Isn't anchor technology truly fascinating ?

[sarabande]

As their website says:-

"this will be the last anchor you will ever own"

and

" it also holds 300% better then other anchors"


https://www.diggeranchor.com/summer-line

 

[Dan Tribe]

Interesting marketing slogan. Wouldn't work for all products.
Imagine
"this is the last parachute you will ever own"

 

[JumbleDuck]

Interesting marketing slogan. Wouldn't work for all products.
Imagine
"this is the last parachute you will ever own"

Q. What do you do if your main parachute and reserve parachute both fail to open?
A. First of all, relax. You've got the rest of your life to sort things out.

 

[LoneHort]

On their 15lbs salt water anchor "When it's time to head back for land, simply raise the anchor off the lake bed and give a slight jerk on the anchor rope."

 

[Poignard]

Isn't anchor technology truly fascinating ?

Yes, and as believable as snake-oil chemistry. r

 

[MM5AHO]

On their 15lbs salt water anchor "When it's time to head back for land, simply raise the anchor off the lake bed and give a slight jerk on the anchor rope."

I wonder which end of the rope has a jerk on it?

 

[prv]

I wonder which end of the rope has a jerk on it?

It looks as if the jerk is meant to disengage the flukes so that they swing round and dangle below the stock, allowing pondweed to fall off.

Presumably the possibility of the anchored boat jerking on the line is considered sufficiently unlikely...

Pete

 

[JohnGC]

I wonder which end of the rope has a jerk on it?

The same one holding the credit card?

 

[Minchsailor]

"Salt water anchors are double powder coated to give up to 5,000 resistance."..

WOW!!!!!! Wonder coating - what's their secret....?

 

[johnalison]

"Salt water anchors are double powder coated to give up to 5,000 resistance."..

WOW!!!!!! Wonder coating - what's their secret....?

I think that means they have been painted. This ensures that the anchor doesn't corrode until after it has been deployed.

 

[MM5AHO]

Powdercoating, like most other paints (powdercoating is just another method of applying paint) is porous.
Some people think that the term "powdercoating" defines the coating. It doesn't, no more than "electroplating" or "brushing" defines a coating. Its a method of application.
Common polymers applied in powder form are polyester, epoxy, polyurethane, nylon, and many more.
"5000 resistance" might mean salt spray resistance, measured in hours. This is a method of testing coatings, but cannot be used to compare coatings from one type to another; rather from one series of application of the same coating to another - ie internal quality control from one day/shift/batch to the next.
Salt spray results are often misinterpreted to be used as a prediction of in service performance. That's just a mis-use of the results, misleading, and leads to false expectations.

Salt spray tests are totally inappropriate for some coatings, but are used on them none-the-less, for example zinc based coatings. Absolutely meaningless results are obtained and often used with outlandish claims.

 

[Stemar]

It won't be the last one I'll ever own because it's the last one I'd ever buy. Double powder coated in pure snake oil, I reckon. If the company were UK based, Advertising Standards could have all sorts of fun.

As for an anchor that disconnects itself from the bottom, just the job in tidal waters, I reckon

 

[Quandary]

What is it about this forum which encourages so much cynicism?

I am assured that the next stage in the development of this anchor envisages that a single jerk will be all that is needed to recover and stow it.

 

[philwebb]

I looked at the site, they are also offering a cleat for the anchor warp. No knot required! It uses a jammer like dinghy cleat. I wouldn’t like to trust this for an overnight stop.

 

[JumbleDuck]

I am assured that the next stage in the development of this anchor envisages that a single jerk will be all that is needed to recover and stow it.

That's a little harsh. Can't you just say "a single gullible purchaser"?

 

[Quandary]

Naaaah! He is a jerk, name is Hank.

 

[blackbeard]

Whatever happened to Yachting Monthly's famous water-ballasted anchor? brilliantly simple idea, did it ever go into production?

 

[Neeves]

We may jest.

These anchors have been available for a couple of decades, they are standing the test of time. They are used by anglers and houseboats on inland lakes and are apparently successful - because there is no tide, people do not sit on houseboats, generally in strong wind, and they are easy to use (and presumably do what they are meant to do).

Just because we do not think them applicable for salt water (and all that this entails) does not mean someone is not making a profit in an application of which we know very little.

Horses for courses.

Jonathan

 

[noelex]

Anchor manufacturers do make some silly claims at times

My favourite is the box or slide anchor:

The Box Anchor is a state of the art offshore anchor that brings anchoring to a new level of sophistication.

***EXCEPTIONAL PERFORMANCE GUARANTEED***

***DESIGNED TO SET ON ANY BOTTOM CONDITION***

The larger model is OK for boats up to 70 feet

 

[LittleSister]

What is it about this forum which encourages so much cynicism?
.

Experience?