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Pannier Survey - Results

Arkel OverDesigns - Touring (T 42)
Website: www.panniers.com

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Overall Results
  
SurveyQuestion Averaged Score from 15 Survey(s)
PurchaseDate
PurchasePrice $129.80
MilesTraveled 970.00
Fabric Strength / Quality 5.00
Seam Strength 5.00
Stability on Rack 4.80
Mounting System Strength 4.80
Ease of Mount / Removal from Rack 4.27
Locking System 4.87
Water / Weather Proof-ness 3.92
Pannier Features 4.73
Percent Recommending This Pannier? 87 %
Percent Satisfied 97%


IndividualResults
  
Submitted by Randy
Email: fuller5@netscape.net
Date Reviewed: 05/03/2000
Types of bikes you have and/or type of riding you do.
      Schwinn Mesa Mtn bike, used for
daily commute to work, 20 miles
round trip
Survey Question Answer
Purchase Date 03/01/2000
Purchase Price $123.00
Miles Traveled 100
Fabric Strength / Quality 5
Seam Strength 5
Stability on Rack 5
Mounting System Strength 5
Ease of Mount / Removal from Rack 3
Locking System 5
Water / Weather Proof-ness 3
Pannier Features 5
Would You Recommend This Pannier? Yes
Percent Satisfied 100.00%
Things To Change
OR Comments
FINAL SCORE 4.50
  
Submitted by Damion Derepentigny
Email: derepentigny@earthlink.net
Date Reviewed: 05/03/2000
Types of bikes you have and/or type of riding you do.
      GIANT 890
Survey Question Answer
Purchase Date 04/01/1999
Purchase Price $120.00
Miles Traveled 2000
Fabric Strength / Quality 5
Seam Strength 5
Stability on Rack 5
Mounting System Strength 5
Ease of Mount / Removal from Rack 5
Locking System 5
Water / Weather Proof-ness 4
Pannier Features 5
Would You Recommend This Pannier? Yes
Percent Satisfied 100.00%
Things To Change
OR Comments		 I use this pannier for commuting to work and it's simple and high quality. I'm very pleased with everything!
FINAL SCORE 5.00
  
Submitted by Arvid Lundy
Email: alundy@rt66.com
Date Reviewed: 05/04/2000
Types of bikes you have and/or type of riding you do.
      Moots YBB Mountain bike (SPOUSES) Mountain and road touring. Have only tested on road so far - riding Trans-America with them.
Survey Question Answer
Purchase Date 02/01/2000
Purchase Price $123.00
Miles Traveled 100
Fabric Strength / Quality 5
Seam Strength 5
Stability on Rack 5
Mounting System Strength 5
Ease of Mount / Removal from Rack 4
Locking System 5
Water / Weather Proof-ness 3
Pannier Features 5
Would You Recommend This Pannier? Yes
Percent Satisfied 97.00%
Things To Change
OR Comments
FINAL SCORE 4.75
  
Submitted by Joe Chandler
Email: chandler@merck.utulsa.edu
Date Reviewed: 07/10/2000
Types of bikes you have and/or type of riding you do.
      Trek 700 hybrid, commuting
Survey Question Answer
Purchase Date 09/01/1999
Purchase Price $120.00
Miles Traveled 1500
Fabric Strength / Quality 5
Seam Strength 5
Stability on Rack 5
Mounting System Strength 5
Ease of Mount / Removal from Rack 5
Locking System 5
Water / Weather Proof-ness 5
Pannier Features 5
Would You Recommend This Pannier? Yes
Percent Satisfied 100.00%
Things To Change
OR Comments
FINAL SCORE 5.00
  
Submitted by Dave Sanders
Date Reviewed: 02/01/2001
Types of bikes you have and/or type of riding you do.
      Trek Touring. General recreational, group touring and commuting.
Survey Question Answer
Purchase Date 06/30/2000
Purchase Price $123.00
Miles Traveled 800
Fabric Strength / Quality 5
Seam Strength 5
Stability on Rack 4
Mounting System Strength 5
Ease of Mount / Removal from Rack 4
Locking System 5
Water / Weather Proof-ness 4
Pannier Features 5
Would You Recommend This Pannier? Yes
Percent Satisfied 95.00%
Things To Change
OR Comments
FINAL SCORE 4.50
  
