Fenders are back in at Lidl

[Orwell boy]

.......good news for those that may be interested
Fenders are back at lidl this week .........also have heatshrink butt splices as well

[Steve509926]

Thanks for the heads-up

[mhill]

https://www.marinesuperstore.com/unc...ted-rib-fender

These work very well and protect the tubes too.

[Voodoo]

Originally Posted by mhill

https://www.marinesuperstore.com/unc...ted-rib-fender

These work very well and protect the tubes too.

They are great we use them.

[Croolis]

Originally Posted by Voodoo

They are great we use them.

But £20 for a piece of plastic? I shall seek alternatives.

[Orwell boy]

Originally Posted by Croolis

But £20 for a piece of plastic? I shall seek alternatives.

My purpose of the post ,i too have the articulated ones for my rib ,however the lidl "kneelers " are £1.99 also perfect for working on the trailer !

[Steve509926]

Originally Posted by Croolis

But £20 for a piece of plastic? I shall seek alternatives.

For the number of times we sibbers will use fenders I think Orwell boys Lidl "fenders" are more than adequate. I got some the other day taped them round a 5ltr paint tin, heated them up with a hot air gun and left them to cool. I now have a couple of fenders with a permanent curve which fit the tubes. Don't know if I'll ever use them, but they will be in a dry bag just case.
Think if I had a rib, I'd want something a bit more substantial.

[Brinormeg]

Make good padding for the old backside as well.
Although I think it home bargains I got that fitted inside the seat cushion bag.

Found we needed the end weighted a bit in the winds for a fender..

But admittedly I did buy a couple of the articulated ones off a guy on ebay.

[Croolis]

Originally Posted by Steve509926

For the number of times we sibbers will use fenders I think Orwell boys Lidl "fenders" are more than adequate. I got some the other day taped them round a 5ltr paint tin, heated them up with a hot air gun and left them to cool. I now have a couple of fenders with a permanent curve which fit the tubes. Don't know if I'll ever use them, but they will be in a dry bag just case.
Think if I had a rib, I'd want something a bit more substantial.

Good plan. I bought a couple sets last night, as well as some £5.99 garden tools that are probably made from chocolate .

It just so happens I bought a hot air gun from Lidl the other day as well. Probably made out of marzipan.

[User name]

Originally Posted by Croolis

It just so happens I bought a hot air gun from Lidl the other day as well. Probably made out of marzipan.

I bought that heat gun a while back to replace an old Bosch. It works great as far as heat is concerned but it has this annoying feature where it doesn't actually turn off when you switch it "Off". It runs the motor until it decides it's cool enough and then shuts down itself. I absolutely hate this feature so I just went and bought another Bosch.

[Brinormeg]

Originally Posted by Steve509926

For the number of times we sibbers will use fenders I think Orwell boys Lidl "fenders" are more than adequate. I got some the other day taped them round a 5ltr paint tin, heated them up with a hot air gun and left them to cool. I now have a couple of fenders with a permanent curve which fit the tubes. Don't know if I'll ever use them, but they will be in a dry bag just case.
Think if I had a rib, I'd want something a bit more substantial.

Never really used them much before, but did have good use of fenders on our last trip Steve.
The floating dock had rusty and sharp rabbit wire kind of stuff, and we sat lower than the hard boats around us so the fenders helped stop the tubes getting scratched to bits.
Then we never noticed a metal ring just beneath the surface of the water, which the lower tube had been rubbing against for a stormy couple of days.
I think without the fancy deeper fenders we had there might have been quite a bit of damage.
Saying that......a couple of big coke bottles filled with expanding foam would maybe do the same job I suppose.

[Steve509926]

Originally Posted by Brinormeg

Saying that......a couple of big coke bottles filled with expanding foam would maybe do the same job I suppose.

Wouldn't look as pretty though

[Pikey Dave]

Originally Posted by Brinormeg

Saying that......a couple of big coke bottles filled with expanding foam would maybe do the same job I suppose.

You could fill 'em with petrol & kill 2 birds with one stone

[Steve509926]

Now that's a good idea

[Brinormeg]

Originally Posted by Pikey Dave

You could fill 'em with petrol & kill 2 birds with one stone

Is that you stealing other people’s brilliant mods pd?

Could be a third use to start a camp fire if the wood is a bit damp….

I just don’t understand why that fantastic idea didn’t catch on

[Steve509926]

I was on Windermere yesterday, had a great day, I'll post a short video when I get the chance. Shortly after launching Diane needed a comfort break. Being close to Bowness I stopped off at the visitor pontoon, moored up and whilst waiting thought I'll try OB's fenders. Thank goodness I did, a bolt head, which I hadn't seen, was sticking out of the pontoon right at tube level, I think it could have easily torn through the tubes (see pic).
The other pics show the permanent curve I've managed to put in the "fenders" and where I've weighted the bottom of them to stop them blowing in the wind (thanks Bron)

[Fenlander]

Close call, I've never used fenders so I'm super wary. Have hung a foam buoyancy aid over though in extreme circumstances.

[Croolis]

Originally Posted by Steve509926

I was on Windermere yesterday, had a great day, I'll post a short video when I get the chance. Shortly after launching Diane needed a comfort break. Being close to Bowness I stopped off at the visitor pontoon, moored up and whilst waiting thought I'll try OB's fenders. Thank goodness I did, a bolt head, which I hadn't seen, was sticking out of the pontoon right at tube level, I think it could have easily torn through the tubes (see pic).
The other pics show the permanent curve I've managed to put in the "fenders" and where I've weighted the bottom of them to stop them blowing in the wind (thanks Bron)

That hot glue in there?

[Steve509926]

Originally Posted by Croolis

That hot glue in there?

Sealed one end with hot glue, filled with sand and sealed the other end. Weighs them down nicely.

[Fenlander]

Ahh you're in weighting hi-fi speaker stand territory.