My Cannon PowerWorks Haul!

[martincerven]

1 minute ago, martincerven said:

It would be  nice to have also Standards in the 115-130 range, maybe 125 average, same as #2.5 Let's be honest, Standards are better grippers than CoC's.

@Cannon Does anyone know why CoC's have that awful knurling? Was it always almost non-existent?

[John Knowlton]

I agree Standards grippers are better than COC , But COC are the gold standard of grippers. so they all have there place   

[EmilBB]

18 minutes ago, martincerven said:

@Cannon Does anyone know why CoC's have that awful knurling? Was it always almost non-existent?

@Alex K knows a lot about this but this is what I've been told so far.

It wasn't always this bad, the models made before 2014 has great knurling. I've heard some say that the reason they changed the knurling, is so the average person doesn't feel like it's too rough on their hands. Not sure if this is true but it makes sense to me anyway.

Edited November 14, 2023 by EmilBB

[Vinnie]

3 hours ago, Charles Jones said:

I'm looking to get back with Publix. Somebody i worked with not too long ago has a spot for me lined up. I'm going to talk to some of the other managers up there today.

Good luck!  I hear that Publix is good to work for.  

[C8Myotome]

20 hours ago, Vinnie said:

I just ordered myself a GG6 rated 171.  A haul of 1!  lol.  Enjoy.

You will have no problem closing that, GG is so much easier and I agree it can boost your confidence to close 170+ on a GG first...I did that about 1 year prior to reaching 170+ on CoC, the confidence boost helped a lot 

[C8Myotome]

3 hours ago, IzzyGrasp said:

Haha the #2.5’s I bought from them were 126 and 128 I believe. The 117 was my original unrated one. lol 

The range I’m struggling to fill out perfectly is 92-103 right now. I did grab a 95 grip genie that hasn’t arrived yet though. But yeah, you’re definitely right. It’s addicting! LOL

I have a filed coc 1.5 I rated at 98 on my rgc if you are interested. It's probably my least used gripper

[IzzyGrasp]

11 minutes ago, C8Myotome said:

I have a filed coc 1.5 I rated at 98 on my rgc if you are interested. It's probably my least used gripper

I have never tried a filed one. I would definitely be interested in trying that to be honest! 

[John Knowlton]

Like I always said, this is the best form you’ll ever be on. The grip board generosity knows no bounds.

[C8Myotome]

2 hours ago, John Knowlton said:

Like I always said, this is the best form you’ll ever be on. The grip board generosity knows no bounds.

Well it wasn't free but I didn't ask anything extra for the filing/rating.

This was also the first filed gripper I ever tried, and the first gripper I ever hand filed. It's just way too light for me and will be more useful for someone working in this range.

 

[IzzyGrasp]

4 minutes ago, C8Myotome said:

Well it wasn't free but I didn't ask anything extra for the filing/rating.

This was also the first filed gripper I ever tried, and the first gripper I ever hand filed. It's just way too light for me and will be more useful for someone working in this range.

 

For now this should be very useful for my left hand! I am trying to fill out the ranges that apply to my left hand strength, because I’ve noticed in my drop sets how I have so much more variation on the higher up ones, causing my right hand training to be much better, leaving my left hand further behind. 

[IzzyGrasp]

On 11/13/2023 at 4:19 PM, Charles Jones said:

This is all of them. I posted this someplace before, but can't remember where.

Front is standard, ghp, Robert Barabon, and 2 choked coc. Middle row is all coc, and back row is grip genie and HG 250-350 with an unrated hg100. 118 Is the highest rated gripper I've closed and that was from just wider than parallel.

What is that 2-toned one in the back? Red and blue—just occurred to me that it stands out from the bunch. 

[Mitch Jones]

38 minutes ago, IzzyGrasp said:

What is that 2-toned one in the back? Red and blue—just occurred to me that it stands out from the bunch. 

This is a collaboration between Grip Genie and CPW. They had a limited run a while back.

[IzzyGrasp]

1 minute ago, Charles Jones said:

This is a collaboration between Grip Genie and CPW. They had a limited run a while back.

I really love that—super cool! I can’t react to any more posts though. haha I’ve yet to buy anything limited like that, or anything branded that I can think of either. 

[martincerven]

17 hours ago, EmilBB said:

@Alex K knows a lot about this but this is what I've been told so far.

It wasn't always this bad, the models made before 2014 has great knurling. I've heard some say that the reason they changed the knurling, is so the average person doesn't feel like it's too rough on their hands. Not sure if this is true but it makes sense to me anyway.

You might be right, I tried to get women to use Sn gripper yesterday, and they all said its too rough just after few tries, although one of them closed it So I guess it really depends on users, but maybe they should have gone with: "Harder gripper -> rougher knurling" since no begginer will start with #2.5+ anyway

[IzzyGrasp]

17 hours ago, EmilBB said:

It wasn't always this bad, the models made before 2014 has great knurling. I've heard some say that the reason they changed the knurling, is so the average person doesn't feel like it's too rough on their hands.

It can be easy to forget that not everyone has tough hands. haha I spent the majority of my life having never touched weights or anything with rough knurling really, and anytime I’d try and move something like a desk or dresser, it would just dig into my fingers and hurt so badly! It’s only this past year I’ve toughened up my skin.
 

