Chinese carbs
Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2016 5:49 am
A buddy of mine in Orlando just put together a T4 1700 for his rail. He decided to 'risk' it and go with Chines Weber knockoffs. He got a set of 44's for about $280 from Alibaba. His thinking is they are cheap enough to throw away if they are junk.
So far he has had them on the rail for about three months. He says if he didn't know he would not be able to tell the difference between these and original Webers performance-wise. They tuned easily with Weber jets using Weber procedure directions. Since this guy has been doing tT4 for decades I trust his opinion.
The HPMX is a Chines knockoff and gets very good reviews from what I can find. They appear to be about $600/set.
All the chatter about the Chinese stuff that I can find on the various forums is 5 years old or older. There also appear to be a whole bunch of people who go negative the second they hear 'China' no matter what. However they are selling a ton of these units here and in Europe and one would think there would noticeable negative press if there were reason.
So, considering the HPMX good reviews and this direct experience my question is, is it possible the Chinese have learned to make stuff with some quality in the past few years?
Any experience here? Tks.
So far he has had them on the rail for about three months. He says if he didn't know he would not be able to tell the difference between these and original Webers performance-wise. They tuned easily with Weber jets using Weber procedure directions. Since this guy has been doing tT4 for decades I trust his opinion.
The HPMX is a Chines knockoff and gets very good reviews from what I can find. They appear to be about $600/set.
All the chatter about the Chinese stuff that I can find on the various forums is 5 years old or older. There also appear to be a whole bunch of people who go negative the second they hear 'China' no matter what. However they are selling a ton of these units here and in Europe and one would think there would noticeable negative press if there were reason.
So, considering the HPMX good reviews and this direct experience my question is, is it possible the Chinese have learned to make stuff with some quality in the past few years?
Any experience here? Tks.