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Well word of warning, this is going to be a large picture intensive review regarding a new all copper host that is being released in batches at a time courtesy of the United Arab Emirates (Dubai).
Due to the delays in getting the orders out, Sinner upgraded a few of the packages to DHL which normally delivers extremely quickly!! It took a total of 4 business days to arrive here. Wow!! impressive service! ( BIG THANK YOU SINNER!!)
I was supposed to get my package yesterday (Friday), but due to an ever occurring addressing problem in my area, the courier went to wrong apartment,
and by the time they figured it out they came too late in the day and instead dropped off an attempted delivery card on our door.
Today (Saturday) the courier is not delivering so I gave a quick phone call to the main office. In S.Korea it's really a help if you can learn to speak Korean and ask questions or be able to understand directions given to you in Korean. I certainly got my language exercise (listening and speaking) for today. My wife was impressed. :crackup:
Alright now for the review,
I'll firstly start with the packing.
The package was well wrapped. (wrapped 3x) 2 bags and one bubble wrap which were all opened and inspected at the Korean customs office at the port of Incheon due to the red sticker and the sealing strip on the DHL bag.
Upon opening the bag, everything looked fine.
I did notice small blemish on the focussing knob when it looked like it had been dropped or gouged at some point. It's not worth worrying about and can be buffed out later.
Physically this host is really dense, but well balanced. The host is slightly on the rough side around the pill and had some stray copper milling burrs that I ended up
taking a small file to. Again, not a large problem and was easily fixed.
I have thouroughtly inspected the host for any other issues.
The tail switch and the battery positive contact terminal look very solid and the positive terminal popped out fairly easily.
I think this might of been a recent design change from the Ver.1 last review a few months ago... correct me if I am wrong..
Now for Part 2....
Due to the delays in getting the orders out, Sinner upgraded a few of the packages to DHL which normally delivers extremely quickly!! It took a total of 4 business days to arrive here. Wow!! impressive service! ( BIG THANK YOU SINNER!!)
I was supposed to get my package yesterday (Friday), but due to an ever occurring addressing problem in my area, the courier went to wrong apartment,
and by the time they figured it out they came too late in the day and instead dropped off an attempted delivery card on our door.
Today (Saturday) the courier is not delivering so I gave a quick phone call to the main office. In S.Korea it's really a help if you can learn to speak Korean and ask questions or be able to understand directions given to you in Korean. I certainly got my language exercise (listening and speaking) for today. My wife was impressed. :crackup:
Alright now for the review,
I'll firstly start with the packing.
The package was well wrapped. (wrapped 3x) 2 bags and one bubble wrap which were all opened and inspected at the Korean customs office at the port of Incheon due to the red sticker and the sealing strip on the DHL bag.
Upon opening the bag, everything looked fine.
I did notice small blemish on the focussing knob when it looked like it had been dropped or gouged at some point. It's not worth worrying about and can be buffed out later.
Physically this host is really dense, but well balanced. The host is slightly on the rough side around the pill and had some stray copper milling burrs that I ended up
taking a small file to. Again, not a large problem and was easily fixed.
I have thouroughtly inspected the host for any other issues.
The tail switch and the battery positive contact terminal look very solid and the positive terminal popped out fairly easily.
I think this might of been a recent design change from the Ver.1 last review a few months ago... correct me if I am wrong..
Now for Part 2....
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