OMER, which one

[miles]

Hiya

I've got nothing against OMER, actually, i'm a big fan of ALL their gear!! How-ever, their weakpoint is their spears. the 6.3 or 6.5mm isn't too happy to be used amongst the rocks or on very large fish.

Considering philly is in Australia, he'll soon be moving up to larger quarry like yellowtail kingfish, big jewies/mulloway, cobia, spanish mackerel, etc. The railgun, regardless of make, simply offers the BEST gun for his local conditions.

To furthermore complicate matters, the Omer cayman hf and t20 range is ACTUALLY more expensive than a carbon railgun in Australia!! Majority of Australian divers actually use railguns, so its very effective for their conditions.

Regards
miles

[chrismar]

Same as here in NZ, railguns do have a big following. Most people here end up having a 100cm gun for rocks and low viz, with a 120 or so railgun for general use/kingis.

Good to hear the positive reports on the pelaj guns, I was a little worried they were all looks and no performance. Does anyone other than adrenaline stock them?

[armandozx]

I went to a local store here and saw a couple of Omer T20's and the gun's looked very nice and at the same time fragile. Their body was thin and I got a mix feeling about them actually most of the people I dive with don't use omer products then again they tend to be expensive so the majority use cressi, ab-biller, and Im prob the only 1 who uses roballen. Miles, I have seen a couple of videos in youtube of australian divers & i seen alot of rob allen guns. What's the higher % of gun manufactures you seen these spearos use? For the record I am no way implying how much better RA guns than the rest.

[Danlad247]

Man, I've got a Omer cayman HF 75 its sweet, you can have it both with or without muzzle. Opens best, got a great field of view and well balanced. Going to get a 90 next, can't wait

[miles]

Does anyone other than adrenaline stock them?

Actually have no idea who stocks them!! I'll try and find out from some Australian spearo's........

What's the higher % of gun manufactures you seen these spearos use?

That's like asking what percentage of drivers have Fords or Chevy's!!
RA have been longer in the market, but Rabitech has pretty much caught up. That said, i PREFER Rabitech, but also have RA's and can honestly say that there is very little difference between them. Pretty much all the railguns are similar and offer similar performance!! The reason you see so many RA's on you-tube is because the few guys that make movies, use RA's!! Wayne and Anthony Judge, both very accomplished spearo's make quite a few movies from Australia and both use RA's!!

Regards
miles

[Mr. X]

Originally Posted by armandozx

I went to a local store here and saw a couple of Omer T20's and the gun's looked very nice and at the same time fragile. Their body was thin and I got a mix feeling about them ...

My Omer XXV has the new Omer T10 handle, which I believe is about half the width of the thin Omer T20 you mention! It is certainly a very slim, very light gun. Hopefully well suited to the light bass & mullet fishing here. I love my RA too, and it definitely seems more robust. For the conditions described, a SA railgun would be my choice. Miles explanation says it all.

[spaghetti]

..and that was just an impression. The Omer T20 is a strong gun. I'm very disappointed it's been discontinued.

[ickledevil]

Yeah its a shame, love my T20's (110 and a 90) but the HF series is rather nice too, got a 75 and an 80 is next on the list.

[Mr. X]

Originally Posted by spaghetti

..and that was just an impression. The Omer T20 is a strong gun. I'm very disappointed it's been discontinued.

Indeed. In fact I had trigger mech problems with the RA last season (thankfully now resolved). The lightweight Omer might turn out to more robust, or it might not - time will tell. [BTW We're still waiting for somebody to review the 100cm version of the super slim, light Omer XXV.]

[Ron Bakker]

I found the HF 90 a quick and accurate gun.