Stretchies declared Not Safe

[Banditbandit]

I went to the Warehouse to get some new bungee/stretchee cords to hold down my boat cover .. couldn't find them ...

Found a salesperson, who said they don't stock them any more because they are dangerous ...

How fucking stupid .. one of the most useful things ever and the wimps declare them "not safe" ...



http://www.safety.duke.edu/OHS/Documents/BungeeCordHazardAlert.pdf

http://domesticproduction.com/toolbox/bungee.htm

[Latte]

I went to the Warehouse to get some new bungee/stretchee cords to hold down my boat cover .. couldn't find them ...

Found a salesperson, who said they don't stock them any more because they are dangerous ...

How fucking stupid .. one of the most useful things ever and the wimps declare them "not safe" ...



http://www.safety.duke.edu/OHS/Documents/BungeeCordHazardAlert.pdf

http://domesticproduction.com/toolbox/bungee.htm

Not surprised, but still amazed somehow.

RIP Bungee Cords.

[Ender EnZed]

You can still buy them on their website. (http://www.thewarehouse.co.nz/red/catalog/product/Samson-Assorted-Bungee-Cord-Set-12-Piece?SKU=1294143)

[husaberg]

You have to wonder when they sell drain cleaner, meth's and turp's and pool chorline.
Plus push bikes.............

[Scuba_Steve]

:rofl: Some fucktard smacked themselves in the eye with a bungie cord & cries like a banker losing money

:cry: That same fucktard is gonna see the rest of us screwed over because of their stupidity like a banker losing money

[Gremlin]

Look, when products like chainsaws come with warning labels like "Do not stop with genitals".... even idiots can turn the most innocent of devices into lethal weapons...

[cynna]

:rofl: Some fucktard smacked themselves in the eye with a bungie cord & cries like a banker losing money

:cry: That same fucktard is gonna see the rest of us screwed over because of their stupidity like a banker losing money

hey dont call thepom a fucktard - its not his fault

[Erelyes]

Sounds like either the employee was making shit up, or it was a case of paranoid management.

'Caution: airplane will not operate without fuel'

[oldrider]

I went to the Warehouse to get some new bungee/stretchee cords to hold down my boat cover .. couldn't find them ...

Found a salesperson, who said they don't stock them any more because they are dangerous ...

How fucking stupid .. one of the most useful things ever and the wimps declare them "not safe" ...


Fucking pakeha messing with our Taonga! - :whistle: (joke BB - joke)

[awa355]

Warehouse tend to sell the cheap crap in this line. I've had a couple that have had the wire hooks straighten out without a lot of strain. I dont know how good the flat strap bungees are.

[Ocean1]

Fucking safety Nazis. I'm still getting over truckies not being allowed to use rope.

Fuxache, it's the most basic skill the profession had. What's next? Butcher's knives?

[Robbo]

Warehouse tend to sell the cheap crap in this line. I've had a couple that have had the wire hooks straighten out without a lot of strain. I dont know how good the flat strap bungees are.

Those flat strap rubber bungees are useless, I've had two of them come undone on me. As for the stretchy bungy chords, I've been using them for years and never had one let me down yet. You just have to respect their limits when using them.

[JATZ]

I went to the Warehouse to get some new bungee/stretchee cords to hold down my boat cover .. couldn't find them ...

Found a salesperson, who said they don't stock them any more because they are dangerous ...

How fucking stupid .. one of the most useful things ever and the wimps declare them "not safe" ...



http://www.safety.duke.edu/OHS/Documents/BungeeCordHazardAlert.pdf

http://domesticproduction.com/toolbox/bungee.htm

Get yourself to para rubber and buy bungie cord by the meter. Make your own custom ones

Your welcome... :D

[awayatc]

Fucking safety Nazis.

Fuxache, it's the most basic skill the profession had. What's next? Butcher's knives?

Butcher's knives...?

no, but sailors working for Stos (Shell) are not allowed knives on deck......

[skippa1]

Fucken things are uesless anyway, no loss.

seen a few bikes with bags, bungees, sleeping bags or other shit that was strapped down by a bungee stuck in the back wheel following the failure of some perished rubber bungee

[AllanB]

Got to be careful with your bungies. The warehouse have in the past sold sub-par ones. As above the loop metal is like a limp dick.

Placemakers and Bunnings carry a good range.

[FJRider]

Got to be careful with your bungies. The warehouse have in the past sold sub-par ones. As above the loop metal is like a limp dick.

Placemakers and Bunnings carry a good range.

Shock ... horror ... I found a few on sale at the local motorcycle shop ... :yes:

Who would have thunk it ... :eek5:

[AllanB]

Get some genuine HD branded ones - they will contain real American iron :bleh:

[FJRider]

Get some genuine HD branded ones - they will contain real American iron :bleh:

But what % is actual American Iron ... ??

[Berries]

Got to be careful with your bungies. The warehouse have in the past sold sub-par ones. .
Ha ha ha. No fucking shit.

Buy something from the Warehouse that you actually rely on? Fuck off. I wouldn't buy a cup with any expectation that the the handle would be on it in two weeks time. The stuff is shit and priced accordingly. Great for crap like $2 jandals but if my weekend attire is going to be bungied to the back seat I am not going to trust a two for $4.99 deal from the Warehouse. You get what you pay for. A locked back wheel and a burning smell is not one of them.

[Erelyes]

Ha ha ha. No fucking shit.

Buy something from the Warehouse that you actually rely on? Fuck off. I wouldn't buy a cup with any expectation that the the handle would be on it in two weeks time. The stuff is shit and priced accordingly. Great for crap like $2 jandals but if my weekend attire is going to be bungied to the back seat I am not going to trust a two for $4.99 deal from the Warehouse. You get what you pay for. A locked back wheel and a burning smell is not one of them.

OP was using them for a boat cover, so warehouse shit is fit for purpose.

Absolutely right about using something decent for bikes though, I got some Rok Straps from 'murkah and they are fantastic.

[Banditbandit]

Get yourself to para rubber and buy bungie cord by the meter. Make your own custom ones

Your welcome... :D

Yeah - I was going to take that option - I have heaps of hooks around from bungee cords that have broken in the past ...


Fucken things are uesless anyway, no loss.

seen a few bikes with bags, bungees, sleeping bags or other shit that was strapped down by a bungee stuck in the back wheel following the failure of some perished rubber bungee

I don't use them on the bikes any more - they mainly hold down the cover on my boat - but being out in the sun rots them quickly ..


Get some genuine HD branded ones - they will contain real American iron :bleh:

They are supposed to contain stretchy rubber - not 'merikan iron ...


if my weekend attire is going to be bungied to the back seat I am not going to trust a two for $4.99 deal from the Warehouse. You get what you pay for. A locked back wheel and a burning smell is not one of them.

That's why I don't use them on bikes .. I've never dropped anything into a wheel, but I have had stuff slide sideways in a threatening way ... I use a cargo net if I need to load more than I can put in a Ventura Bag - which rarely happens .. travel light travel fast ..

[cynna]

"On 27/05/15 you placed an order with The Warehouse (order number: 01924373). Unfortunately, due to unforeseen circumstances, we were unable to fulfil your order, and will therefore refund the cost of the product(s).

2 x Bungee Cord 6 Piece Set"

i use the warehouse ones all the time. they are not the best but do the job - i tend to use more then i need to but then have spares when everyone else need them.....

[R650R]

You can always go to Mega10 and buy bungee by the metre and make up your own stuff...