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Tethrd One Sticks Gen 2

raisins said:
This tells you no one is examining these before they are packaged to the consumer.

It would be easy to detect a wobble and reject that one.
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I think it goes beyond that.

If flaring the ends (press fit) doesn't resolve the small "tolerance gap" between tube and standoff, it seems to be a fault in the design and/or manufacturing quality assurance.

Then, as you say, there should be post manufacturing quality control.
 
I wonder if the potential wobble is a consideration for these sticks in the classifieds. Less likely to buy used?
 
Plebe said:
I think it goes beyond that.

If flaring the ends (press fit) doesn't resolve the small "tolerance gap" between tube and standoff, it seems to be a fault in the design and/or manufacturing quality assurance.

Then, as you say, there should be post manufacturing quality control.
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They should be an interference fit with a roll pin to lock it....imo
And someone with clean shoes should be standing and jumping on each one.....like aircraft manufacturing does...you know test flights and all!
 
Maverick1 said:
I wonder if the potential wobble is a consideration for these sticks in the classifieds. Less likely to buy used?
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yeah...ask Kyler about his ebay sale, lol...folks keep paying a premium for them no matter what. Tethrd keeps telling everyone they are safe, and that's good enough for many folks. Not saying they aren't, lol, don't want to get stoned, lol.
 
Used gen 1s all last season. I’m 210 and yea there’s a little wobble but nothing I’m a bit worried about. Every tree stand, platform, stick I’ve ever used has some wobble. If you like them don’t use them. I personally love them but no reason in bashing them. They are the best sticks I’ve used and don’t plan on changing. Not saying anything bad about beast, lone wolf, ewo, or any others because they are all good sticks it’s just hard to compare them to how light the one sticks are.
 
Hlzr said:
Maybe this is a dumb question but has anyone ever had a failure of these sticks? First or second generation.


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I suppose you have to define failure.

The chemical weld was failing to hold it's bond on Gen1 sticks with some frequency. That chemical weld (popularly called glue) was said to be the structural fastener, with roll pins only for alignment. The tune kind of changed from there.

Now, I had never heard of a fall related to that, mostly the step wobble.

But I just did a goole and found this, which is pretty concerning.



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Aeds151 said:
I believe they are renaming them to the Tethrd Glue Sticks


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I'd pay even more than they are charging now if they could figure out how to make them not wobble and get rid of that dumb roll pin.

I remember riding carnival rides as a kid and noticing only cotter pins were keeping me alive. Don't want to return to that.
 
Plebe said:
I suppose you have to define failure.

The chemical weld was failing to hold it's bond on Gen1 sticks with some frequency. That chemical weld (popularly called glue) was said to be the structural fastener, with roll pins only for alignment. The tune kind of changed from there.

Now, I had never heard of a fall related to that, mostly the step wobble.

But I just did a goole and found this, which is pretty concerning.



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Hard to say if the stick failed or if there was no rivet in the back of the Dynalock button in the first place.
Last year I received one Gen1 stick that was new and had no rivet in the Dynalock button, so I contacted Tethrd and they sent me a replacement stick.
 
I will say as much as I bash this company, it does sound like their taking care of the customers with the warrantys. Every company there ever was has made a dud from time to time. Its how you respond to it that makes the company.
My original beasts bent like silly putty. Mario made it right quickly. That's what I'm looking for in a company
 
TK161BOONER said:
Hard to say if the stick failed or if there was no rivet in the back of the Dynalock button in the first place.
Last year I received one Gen1 stick that was new and had no rivet in the Dynalock button, so I contacted Tethrd and they sent me a replacement stick.
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I don't think it's hard to say that it failed. Maybe hard (for us) to say for sure the exact cause of failure. It was a Gen1 stick, the proprietary chemical weld was supposed to be the structural component.

I didn't end up buying those sticks, (I was waiting on a "fix" for the wobble that was promised by a Tethrd representative, but never happened). I don't remember seeing any public warning about missing rivets/pins, maybe they sent all those who purchased something like that?,

As for Tethed's response (a la BassboyLLC), it didn't exactly resonate with me. They seem to change the narrative frequently when they have issues. Of course they replaced the stick...under warranty.


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bigmike23 said:
I will say as much as I bash this company, it does sound like their taking care of the customers with the warrantys. Every company there ever was has made a dud from time to time. Its how you respond to it that makes the company.
My original beasts bent like silly putty. Mario made it right quickly. That's what I'm looking for in a company
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Replacing broken gear has never been Tethed's biggest problem. Minus some creative spin to get consumers to change out broken stacking pins for them rather than repair or replace sticks, they are well known to send replacement gear. My impression is they've replaced gear out of warranty too.

It's a good business strategy.

Some of their other business strategies are a bit underhanded imo.

But, hey, how bout gen3.
 
My reply was to the rivet breaking or glue failing, not the fact that the stick did not work. I don’t recall Tethrd ever stating that glue was used to hold the Dynalock button on, mabee the steps but never the button.
Has anyone else had issues with a stick breaking out of the thousands of ONE sticks sold? If a step has a little wobble doesn’t mean it has failed, if that were the case there was thousands of guys last season that climbed all hunting season long with broken sticks… how can you climb 2 to 3 times a day for 7-45 days of hunting with a stick that has failed and is broken?
Yes if the sticks came apart it failed, but a little wobble, no.
 
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