For X-metal frames. Ive heared or people stiing on them and not breaking them. Anyone put their babaies to the test? ehehe! thanks! Do they bend? or just break?

I tried to scan the forums but didnt find a thread =(

They bend as most metals do. A few years back there was a romeo on ebay that had been run over. It was all mangled. Someone here grabbed it and used the stems to make a hammer Mars.

I was hoping you were gonna say that he shaped the mangle xmetal frame back! ehehe


Anyway, If you bend them and try to bend it back.. will it break like most metals do? hehe

There are bad batches of X-Metal out there too that have really high hardness and barely any tensility. X-Metal is NOT a hard metal! I've seen it snap on Juliets, Romeo 2, and Mars!

Wasn't there somebody who went to public and offered 10GBP for the one who can break/bend them?, think the post has to be 2years old or even more


but it could be possible that my bad appreciation could be blamed for wrong thinking

I had a pair of Mars that were ran over and only the earstems were bent and the temple snapped.

From experience of a few KMA (Royal Millitary Accademy) students here in Holland, a car didn't do much damage, but a tank was way too havy! Lenses didn't break, though!

When tank over the lens, lens still ok??? Wow, this mean our lens really great!!!!

And boy were they trashed, but surprisingly the earstems wernt bent at all

Wasn't there somebody who went to public and offered 10GBP for the one who can break/bend them?, think the post has to be 2years old or even more

That was Adam's pub related incident

Wouldn't be surprised that the lens stood up to a tank considering they have to pass the Spike Test. A tank would've just spread the force over a wider area.

Yep, that was me!

More pics on broken X-Metals pls!!! =P

lol mars! they are somewhat indestructible but I wouldnt even wanna drop it on the floor let alone sit on them. just be ultra careful with them :-)

hehehe! I really would like to see how they bend... not on mine hehehe!

does anyone have pics or vids on doing a tension test perhaps? hehehe Thanks!