, EMT and Trauma Shears, 7.25" - Premium Quality Black | eBay
https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B075WZTJR4/
These come to less than $2 each. You can also buy apparently(?) the same ones individually for as much as $10.
P.S. if anyone wanted to get together and try to do a group-buy of trauma shears customized with a stainless rivet I'd be down if we can find a manufacturer.