Much better!

Beer + bocks = "Why is my head dented?" the next morning.  Careful there...

Well, that looks like my poweriser hoof.  Superior to the white plastic because it doesn't break.  I'm not sure how it could mess with the alignment of the springs, but you should be fine if you remove it, as long as you slip in something in its place to keep the spring separated from the metal.  It might be fine with as little as a bit of duct tape in between, and as long as the spring doesn't get abraded by the aluminum or dirt, the worst that can happen is it being a bit wobbly.  It's best if the spring is snug in there, and if it isn't after you remove the rubber, just stuff something else in for filler.  Most people use cardboard.

You need a heating element or a heated building.  Insulation won't keep it warm for more than a few minutes.  Coachgeo, I'm a bit dubious of your experience with cold if you're from Texas.  Inanimate objects get cold fast at subzero temperatures, and insulation only helps over short periods of time.  It may be worth testing how long it takes for the spring to cool down with and without insulation, but I doubt anything staying warm more than ten minutes without a heating element.  And the truck bed lining, even if it worked perfectly, would have a negligible effect because the metal parts cover so little of a spring's surface area.  Well, maybe for the hoof...

One of the brands should invest some money into developing cold-weather springs that either function fine at low temperatures or have an integrated heating element.  It wouldn't be too hard to make a heating element; they probably sell wires that produce a lot of heat when a current goes through them.  Attach such a wire to a rechargeable battery and there you go.  Run it up and down the spring and cover it in insulation.  Take some pictures, post them in the gallery, and get complimented for your crafty mod.

The more I look through this, the more I think you should just listen to Sprog about which is better, being both or neither depending on how you want to state it.  The powerisers come with some very good stock features, though.  Everyone knows about the calf cuffs and the snowboard bindings, but there's also the riveted-on piece of rubber to stabilize the spring in place of the brittle white plastic bit.  Given the legal issues with buying 7leagues, poweriser seems to be a better buy.

I thought my connection was just slow until I started using firefox.  It's AOL that's slow, though.  Somebody needs to make up a .gif file that shows the firefox chasing down and violently killing the defenseless AOL man.  Why do you use AOL if you have firefox on your computer, DK?

[YARRRGH! NOT MORE NEWBEZ SPAM!!!!!]

YARRRGH!  NOT MORE NEWBEZ SPAM!!!!!  Somebody stop it before it takes over the whole internet!

I was actually tempted to start a thread a couple days ago about how nobody should shop there because they're spamming all over youtube and annoying bockers and fans across the globe.

Cut the spam or LEAVE.  Sprog was right about the general opinion here on spammers.

Hey, at least they won't be mooching sales off poweriser.  Now they're trying to subtly mooch sales off powerskip's reputation... maybe that's a stretch.

Now it's definitely less confusing for new buyers, though.

My experience says that the first fall scares you out of pushing yourself too far.  Caught a hoof on the ground in the middle of a sprint, spun, landed on my shoulder and nearly knocked myself out through a skateboard helmet.  Haven't had a serious fall since, although I have tripped up while walking on a slick surface.

Good luck with your bocks!

Much better, mikey.

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Wow, good trick.  Err, was it a trick?  Or did you really shove a needle under your skin and out again?  I can't really tell on the computer screen, and if it's an illusion I'd be interested in seeing how it's received by an audience who's standing in front of you.

Hmmm... There is only one response to that video that has no smiley.  Everyone except mikey has a smiley of one kind or another.  I'll keep up the trend...  to the extreme.
 

It can't be helped.  Someone always has to say it.  I'm very sorry, but I can't resist: you should have worn all your pads.  We all chuckle at the pain of others, particularly when it's their own damn fault.

So it's called "Sod's law" in the UK?  Over in the USA it's called Murphy's law.  It says that everything that can go wrong will go wrong.  Or is sod's law a little different?  That things only go wrong at the worst times?

From what I know, poweriser springs are stiffer than most springs, so you can get a lot of upward force from them.  However, 7league springs give more force near the bottom of their compression than they do at the top (kinda like powerskip), so it's about even, I think.  7leagues lose less energy per bounce, though.  And it is possible to get poweriser calf cuffs separately if money is no object.  They run about $160 last time I checked.

And on the calf cuff debate, protection from the binding doesn't matter even a tiny bit if you have good pads.  I use skateboard pads and have yet to experience any pain in my knees of any kind while on my stilts.  It's almost as good as falling on a mat with them.  Calf cuffs don't make pressure points like bars, and they are really stable with no wiggle room in any direction, and you can shift them to improve the fit on many ways, but they can be really sweaty.  You don't notice how wet your legs get under them until you take them off.  I like my cuffs a lot.

Simple insulation cannot protect springs from the cold.  With insulation, they just take a bit longer to cool from room temperature to outside temperature.  Insulation only works for people because we produce our own heat, which can then be trapped by the insulation.  The only way to keep the springs warm is with some sort of heater inside a layer of insulation.  You would need some wires that conduct electricity very poorly, maybe something to keep them from melting the spring, thick insulation on the outside, and batteries.  But is it really necessary?  Do they really break if they're too cold and you jump on them?

Seems to me that buying from powerjumperz.com really is a bad idea, but not for the reason given at the beginning of this topic.  Broken springs are a random occurrence originating n the factory, not the vendor, but powerjumperz is still a bad choice of store.

Good luck with the warranty!