Hertel Wax

[pebu]

Last year we ran out of wax, so a friend gave us a bar of Hertel Racing FC 739. It did us pretty well. I'm just wondering if anybody else has experience with Hertel. Is it good stuff or is there some reason I shouldn't like it? Also, I know it's fluoro, but would it be a lo-fluoro or a hi-fluoro, or is it some fluoro-to-the-max concoction that Hertel thought up all on his own? Insight would be appreciated. Thanks

[Randy T.]

Hey Pebu,

I have been using the Hertel Super Hot Sauce for years now and I love the stuff. If you read the literature on it, it's designed as an all temp wax which I like because I like one wax that works all the time. I buy it in bulk (160 bars) and I share with some friends but I also wax a lot of boards for friends and everyone else likes it too.
I did buy some of the race stuff from them last year but I didn't race enough to say how much faster it was.
I do have a good example of one time being at a race and I waxed the night before with the regular hot sauce and rode the board that morning. A friend waxed at the top of the hill and selected a wax to match the snow temp. After our first run we were gliding on a flat cat track back to the course and I left him way behind. Could be other factors involved but I think the waxed had something to do with that.
Either way that's the only stuff I use all season even in the spring slush.

Hertel (http://www.hertelskiwax.com/)

[pebu]

So you're saying instead of finding another similar wax I should just break down and get the hertel?
I ask because I'm putting together a fairly substantial tognar order and they don't carry hertel wax. Seems like at one point they did, but maybe I'm just on crack.
Thanks for the quick response.

[Randy T.]

To be totally honest I can not compare it to other brands because I started doing my own tuning at the same time I found Hertel. Tognar might have something else just as good but I like this stuff and don't ever plan on switching.

[Jrobb]

I just started with the Hertel Hot Sauce too. Only have one day on it and I was happy with it. Granted it was a 3ft pow day at Bridger...I could still haul with it towards the end.

What I liked most about it so far is it wetts out into the base much better than some Swix, Dakine, Ethica/Hillbilly (actually way better than the Ethica). I'll be using it throughout the season exclusively on my board (and likely my gf's too) so I will be able to tell its all-purposeabilities later on. So far, I like its "tooling" (application and scraping).

J

[pebu]

One day last year it was about 10 below (farenhiet of course) and I had a little trouble that day. More than a little trouble, I could barely move. I just about went over the handlebars getting off the chairlift. But other than that day it's been at least usable.