3.5

[GarytheDino]

I've done a search and all I can find is that the 3.5 is equal to the Elite according to spring size but if it is a true 3.5 wouldn't it be about Super Elite.

I have one on the way, just wondering what to expect.

[porkchop]

My 3.5 is between an Elite and Super Elite. It rated 10lbs harder than my Elites on the RGC.

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[GarytheDino]

Ok, that sounds like it's right where it should be then.

[Wes]

Mine seems a hair tougher than what I remember Greg's to be, might be because the spring is binding a bit. But overall the new 3.5's seem to be the most consistent grippers that have been produced yet

[sixlitre]

Mine seems a hair tougher than what I remember Greg's to be, might be because the spring is binding a bit. But overall the new 3.5's seem to be the most consistent grippers that have been produced yet

Kinda funny you should say that. We have two of them, and they are considerably different. One I can get within 1/4 to 1/8 in. of closing, the other is 1/2 in. or better most days. The new springs definitely have the smoothest sweeps though. Have to agree that it is closer to a super elite than a elite.

[Hubgeezer]

I have one on the way, just wondering what to expect.

Expect a very difficult gripper. I have one, but my right hand is injured, and it is WAY too tough for my left hand to be messing around with it. Because it is outside my range, I don't have an accurate estimate, but I think it is tougher than 3.5.

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[acorn]

Mine is between my Hard Flush BBE, and my Flush BBSE. Last workout I either closed it or got within a hair of closing the 3.5. SE I'm still 1/4 to 3/8 away.

- Aaron

[Sybersnott]

... the 3.5 is equal to the Elite according to spring size but if it is a true 3.5 wouldn't it be about Super Elite.

My Super Elite is a hellva lot harder than my 3.5 gripper... are you sure about that spring size?

[THOR]

Just a little bit off topic, sorry but im complaining about my 2.5 its the same as my 2 if not easier i can close the 2, 2.5 and the 3 but i wanted to get somthing that was a little harder than my 2 and shave it way the hell down like my 2 is right now, thats why i got the 2.5 and IT SUCKS!!

Thanks for the time

[superfeemiman]

Just a little bit off topic, sorry but im complaining about my 2.5 its the same as my 2 if not easier i can close the 2, 2.5 and the 3 but i wanted to get somthing that was a little harder than my 2 and shave it way the hell down like my 2 is right now, thats why i got the 2.5 and IT SUCKS!!

Thanks for the time

Do you think your 2 hard or was the 2.5 just easy? Or a mix of both?

I can live with my 3 being a 3.2 or my 2 being a 1.8, but I hate the feeling of wasting my money. I feel for you man.

[twig]

Just a little bit off topic, sorry but im complaining about my 2.5 its the same as my 2 if not easier i can close the 2, 2.5 and the 3 but i wanted to get somthing that was a little harder than my 2 and shave it way the hell down like my 2 is right now, thats why i got the 2.5 and IT SUCKS!!

Thanks for the time

I'll swap my RB260N for your 2.5, if you like? It seems like we have what each other was aiming for.

[Chrisx9118]

Just a little bit off topic, sorry but im complaining about my 2.5 its the same as my 2 if not easier i can close the 2, 2.5 and the 3 but i wanted to get somthing that was a little harder than my 2 and shave it way the hell down like my 2 is right now, thats why i got the 2.5 and IT SUCKS!!

Thanks for the time

Are you sure your not just taking in the fact that your #2 is filed and that your #2.5 is maybe alittle easier. My filed #2 is up to just around a 2.5. Sometimes my #2.5 feels easier.

[menace3000]

perhaps time to get BBSM or BBGM....my BBSM is 2.7....i filed it downto being around a #3 on the close....

my 3.5 feels a good deal harder than my BBE....the sweep is harder, the close is MUCH harder...i dont have a BBSE but i have 2002 #4....and my 3.5 feels like it's closer to #4 than my BBE....

Edited April 7, 2007 by menace3000

[Cashman]

My #3.5 has a 3 1/4" spread, and it's a tad harder than my Elite......but not even close to my SE.

[THOR]

hmm the thought of a shaved one being harder honestly didnt cross my mind, and ill just hope that that is the case and hope i didnt waste my money... thanks for the sympathy

[Bob Lipinski]

If you have a super elite that is a little older, it might be easier. All of the recent BB grippers I have seen have been mounted with the spring flush or even below.

Personally, if I was gonna order a BB gripper, from now on I would get a custom so I knew what I would be getting. An SE mounted at 1/4 probably wouldn't be too much tougher than a 3.5.