Found some resistance bands in the local shop today and decided to try them out. The only info I have on them is "made from tpr for added durability". I fully expected them to be utterly terrible.
They are utterly terrible.
They are exactly what I need right now
Don't have a catchbox set up here yet, just a sheet hanging at the end of the hallway, so all my shooting is indoors. I've been trying to get a less powerful setup to reduce chances of damage, I even tried out a single cut #32 office rubber of terrible quality and it was still to fast with the lightweight ammo. This stuff is perfect.
I don't know yet if its because the material is slow or if its just quite weak. It could be either way, the stuff stretches about an inch just from the weight of the slingshot which is quite small. The draw weight is pretty close to zero at 600% stretch so its super easy and fun to shoot.
I'm positively delighted with this stuff, no longer fearing taking chunks out of the brickwork. Who'd have thought shooting at slower speed could be so enjoyable.
I think the material is super interesting after reading about it, seems like it is really easy to make it quite consistent, which the stuff I have is. I'd really like to find some that is made for a purpose closer to slingshots, where retraction speed is needed. It seems like it should be possible to make it that way. When I google it, several studies on the properties are listed, I might read some of them to see if the retraction rate is mentioned at all.
They are utterly terrible.
They are exactly what I need right now
Don't have a catchbox set up here yet, just a sheet hanging at the end of the hallway, so all my shooting is indoors. I've been trying to get a less powerful setup to reduce chances of damage, I even tried out a single cut #32 office rubber of terrible quality and it was still to fast with the lightweight ammo. This stuff is perfect.
I don't know yet if its because the material is slow or if its just quite weak. It could be either way, the stuff stretches about an inch just from the weight of the slingshot which is quite small. The draw weight is pretty close to zero at 600% stretch so its super easy and fun to shoot.
I'm positively delighted with this stuff, no longer fearing taking chunks out of the brickwork. Who'd have thought shooting at slower speed could be so enjoyable.
I think the material is super interesting after reading about it, seems like it is really easy to make it quite consistent, which the stuff I have is. I'd really like to find some that is made for a purpose closer to slingshots, where retraction speed is needed. It seems like it should be possible to make it that way. When I google it, several studies on the properties are listed, I might read some of them to see if the retraction rate is mentioned at all.
