hey hoopers, so I know there is already a lot of forums on HDPE vs Polypro tubing for LED hoops but I am wondering if anyone has purchased a polypro LED and then wished they had opted for the more sturdy HDPE? Thanks!
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I've had two Polypro fire hoops crack on me. Polypro is worth it if the hoop in under warranty.

all my polypro seems to crack eventually but I am really rough on my hoops. They have never cracked so hard that they broke though..
Permalink Reply by Jessica Salo on July 5, 2012 at 12:50pm One of my friends polypro shattered like glass when it bounced on the ground .
Permalink Reply by Daniella on July 7, 2012 at 5:36pm My friend has an HDPE Cosmic LED, the one that folds down into 2 minis. It kinked and cracked after being collapsed into the minis
Permalink Reply by Dishy Spectrum on March 24, 2013 at 12:40pm My roommate's HDPE coil down kinked and cracked after a 2 or 3 years. She's waiting to get fresh tubing now. It took another friend of mine about a year for her polypro to crack/break. With just the two examples though the HDPE seems to last much longer. Everyone else I know has PolyPro,....no complaints yet.
Permalink Reply by Bearclaw Manufacturing - Tedward on March 24, 2013 at 3:15pm I think the kink and crack comes from trying to coil and twist the HDPE into a smaller circle than intended.

When I bought my LED hoop a few years ago, I initially got HDPE tubing. After a few months of having it, I was a bit out of my mind one night and so into my hooping that I had no idea how hard I was going... until the hoop flew into the wall and the tubing cracked. I sent my hoop in to have the tubing changed and upgraded to polypro. When I got it back, I was sooooo happy I switched to polypro. I've had my hoop for over 2 years and the polypro has never cracked.
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