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Permalink Reply by Maryellen on September 25, 2012 at 1:29pm

Thanks for the heads up on trinitystarr.com! I'm really liking their site!

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Permalink Reply by Randy Kato on October 3, 2012 at 10:29pm

Well, I'm not a "lovely lady" but I'll chime in here. If it's light weight you want, polypro is pretty much the way to go. I've been hooping for a few years with polypro and have developed a segmented collapsible that I've tweaked and gotten to the point where I find it's perfect for me. Many others love them too.

Instead of metal connectors I use polypro connectors (with aluminum rivets and metal pushbuttons). This not only keeps them as light as possible, but it distributes the weight evenly as opposed to a non-collapsible or coil-down style. I can't personally feel the imbalance, but some of my customers have mentioned that they can and love my collapsibles for that reason.

And due to the added weight of the connectors, it makes polypro just a tiny bit easier. I actually prefer to use the collapsible over a one-piece polypro.

I've tried to make coil-downs as well, but the polypro really doesn't like to be coiled that tightly (and can tend to kink), so I either add an extension piece so it doesn't have to coil so tight, or some people buy twins and then snap them together and coil them in a triple coil so it's only coiling down 2/3 as tight.

Anyway, I guess this is coming off as a sales pitch, but it wasn't intended to be. Just info. You can see my hoops at http://www.etsy.com/shop/rkspinburne .

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