Some pretty decent deals from Bally Ribbon Mills...

Folks,

For those who know, Bally Ribbon is one of the major producers of tubular materials and tapes. I've just discovered they have an eBay store, here:

https://www.ebay.com/sch/m.html?_dmd=2&_ssn=ballyribbon&_sop=1

... that has some rather incredible deals here lately.

I picked up a roll of some 5/8" Kevlar tape on Sunday - 120 yards, 450# test for $22.50 (free shipping)...

https://tinyurl.com/optoety

...which would be a perfect skirt reinforcing or several other uses (now $30 off-sale - but still free shipping.) It arrived yesterday and confirmed it's a quite decent product for parachute reinforcement or for kites. A roughly equivalent product (same length) at Para-Gear would be about $175.

Also, just bought a 300 yard roll of some black 5/8" tubular nylon - 1500# test for $40 (also free shipping)...

https://tinyurl.com/ktse8fw

A similar product at Para-Gear - equivalent tenacity - similar length - would be over $400, making this deal about a 90% savings. (Their 9/16" - 1500# - 325 yds COLOR rolls are $468.00 -- or -- 5/8" - 1850# - 250 yds color rolls = $382.50)

Several other items of particular interest for recovery: kevlar, nylon and polyester -- you may want to check it out.

[disclaimer: no affiliation - just satisfied customer]

-- john.

Great find, thanks for sharing!

-Kevin

troj said:

Great find, thanks for sharing!

-Kevin

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The deals just keep coming, Kevin -- this item went on sale (50% off their already decent price) in the last day or two (just saw it) - good for another 5 days:

https://tinyurl.com/lged783

... a 1.7" - 9000# Kevlar/Nomex webbing - 50 yds for $30 w/ free shipping.

(As a point of comparison, there's a fella out there selling some 1.5" Kevlar webbing, 4600# rating (his guess) for $30 for a single 10 foot piece (with over $11 shipping). Delivered, this works out to $12.38 / yd):

https://tinyurl.com/kw9qa4d

He's apparently selling it at that price, too (which I found somewhat surprising).

That makes the Bally Ribbon deal a 95% savings -- $0.60/yd .vs. $12.38/yd -- and Bally's has twice the tensile strength, to boot.

Yeah, I've already spent too much on this stuff (I might have let this one pass at $60, but... I couldn't walk away from this one.)

Just FYI,

-- john.

jcato said:

The deals just keep coming, Kevin -- this item went on sale (50% off their already decent price) in the last day or two (just saw it) - good for another 5 days:

https://tinyurl.com/lged783

... a 1.7" - 9000# Kevlar/Nomex webbing - 50 yds for $30 w/ free shipping.

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Well, it looks like I owe folks an apology for pointing to a deal that wasn't as good as it first appeared.

I jumped in on the deal, went out to the garden and when I came back in and tried out the link, it was showing the original price of $60 - all in the matter of a few minutes. A little bizarre, as it was saying the 'sale' price was to last 5 days (remaining) and it went away in about 5 minutes. It noted (in my case) that, "The listing below has been updated by the seller..." and I guess we now know in what way.

I guess they had second thoughts (or some manager override took place) - but it was real (FWIW), even though I was curious and beginning to doubt what I saw - went out and checked my PayPal receipt and they did, indeed, only bill me for $30.

Sorry to get everybody's hopes up unneccesarily, but even $60 is (circa) 90% off, so maybe it's still of use to someone.

-- john (shaking head)