Submitted by Ben DesRuisseaux
Email: benoit@desruisseaux.com
Date Reviewed: 04/04/2001
Types of bikes you have and/or type of riding you do.
      DeVinci Sydney
Hybrid bike for family riding & weekend escapes
Survey Question Answer
Purchase Date 02/01/2001
Purchase Price $120.00
Miles Traveled 300
Fabric Strength / Quality 5
Seam Strength 5
Stability on Rack 5
Mounting System Strength 5
Ease of Mount / Removal from Rack 5
Locking System 5
Water / Weather Proof-ness 5
Pannier Features 5
Would You Recommend This Pannier? Yes
Percent Satisfied 100.00%
Things To Change
OR Comments		 Haven't used them a lot so far, but they are the most fun panniers I ever owned. SIMPLE yet incredibly rock solid. Plus they look gorgeous (got them in bright red...). The hook system is unimpressive to look at but is buttery smooth and, Id say, unbreakable. A superb buy in my book.
FINAL SCORE 5.00
  
Submitted by Arvid and Mary Jo Lundy
Email: alundy8@earthlink.net
Date Reviewed: 05/16/2001
Types of bikes you have and/or type of riding you do.
      Moots YBB titanium frame mountain bike (Mary Jo's). She rode the Trans-Am with these panniers on the Moots in 2000.
Survey Question Answer
Purchase Date 02/01/2000
Purchase Price $123.00
Miles Traveled 4500
Fabric Strength / Quality 5
Seam Strength 5
Stability on Rack 5
Mounting System Strength 5
Ease of Mount / Removal from Rack 5
Locking System 5
Water / Weather Proof-ness 3
Pannier Features 5
Would You Recommend This Pannier? Yes
Percent Satisfied 99.00%
Things To Change
OR Comments		 My wife loves them.
FINAL SCORE 5.00
  
Submitted by Parker Swanson
Email: swansop@gw.lbcc.cc.or.us
Date Reviewed: 07/29/2001
Types of bikes you have and/or type of riding you do.
      BikeE recumbent. Mainly "loaded commuting", carrying up to 40 lbs books, groceries, etc. etc.
Survey Question Answer
Purchase Date 11/15/2000
Purchase Price $125.00
Miles Traveled 500
Fabric Strength / Quality 5
Seam Strength 5
Stability on Rack 5
Mounting System Strength 5
Ease of Mount / Removal from Rack 4
Locking System 5
Water / Weather Proof-ness 4
Pannier Features 5
Would You Recommend This Pannier? Yes
Percent Satisfied 100.00%
Things To Change
OR Comments		 Arkel T-42's fit the BikeE under-seat rack, offering largest available cargo capacity. E.g. I can load 2 gallons milk, plus lots more groceries in *each* pannier. Superb construction, no problems with water intrusion even here in Oregon. Good price. Great service from Arkel company. Love these panniers!
FINAL SCORE 4.75
  
Submitted by Skip Herriman
Email: herriman@comcast.net
Web: http://mywebpages.comcast.net/herriman/
Date Reviewed: 10/25/2002
Types of bikes you have and/or type of riding you do.
      Tour Easy recumbent, Cannondale T700, Centurion Ironman, L. L. Bean MTB
Recreational, touring, commuting
Survey Question Answer
Purchase Date 10/01/2002
Purchase Price $126.00
Miles Traveled 200
Fabric Strength / Quality 5
Seam Strength 5
Stability on Rack 5
Mounting System Strength 5
Ease of Mount / Removal from Rack 5
Locking System 5
Water / Weather Proof-ness n/a
Pannier Features 5
Would You Recommend This Pannier? Yes
Percent Satisfied 100.00%
Things To Change
OR Comments		 Add an inside strap to hold folded clothes flat. Useful for commuting to work.
FINAL SCORE 5.00
  
Submitted by Mark Hastings
Email: evblazer@yahoo.com
Date Reviewed: 09/11/2003
Types of bikes you have and/or type of riding you do.
      90s hybrid diamond back. Panniers worth more then my bike
Survey Question Answer
Purchase Date 08/25/2003
Purchase Price $125.00
Miles Traveled 150
Fabric Strength / Quality 5
Seam Strength 5
Stability on Rack 5
Mounting System Strength 5
Ease of Mount / Removal from Rack 5
Locking System 5
Water / Weather Proof-ness 3
Pannier Features 4
Would You Recommend This Pannier? Yes
Percent Satisfied 95.00%
Things To Change
OR Comments		 Watercovers double as covers for a large pizza box strapped to the top of the two panniers. Mounts eat the paint on the rack use some electrical (maybe duct) tape at the mount points and its all good. Greatly reduced my parking time at the station and easy to carry long distances with one shoulder strap each (do not know how you could carry two very far with only one)
FINAL SCORE 4.86
  
