The collets in the BBT100 set don't look to be the same as the ones in the reviewed set. For one thing, by the look of it they aren't stainless steel, or if they are, they're painted black, which doesn't make sense for SS. Enduro also sells the BBT100 collets separately at $30 apiece. At that price, they MUST at least be properly hardened steel-- it'd be crazy (and super-unlikely) if they were just the same as the ones spread around Amaze-on.
Actually think that's sort of the problem here-- it's hard to tell just by looking at pictures whether a collet is quality or just metal-of-convenience, and because there's so much low quality stuff on the big A for $50, we're unwilling to pay more for unknown quality. I mean you can get what looks from the photos to be the "same" set for either $50 or $800+, and there are quite a few similar-looking sets in the $100-$200 range.
April 2, 2023, 9:56 a.m. - Flagrant_Mechanic
The collets in the BBT100 set don't look to be the same as the ones in the reviewed set. For one thing, by the look of it they aren't stainless steel, or if they are, they're painted black, which doesn't make sense for SS. Enduro also sells the BBT100 collets separately at $30 apiece. At that price, they MUST at least be properly hardened steel-- it'd be crazy (and super-unlikely) if they were just the same as the ones spread around Amaze-on. Actually think that's sort of the problem here-- it's hard to tell just by looking at pictures whether a collet is quality or just metal-of-convenience, and because there's so much low quality stuff on the big A for $50, we're unwilling to pay more for unknown quality. I mean you can get what looks from the photos to be the "same" set for either $50 or $800+, and there are quite a few similar-looking sets in the $100-$200 range.