Aethra Z-1

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Meer info over de Aethra Z-1:
Importeur: Funke
Collectie:
Artikel nummer: FC20-70-1
Netto kruitgewicht: 499 gram
Aantal schoten: 70
Kaliber: 20mm
Tijdsduur: 20 sec
Schietrichting: Z-shape
Bruto gewicht: 4,25 kg
Karton eenheid: 4/1
Effect beschrijving:

70 shots Z-shape cakebox with brocade tails to brocade crowns with strobe- and color stars, fired in fast pace with final fanshape-salvo.

Effects:
1.) Brocade tail to brocade corwn with white strobe;
2.) Brocade tail to brocade crown with green strobe;
3.) Brocade tail to brocade crown with red strobe;
4.) All at once: brocade crown to brocade tail with blue peony


Compared to the 2018 version the shapes are more wide, and the tails are more full and to the top; furthermore, the brocade crown has a much better hangtime, also the strobes.
The bursts were stronger 2018 though. I like the new version better judged from the live experience, but that´s a matter of taste I guess.
In general I need to say, that such 20mm Fanshape cakes with high amounts of shots and good quality get more and more expensive in china, so it´s not really interesting for us anymore to import them; or we would need to ask for a price, which would not be suitable for the effects of a 20mm 1.4G cakebox anymore.
For that reason, we will sell the current batch for the old price once more, and then we will most likely cancel this product from our offer, or maybe make a new version in 1.3G with some shots less, we shall see.

 

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Toch altijd fijn die extra info die je er bij krijgt, je krijgt meteen meer charme voor het product.
Maar oei, oei, oei, wat jammer dat deze uit het assortiment gaat, en dat het zelfde waarschijnlijk gaat gelden voor de andere "meer schots per rij waaiers".
Ik was juist zo blij dat deze nog met leuke effecten te krijgen waren bij Funke.

Moet wel zeggen dat ik ze op 20mm altijd wat vind tegen vallen, maar de hoeveelheid in de lucht, helemaal in F-Shape maakt het wel echt top.

Hier een straatfilmpje van Salutepower:

En hier bij een Demo 2019 gefilmd door Pyro Special:

 

[The Cigarman]

Batch 2022.

Z-shape cakebox with brocade tails to brocade crowns with strobe- and color stars, fired in fast pace with final fanshape-salvo.

63 shots in caliber 20mm with the following effects:
1. Brocade tail to brocade crown with white strobe;
2. Brocade tail to brocade crown with green strobe;
3. Brocade tail to brocade crown with red strobe;
4. Brocade tail to brocade crown with blue peony;

Already at the last batch it was clear, that this product would not come back as it was before, since the price for small caliber cakes like this was steadily rising too high in production.
Furthermore it showed in production, that with our improved tails it was difficult to stay within the 500g limit, so we had to make a new CE for the cakebox with 63 shots instead of 70 shots, to stay within the limit. The idea, to make the new CE in 1.3G was dismissed though, as the sales of almost all 1.3G ckes below compound size are so bad, that they are in our warehouse for years. Sadly the incredibly increased transportation cost added up now, as well as the increased price for raw materials, for which reason we still had to increase the price (even though we already lowered our profit).
In the product there is basically combined the whole bidenflation-package: less shots, for more money, of which we earn less, with not as good effects as before.
Because the batch before, which was still produced in our old factory, was better in my opinion, especially at the hangtime of the brocade crown. This version here is still ok by the effects, but as I said, the hangtime of the brocade crown was what made the last batch really special in person.
This is a general problem at the moment - the prices of many raw materials have doubled or tripled, so the manufacturers of the chemicals try to buy as cheap raw materials as possible, in order to compensate a part of the cost increase. So they often buy worse quality raw materials. So right now, in china almost all chemicals on the market have a quality which is worse than 2 years ago - even though they cost much more. A problem, which will show in many products at the market I guess - at least we never had as many quality problems with so many factories as this year.

 

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Die tails maken op korte afstand echt wel indruk denk ik