Any sources for discount 3/4” loc-line?

April 14, 2024 3:14 PM

I’d like to buy some 3/4” loc-line, up to 25’ or so, for various purposes around the house, mainly for adjustable arms for things. Are there any sources for discount loc-line around?

I still appreciate the heads up from a MeFi member a while back about the PEC rule seconds from Taylor Tools, so I thought it was worth checking.

posted by unus sum to Shopping (5 answers total)

I haven't bought any from these folks, but looks like you can get a probably-fine-knockoff on AliExpress for ~$5/foot where the Loc-Line brand seems to be more like ~$10/foot for the 3/4".
posted by gregr at 4:39 PM on April 14 [1 favorite]

Yep, buy the lines at Ali Express -- but beware that the mounting hardware is pricey there.
posted by wenestvedt at 6:06 PM on April 14 [1 favorite]

Best answer: If you don't care about the colour or if it's slightly shopworn, call round the distributors and see if there's any old stock on clearance. ¾" is pretty hefty, and the AliExpress stuff is about US $9.50 / 30 cm: not a major saving for something of unknown quality.

Real Loc-Line is a high precision product made of an incredibly tough engineering plastic. It's remarkable that they can sell it for that price. Get the pliers! I knew someone who dislocated their thumb trying to assemble much smaller Loc-Line without a tool
posted by scruss at 9:27 PM on April 14 [3 favorites]

(If you buy the 100cm pieces of from AliExpress it's $16.11 / 100cm or ~$4.80 / 30cm.)
posted by gregr at 6:32 AM on April 15

Response by poster: I appreciate all the answers, I think that's a good summery of the options. In the end I decided to just buy a 25' roll of the name brand stuff for $6.52/foot. Calling around to distributers is a great idea but in the end I decided it wasn't worth the time and effort vs the amount of any discount I was likely to find.
posted by unus sum at 11:23 AM on April 15 [1 favorite]