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  1. 13th October 2011, 10:29 AM #21
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    A lot of those cheap snorkels are the Airflow brand, there has been info that the Templates often are useless and the sellers say stiff luck.
    Also the fit is not as neat
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    Well, I just had the choice of dropping a D3 wish-bone on my foot, or on one of these snorkels. I went for the snorkel. And there is not a mark on it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Terrain Vehicles View Post
    Well, I just had the choice of dropping a D3 wish-bone on my foot, or on one of these snorkels. I went for the snorkel. And there is not a mark on it.
    Would that be your foot or the snorkel. Sorry
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    Thankfully, both.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Terrain Vehicles View Post
    I don't know if these snorkels are made by the same people that make the Safari snorkel, but it wouldn't surprise me.
    Be careful what you say. Safari wouldn't put on their marketing material that they are made in Australia if they weren't as severe fines can be dished out.

    Read the testing report, it is very interesting. As they say "Oil's ain't Oil's"!!

    I work in a field where our product branding, quality of maufacture are considered the best in the world. We have cheap knock off's claiming to be the same, but their not. Customers go for the cheapy copies invariably come back after awhile tail between the legs. We welcome them back. Yes our product is much more expensive but it's longevity and performance can be triple the performance of the cheapo's. But, these days many only see the purchase price and not the long term associated costs.
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    Quote Originally Posted by HedleyLamar View Post
    Yes our product is much more expensive but it's longevity and performance can be triple the performance of the cheapo's. But, these days many only see the purchase price and not the long term associated costs.
    Any ideas why the Safari snorkel can be made in Australia, shipped to UK, then sold for half of what costs here?
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    Maybe most Poms are not as rich as the average Aussie
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    Quote Originally Posted by HedleyLamar View Post
    Be careful what you say. Safari wouldn't put on their marketing material that they are made in Australia if they weren't as severe fines can be dished out.

    Didn't realise they did. Obviously not the same then!
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    Quote Originally Posted by ~Rich~ View Post
    Maybe most Poms are not as rich as the average Aussie
    At £1.40 for a litre of diesel, no we're not!
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    I must admit, I can see both sides of the coin here. I do believe that 'you get what you pay for'. But I also believe that it's not always necessary to pay over the odds for a brand name. If we wouldn't fit a product to our own vehicles, then we won't sell it. And we do know that people do want to modify their cars without spending a fortune on them.

    Or perhaps this is a difference between the UK and Oz at the moment. Perhaps you do have more free income and are happier to spend that little bit extra and buy the best you can get. We are happy to supply Branded products if you want.

    This is the sort if thing I hope to learn by coming here. What does Australia want?
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