Interesting that the main site doesn't show the recall. You have to know the link to it
Safety Recall Notice | Tethrdnation.com
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According to the notice there's potentially 7749 sticks in the market. Mine are in the 5000 range.
I pulled the brakes on sending mine back as noted earlier. I do have other sticks that I could use if needed.
What I'm curious about the most is how many failed? One? One in five over hundred sampled? Is this a total hair fire or more a cover our ass situation.
All I want is better communication. It's all I really expect out of anyone or business. Just tell me *** is going on. If my dinner is an hour late cause your cook walked out and the bartender is cooking I get it.
We'll call our company, "Testd."
I don't think we're too far off, but still have some differences of opinion here and there. We can iron those out when we are putting together the Testd business plan.
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I saw a link to the recall at the top of the main website page (banner on top).
Ok guys… keep in mind I don’t own the Tethrd sticks. I’ve seen the gen 1’s a couple times but have never seen or touched the gen 2’s…. As a guy who spends a lot of time re engineering things that engineers engineer (looks good on paper right?) I was thinking on the top stick breaking and I wonder if….. rather than a bad batch of material or even cheap Chinese workmanship… if memory serves me right, to help tighten the top step, they added a plug that was essentially forced in the end to prevent wobble. If nothing else changed on the step construction and knowing what I know about a)dissimilar metals and b) how metal expands and contracts in hot and cold environments….
Is it possible that the plug in the end of the titanium causing the flare is expanding and since titanium is stronger than aluminum, perhaps the expansion of the plug and tube flare, are creating the extra stress and causing the top step to crack???? Maybe this is just misuse of material or an engineering flaw, not necessarily a craftsmanship or batch flaw? Any metal work professionals (welders or fabricators) want to chime in. Sorry guys instead of bashing them, I’d rather help solve the issue so that all of you can get the lightweight stick you want and deserve…..
Fixed it for you90%+ of our forum members wouldn’t know what saddle hunting is if it weren’t for Tethrd. They did not invent saddle hunting but they absolutely are responsible for explosion of interest over the past four years. Most of the other saddle hunting companies rose to success because Tethrd paved the way.
I own a set of gen2 sticks and I’m NOT happy with this recall but this General bashing of the company quite c̶o̶m̶i̶c̶a̶l̶ enjoyable.
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Fixed it for you
90%+ of our forum members wouldn’t know what saddle hunting was if it weren’t for Tethrd. They did not invent saddle hunting but they absolutely are responsible for explosion of interest over the past four years. Most of the other saddle hunting companies rose to success because Tethrd paved the way.
I own a set of gen2 sticks and I’m NOT happy with this recall but this General bashing of the company quite comical.
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1. I think it sucks that they're having a problem with the sticks. Not because I give two hoots about the company or history, but folks built plans and systems around the sticks and it's a wrench in what they're trying to do until it gets ironed out.
2. I wonder if 90% isn't an exaggeration. The Tethrd team were members here first, how many others were as well, before they formed the company. I know I certainly knew and looked into saddlehunting prior to joining, and I joined well after Tethrd was a thing. How many are like me?
3. I do appreciate Tethrd "stepping out on a limb", but they did so when the environment was ripe. They didn't invent saddle hunting, a specific genre of saddle, saddle platforms, sticks....Mobile hunting was taking off with Youtube, social media, idea sharing forums at the time. I don't know they are owed as much as folks tend to present, a lot of what they've brought to market started with ideas shared openly here.
90%+ of our forum members wouldn’t know what saddle hunting was if it weren’t for Tethrd. They did not invent saddle hunting but they absolutely are responsible for explosion of interest over the past four years.
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Seems like one begets the other. So who's responsible?Archery talk here we come.
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Seems like one begets the other. So who's responsible?
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Archery talk here we come.
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Come on now. If you disagree, at least make an argument. What I understand of AT is that it's just shots fired.
This alarm may not be as bad as it seems.
1. We don't know the extent of the issue, as well other very successful companies have had recalls
2. Lightweight sticks are so important that some intend NOT to send them back
3. Some people trust Tethrd so much that they intend NOT to send them back
It's just a bit forgetful to remind us of the history of saddle hunting's recent popularity with disregard to the company's track record, which is largely why the thread has taken the tone it has.
See comments (not arguments) above, nothing further to add on the topic. Casual observation of a content rich forum spiraling into whatever this is causes concern but it’s been the inevitable cycle of every hunting forum over the years.
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