When I started on my very first cheap grippers in January of this year I used the foam handles, so when I got COC and first tried going without them it hurt pretty bad! And that was even a year after I started weight lifting.   

[mcalpine1986]

Great thread and awesome collection, that's one hell of a way to get started with grippers. 

[mcalpine1986]

23 hours ago, Cannon said:

We are purposefully making the next batch of Gold high-90s instead of low 90s so that is something to look forward to  

That is Music to my ears @Cannon

I love my 92lb gold but would love another at 97-98lb or so. Any idea on a rough date when the next batch may be as they are sold out? 

Edited November 15, 2023 by mcalpine1986

[mcalpine1986]

22 hours ago, martincerven said:

@Cannon Does anyone know why CoC's have that awful knurling? Was it always almost non-existent?

No the older ones had much better heavier knurling. I have some old double stamped coc's, S T 1 2 and a 3 from between 2003-2004 and the knurling is much heavier on those.

I also have a 1.5 from about 2009 that is still heavier knurl but my more recent 2.5 and 3 feels much lighter. My 2.5 feels almost slick compared to a CPW standard or GHP.

Edited November 15, 2023 by mcalpine1986

[Cannon]

5 hours ago, martincerven said:

You might be right, I tried to get women to use Sn gripper yesterday, and they all said its too rough just after few tries, although one of them closed it

I like to remind we intended the user to adjust the knurling if they want. It starts deadly sharp and you can always go smoother but never sharper. If you want it smoother you can lightly rub it with almost anything coarse, like even jeans, and with a small amount of effort you can start to make a difference. If you really want to knock it down quick, grab some 120 grit sandpaper and take some soft swipes. Just go slow because there’s no going back 

[IzzyGrasp]

I just got a massive haul from CPW! Including both new grippers, as well as some that were to be rated and returned. 

Yes—many of these are far too challenging for me. But I like to collect them anyway! haha 

This here is my current goal gripper, now that I have closed the strongest COC #2.5 I own. CPW did an absolutely incredible job of cleaning this one up for me! 

Edited December 10, 2023 by IzzyGrasp

[mcalpine1986]

2 hours ago, IzzyGrasp said:

I just got a massive haul from CPW! Including both new grippers, as well as some that were to be rated and returned. 

Yes—many of these are far too challenging for me. But I like to collect them anyway! haha 

This here is my current goal gripper, now that I have closed the strongest COC #2.5 I own. CPW did an absolutely incredible job of cleaning this one up for me! 

That that is some haul, brilliant

[Terry Conjugate Iron]

On 11/13/2023 at 9:24 PM, IzzyGrasp said:

Just got this haul in today! So about 2 weeks ago I received my first pre-rated grippers from CPW, and I was very pleased and really liked the concept of knowing exactly how strong they are.

I thought it seemed great for tracking my progress, as well as knowing where all I had significant gaps between grippers. I also had noticed how much easier some copies of the same gripper were than others, so of course I learned about RGC and started reading up on it. (I know, I’m a newb. lol) 

Now, I believe one of the strangest oddities here is likely to be my 106 HG250. That’s fairly weak for this model I believe. Feel free to correct me if I’m wrong. lol

It was when I was training to bridge the gap between my COC #2 (105) and #2.5 (117), when I had finally closed one but not the other, that I bought some grippers that would usually land well in between them just to find out that that isn’t always going to work out exactly the way you think. haha 

And little did I know at the time that even my #2.5 was fairly weak! Until I had purchased someone else’s off ebay (123) and noticed a difference. It’s safe to say now that I can close a middle-of-the-road #2.5 and very nearly close my strongest one (128,) but now looking back it’s funny to see how it is difficult to even consider that original close as being a #2.5 at all, being just 117. lol 

All of this variation in resistance can be confusing, but it also allows for bridging small gaps which I like, and the hunt is rather enjoyable to be honest. lol

The behemoth of the order is a bit of an odd one out. When packing up my grippers I was trying to make sure I included every one that could be useful someday in the future. Then I recalled how I had some laying around that were too tough for me back when I ordered one of those sets on Amazon in January that come in 50lb increments as my very original grippers before I even knew COC, and I was curious to see how they would rate. So I grabbed the toughest ones (250-350) and they came out as 112, 149, and 187.

When I ordered these I knew nothing at all about grippers. And I sure didn’t know that the strongest ones would be THAT tough! I remember being caught off guard, as I thought I was ordering something exclusively for casuals. lol But I think having those heavy ones, as well as working my way up slowly through the set are what got me hooked eventually! I trained on and off, but really got passionate with COC. Anyway, this here is my very first gripper I closed. It might not hold any real significance, but to me it will forever be my first! haha It looks so nice still because I had padded handles when I first started, so I never really roughed it up at all. I kinda wish I had kept those on just this one because they had some real history to them! Holes and all. 

On top of my CPW order, I also got these secondhand. I wanted some easier rated ones that I could use as a way to more easily share this collection with family and friends in a way they can easily understand! So when they attempt to close these they should have a clearer picture of what the ratings mean.  

What a great haul! I'm getting a few toys hopefully by end of this month as well. Seems like you got the gripper fever lol. 

 

A warning... It might never go away lol... Best of luck with your progress