Thread: Cautionary tale of poor quality product from Spika.

Late last year I purchased a "Deluxe" rifle bag from Spika, I specifically wanted one with a shoulder strap as I have a bunch of bags without straps already. I used that bag maybe 20 times only carrying it from my ute inside to the safe, nothing stressful.

Then one day I heard the sickening thud of my rifle in the bag hitting the concrete hard, unfortunately the front bell of the scope took the brunt of the hit and is now bent downwards, scope buggered and unusable. The stitching of the fabric tab that holds the strap in place had come apart while it was over my shoulder.

The scope is worth about the same as my insurance excess so not worth claiming for. I emailed Spika and while they were fairly quick to offer me a replacement bag I declined and told them I didn't want to trust my gear in another one of thier bags, they made no apology for the damage thier product caused and no offer to compensate me for it.

Guess it's my hard lesson to learn, not to trust Spika products again.

That’s a real downer man. Is it not a scope with lifetime warranty? If it was a vortex they would be replacing it for you ��

Originally Posted by BenTheBuilder

That’s a real downer man. Is it not a scope with lifetime warranty? If it was a vortex they would be replacing it for you ��

Nah it's not covered. Lately I've been replacing all my scopes with Leupold and Burris for exactly this reason.

Thats pretty shit quality there for a reasonably pricey product.

People just don't have any integrity now aye. Its all about the money

Iv got 2 spika gun bags both absolutely brilliant the padding with in the bag is that good it could take a fall they go in my Ute with tools bouncing all over them I’ll dig out a photo or model

Originally Posted by BenTheBuilder

That’s a real downer man. Is it not a scope with lifetime warranty? If it was a vortex they would be replacing it for you ��

If it was a Vortex you would have replaced it by then anyway

https://spika.co.nz/product/spika-pr...%e2%80%91-50in

The padding is unreal and the outer fabric is nice and thick

I buy so much stuff off Ali express now as that’s where is all comes from anyway.

My Spika gun bag did exactly the same. Lucky no rifle damage for me.
Just more Chinese junk really.

Originally Posted by Mintie

Nah it's not covered. Lately I've been replacing all my scopes with Leupold and Burris for exactly this reason.

I was under the impression that Loopy warranties wouldn't cover these sorts of accidents. I had a similar mishap when my sling broke on me in the bush. Luckily the scope still works fine, but Leupold's website stated that warranties would not cover accidents or rough treatment.

Yes I wouldn't expect impact to be covered but it's still nice to know they have a decent warranty in place

Originally Posted by Kelton

Iv got 2 spika gun bags both absolutely brilliant the padding with in the bag is that good it could take a fall they go in my Ute with tools bouncing all over them I’ll dig out a photo or model

Yes the padding seemed pretty decent, another reason why I went with it, but I guess a heavy rifle falling from shoulder height and landing on the front of the scope was enough to still do the damage!

Yea and I suppose carried by the strap they’re going to pivot at a great rate of knots like the ass end of a forklift and rocket at the ground scope first bugger mate! The other bag iv got here is a squires borrowed off a mate must be at least 15years old good heavy construction

I feel your pain...Pretty sad to see nice gear damaged through an incident like that.

I have two of these - Thought they were decent quality - the "leather" on the carry handle broke on one bag - Thankfully, just as I was placing the rifle in the boot of a car. Checked the other bag & it was just about to break also.

https://protactical.com.au/media/com...hs351casl2.jpg

https://protactical.com.au/browse-pr...-canvas-tan-47

Originally Posted by iambatman

I was under the impression that Loopy warranties wouldn't cover these sorts of accidents. I had a similar mishap when my sling broke on me in the bush. Luckily the scope still works fine, but Leupold's website stated that warranties would not cover accidents or rough treatment.

pretty sure they will still fix it at way less than new purchase price all the same....