Thread: Wettie vs Rob Allen

Both are ok and will do the job but I wouldn't use either. This is purely a personal opinion but Wettie guns will be assembled using various parts from different suppliers and although there is no doubting the RA quality I have never found them very accurate compared to a Euro gun.
Get a 900mm - 1mtr Picasso , Omer or something similar. Great beginner guns, very accurate and capable of taking big fish if something like a Kingie turns up.
There was a French brand called Immersion, avoid these as they had plastic within the trigger components which over time failed and would discharge on their own.... dangerous.
A good suit ( proper freediving one ) is super important. You will be comfortable and warm and be able to focus . Shivering in the water for a couple of hours is no fun and effects your diving.

Originally Posted by viper

Both are ok and will do the job but I wouldn't use either. This is purely a personal opinion but Wettie guns will be assembled using various parts from different suppliers and although there is no doubting the RA quality I have never found them very accurate compared to a Euro gun.
Get a 900mm - 1mtr Picasso , Omer or something similar. Great beginner guns, very accurate and capable of taking big fish if something like a Kingie turns up.
There was a French brand called Immersion, avoid these as they had plastic within the trigger components which over time failed and would discharge on their own.... dangerous.
A good suit ( proper freediving one ) is super important. You will be comfortable and warm and be able to focus . Shivering in the water for a couple of hours is no fun and effects your diving.

You are a bit out of the loop on the guns mate. Picasso and Omer have basically disappeared in nz and wettie guns are fully nz made and designed not put together from other brands parts like they used to a long time ago. Takes a long time to set up manufacturers, design, make/tune demos then get the final product ready to be commercially produced in a small place like nz esp in a niche sport.

Originally Posted by superdiver

You are a bit out of the loop on the guns mate. Picasso and Omer have basically disappeared in nz and wettie guns are fully nz made and designed not put together from other brands parts like they used to a long time ago. Takes a long time to set up manufacturers, design, make/tune demos then get the final product ready to be commercially produced in a small place like nz esp in a niche sport.

Yeah it does look like they have all but gone, still euro guns out there though, Mares, Patho's etc. I guess just use what your comfortable with and shoot well with. The gear is better now than it's ever been.

Originally Posted by viper

Yeah it does look like they have all but gone, still euro guns out there though, Mares, Patho's etc. I guess just use what your comfortable with and shoot well with. The gear is better now than it's ever been.

You aren’t wrong re Euro guns shooting well.

My first was a beuchat (still have it) and it shoots straight as anything, have got quite a few piper with it that I’d not even try to get with my bigger guns

But the stainless spears that shoot straight and fast are so light they have no oomph if you shoot a bigger fish

And side by side a RA, Wettie or Freedivers the whole gun looks frail as anything

Originally Posted by viper

Both are ok and will do the job but I wouldn't use either. This is purely a personal opinion but Wettie guns will be assembled using various parts from different suppliers and although there is no doubting the RA quality I have never found them very accurate compared to a Euro gun.
Get a 900mm - 1mtr Picasso , Omer or something similar. Great beginner guns, very accurate and capable of taking big fish if something like a Kingie turns up.
There was a French brand called Immersion, avoid these as they had plastic within the trigger components which over time failed and would discharge on their own.... dangerous.
A good suit ( proper freediving one ) is super important. You will be comfortable and warm and be able to focus . Shivering in the water for a couple of hours is no fun and effects your diving.

No accuracy issue with my RA. 120, 130 tuna shot well from factory. On the 120, 130, 90 roller I had to shorten/customize the band. I used a lot of euro gun, most use soft 6.5mm shaft which would bend easily on a kingy. Some were really accurate like Marc Valentin n6., Omer were average, the enclosed track version terrible. The beuchat are pretty good but I did had mundial handle breaking on double band.