If you don't want them to be clear...Originally posted by Collier
Could the reloader be made in the 'old skool' revy type plastic? or is it too soft?
New shells are also made out of a different material which is more resilient than some of the previous Reloaders.
I tested the reloader 2 by throwing it 20-30 feet into the air and letting it land on a solid concrete floor. Mine barely even has scuff marks on it.
There is more to the plastics in a loader, than just picking the right one. Using it correctly in the tool is the difference between a shell you can hit with a sledge hammer without it breaking and a shell where you can step on it and crush it like an egg (geddit? ).
As numbers go up, so does the chance of getting a bad batch of plastic, but we honestly try very hard to stop such items getting out to the public.
I also design new shells with decent wall thicknesses and to reduce weak spots/stress locations as far as possible, but as ever there is a fine line between what people want in strenght as compared to weight.
The original Halo was far too over engineered because it was an untested concept. As time goes on expect to see developments in materials, and performance, and weight, and functionality etc.
I don't believe it sitting still and resting on laurels. If you aren't going forwards you are going backwards.