Re: Review for Safety Stair Rods
Colour Republic, You have me thinking here. So in the interest of trying to answer all questions (no matter how strange:lol
i took one of the rods into the kitchen and with the use of some weighing scales i placed one end on the weighing platform and zeroed the dial as best as possible. I then pressed down while noting the dial. 8 1/2 lb was the reading thats about 4kg to fully compress the rod. As i have said before, the more the rod is compressed the more tension its under.
As for taking one apart, by holding it up to a strong light source you can make out the spring in the thicker of the 2 tubes. The spring is half the length there abouts of the overall length of rod. While one end cap comes off, the other i would think is held by glue maybe. This is the end that has the spring resting against. My way of thinkingis that if that end could be removed and safely replaced a spacer could be inserted and therefore it would increase preload.
Only time will tell and by people leaving 1st hand feedback maybe in the future the makers will increase spring strength on later production runs. Who knows?