Evan Gatehouse wrote:
I've looked at the Quick brand due to the low prices especially on Ebay
through their importer. Some of the models use a mixture of
bronze/aluminum and stainless steel in the big castings. A bit of a
battery & corrosion problem waiting to happen I think. Some of their
models only use bronze & s.s. in the base castings/drum/wildcat and I
think these are less likely to give trouble.


We'll see how it goes. Ours seems quite well made, very little play in
the gears & bearings, castings very solid. I think the drive motor end
housing is cast aluminum, but the rest seems to be SS. It was so much
cheaper than the Ideal that I'm sure there are corners cut in mfg'ing
them, but if it lasts 1/4 as long then I'm still ahead of the game... as
long as it doesn't crap out during a hurricane!

DSK