Submitted by Lenny Taylor
Email: lenny1131@hotmail.com
Web: http://lennytaylor.freeyellow.com
Date Reviewed: 10/08/2003
Types of bikes you have and/or type of riding you do.
      Loaded Touring converted Mountain Bike
Raleigh Twenty folding bike
City Crusier with 7-speed internal gear hub
Survey Question Answer
Purchase Date 11/15/2002
Purchase Price $126.00
Miles Traveled 200
Fabric Strength / Quality 5
Seam Strength 5
Stability on Rack 5
Mounting System Strength 5
Ease of Mount / Removal from Rack 5
Locking System 5
Water / Weather Proof-ness 5
Pannier Features 5
Would You Recommend This Pannier? no
Percent Satisfied 100.00%
Things To Change
OR Comments		 No changes desired. The product and the company are top-flight!
FINAL SCORE 5.00
  
Submitted by John Whelan
Date Reviewed: 11/19/2005
Types of bikes you have and/or type of riding you do.
      Road bike - for endurance rides
Mountain Bike - for touring/commuting/mtn biking
Survey Question Answer
Purchase Date 07/10/2005
Purchase Price $154.00
Miles Traveled 600
Fabric Strength / Quality 5
Seam Strength 5
Stability on Rack 5
Mounting System Strength 5
Ease of Mount / Removal from Rack 4
Locking System 5
Water / Weather Proof-ness 4
Pannier Features 4
Would You Recommend This Pannier? Yes
Percent Satisfied 100.00%
Things To Change
OR Comments		 Very satisfied - but I might add 1 or 2 smaller pockets w/ zippers on outside of pannier
FINAL SCORE 4.71
  
Submitted by william goshorn
Email: billsal2@hotmail.com
Date Reviewed: 05/15/2006
Types of bikes you have and/or type of riding you do.
      Trek 720
Survey Question Answer
Purchase Date 12/31/1969
Purchase Price $140.00
Miles Traveled 1250
Fabric Strength / Quality 5
Seam Strength 5
Stability on Rack 3
Mounting System Strength 2
Ease of Mount / Removal from Rack 1
Locking System 3
Water / Weather Proof-ness n/a
Pannier Features 3
Would You Recommend This Pannier? no
Percent Satisfied 75.00%
Things To Change
OR Comments		 Mounting system is poorly designed. Knots in bungy-type bottom attachment cords (another bad choice) interfere with rack struts (Blackburn rear rack and their front rack). Top hooks are too shallow to fit solidly over rack. Locking mechanism hits rack if not positioned correctly. Its a wrestling match every time they are mounted. Zippers very stiff at corners. Good materials (other than bungy cord attachments), and wormanship, excellent raincovers. Liked my old Eclipse better.
FINAL SCORE 3.14
  
Submitted by Andrew Diddy
Date Reviewed: 07/05/2007
Types of bikes you have and/or type of riding you do.
      Touring for weeks at a time.

Riding a Cannondale T2000 CAD2
Survey Question Answer
Purchase Date 07/01/2007
Purchase Price $189.00
Miles Traveled 750
Fabric Strength / Quality 5
Seam Strength 5
Stability on Rack 5
Mounting System Strength 5
Ease of Mount / Removal from Rack 5
Locking System 5
Water / Weather Proof-ness 4
Pannier Features 5
Would You Recommend This Pannier? Yes
Percent Satisfied 100.00%
Things To Change
OR Comments		 Awesome simple panniers made extremely well. Nothing else compares to these panniers, and the company is really awesome to deal with.
FINAL SCORE 5.00
  
Submitted by Trevor Nicholson
Email: trevn@shaw.ca
Date Reviewed: 09/15/2007
Types of bikes you have and/or type of riding you do.
      Specialized Crossroads
Survey Question Answer
Purchase Date 05/05/2005
Purchase Price $110.00
Miles Traveled 1600
Fabric Strength / Quality 5
Seam Strength 5
Stability on Rack 5
Mounting System Strength 5
Ease of Mount / Removal from Rack 4
Locking System 5
Water / Weather Proof-ness 4
Pannier Features 5
Would You Recommend This Pannier? Yes
Percent Satisfied 95.00%
Things To Change
OR Comments		 Scratches up your rack but never comes off. Really liked how adjustable the hooks and locks are...fits just about any rack. One month of cycle touring in Ireland...no problems
FINAL SCORE 4.86

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