Antifouling Price Inflation

[KAM]

Has there been a big price increase this season or is it my imagination. £90 per tin seems a bit steep. Why has international UNO suddenly become International 250. Is it the same stuff.

 

[Caladh]

Re-brand = Price hike ?

 

[Lucky Duck]

This thread might assist http://www.ybw.com/forums/showthread.php?495571-Micron-Antifouling

I noticed Force 4 were flogging tins of International Optima for just under £50 the other weekend

 

[VicS]

Has there been a big price increase this season or is it my imagination. £90 per tin seems a bit steep. Why has international UNO suddenly become International 250. Is it the same stuff.

Probably a small change in formulation due to a change in EU regs.
ITYWF that if the formation changes the rules dictate that there must be a change of name.
Similar changes across the range

Not really a sudden change... it seems to have been publicised with the well known chandlers offing special prices on the old range of AFs for some time.

Cannot comment on the price increase. Looks to be about £10 in the RRP

 

[Cactus Sailing]

Has there been a big price increase this season or is it my imagination. £90 per tin seems a bit steep. Why has international UNO suddenly become International 250. Is it the same stuff.

Change in legislation for biocides permitted in anti-fouling means a lot are changing recipes so one can assume the consumer will have to bear that cost, this is also why the name changes have come about for certain brands, yes its the same stuff (apparently) just reformulated to comply with the change

some of the non compliant stuff will need to be shifted before the ban date so could be discounted nearer the time to clear stock who knows, alternatively if people want trusted variants they could be used up and be in demand!

 

[KAM]

It's worse than I thought. The UNO was one coat for the season. I see the 250 needs 2 or 3 coats. So it's going to cost at least 3 times more than last season.

 

[Tomahawk]

My experience was Uno Grow More.

 

[GrahamM376]

Cannot comment on the price increase. Looks to be about £10 in the RRP

Is it imported? Maybe another price hike blamed on pound euro exchange rate. I paid 17.5% less for Seaforce 30M this year.

 

[Lucky Duck]

Looks to be about £10 in the RRP

RRPs may be similar but the popular types are usually discounted by around a third which doesn't seem to be case with the newer range.

 

[Muddy32]

So who is offering the best deal on old stuff?

 

[oldgit]

So who is offering the best deal on old stuff?

Bought from ebay a few months ago 5L of Hemple A/F for £50.00 plus bit of p&p.
Either red or blue.

 

[Kelpie]

It's worse than I thought. The UNO was one coat for the season. I see the 250 needs 2 or 3 coats. So it's going to cost at least 3 times more than last season.

now that is annoying. I anti foul between tides, so Uno is really the only option. Suggestions...?

 

[[70521]]

Has there been a big price increase this season or is it my imagination. £90 per tin seems a bit steep. Why has international UNO suddenly become International 250. Is it the same stuff.

It might be connected with the price of copper.

 

[Spyro]

It's worse than I thought. The UNO was one coat for the season. I see the 250 needs 2 or 3 coats. So it's going to cost at least 3 times more than last season.

So it's not the same stuff the. I've always found UNO very effective on the Clyde. I've got 2 litres left from last year. When that's done I'm trying some cheap stuff. £90 for a time if 250 and it needs twice as much is taking the pi55

 

[Daydream believer]

All these price hikes & the labour involved really begins to make Copper Tec & Copper Coat a realistic proposition. (none of them work so one cannot say one is better than the other)