Composite Warehouse vs. Madcow Rocketry 4” Black Brandt…Which Would You Choose?

[heada]

Give Ken at Perfomance Hobbies a call. His site lists a 4" BB-II in stock. He sometimes hasn't updated his website but hes a great vendor and may have one squirreled away in his trailer.

https://performancehobbies.com/secure/store.aspx?groupid=12920049501496

 

[Estimado]

Thank you everyone for the input. I managed to find what I think to be the last available Madcow 4” Black Brandt kit anywhere!

I’m looking forward to the build and adding this to my fleet.
Rich

 

[Hyak]

+1! And LOC has some of the best customer service in the business, fast shipping, etc…

Composite Warehouse is joke, avoid them

Can't say enough good things about LOC. I would go with them!

re CW, they are nice kits, but as others have said, you may never get your order. (And that's *after* paying) I have had an experience with CW that ended up getting resolved, but it took a *lot* of bird-dogging and several months.

 

[John Taylor]

really +1

Sadly true

 

[OverTheTop]

Got my Composite Warehouse kit after a follow-up phone call. Looks good, but took a long time to get here. Got lost in their systems somewhere.

 

[Biodragen]

Got my Composite Warehouse kit after a follow-up phone call. Looks good, but took a long time to get here. Got lost in their systems somewhere.

Glad to hear it.

Just another excuse to add to the list of CW excuses.
I love his rockets but his service is terrible.

 

[crossfire]

I don't think there is one available anywhere.

 

[Shari Miller]

Definitely go Madcow - Composite Warehouse has some major issues delivering

https://www.rocketryforum.com/threa...shipping-again-11-months-and-counting.175437/

 

[afadeev]

It depends if you actually want to receive the kit you have already paid for.

For what it's worth, I had ordered two (2) kits from CW, and have received both.
After some delay, since few of the kits are in stock, and are kitted together in a completely unpredictable timeframe. I ordered both on Xmas sales, and got one in the Spring, and another in August of the next year.

If time to delivery is a consideration, it serves one well to call the perspective supplier, and make sure the items you care about are in stock.
Both in rocketry, and everything else in life.

YMMV,
a

 

[cwbullet]

For what it's worth, I had ordered two (2) kits from CW, and have received both.
After some delay, since few of the kits are in stock, and are kitted together in a completely unpredictable timeframe. I ordered both on Xmas sales, and got one in the Spring, and another in August of the next year.

If time to delivery is a consideration, it serves one well to call the perspective supplier, and make sure the items you care about are in stock.
Both in rocketry, and everything else in life.

YMMV,
a

Same here. I can't say the same for some other vendors.

 

[FlyBy01]

Got my Composite Warehouse kit after a follow-up phone call. Looks good, but took a long time to get here. Got lost in their systems somewhere.

What system

 

[tsmith1315]

What system

 

[crossfire]

For what it's worth, I had ordered two (2) kits from CW, and have received both.
After some delay, since few of the kits are in stock, and are kitted together in a completely unpredictable timeframe. I ordered both on Xmas sales, and got one in the Spring, and another in August of the next year.

If time to delivery is a consideration, it serves one well to call the perspective supplier, and make sure the items you care about are in stock.
Both in rocketry, and everything else in life.

YMMV,
a

Was your order from Mad Cow?

 

[Steve Shannon]

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[afadeev]

Was your order from Mad Cow?

Nope, directly from CW:
https://compositewarehouse.com/
Worked for me.

YMMV,
a

 

[cbrarick]

yea, but we've learned he's turned his attention to bigger fish and will no longer be "serving" the rocket community. God help them!