Considering buying a used Rifa 55

[Jonathan Frank]

Ha! Yeah, the pricing on these suckers is interesting..

The 30 is $210
The 40 is $173
The 50 is $151

I guess it makes sense…the 30 has more cells (and blocks more light – and ‘focuses’ it to a tighter area) but that is a huge price difference (especially between the 30 and 40 as it’s twice that of the 40 to 50). Which makes one (well me) wonder if the 30 is so much more expensive due to the amount of material…or if there is a perceived extra value/desire for that specific angle.

[Bill Davis]

[Jonathan Frank] “I guess it makes sense…the 30 has more cells (and blocks more light – and ‘focuses’ it to a tighter area) but that is a huge price difference (especially between the 30 and 40 as it’s twice that of the 40 to 50). Which makes one (well me) wonder if the 30 is so much more expensive due to the amount of material…or if there is a perceived extra value/desire for that specific angle.”

Pull out one of your egg crates and look at how they’re assembled. The internal cels are a simple pattern assembly of pre-cut fabric – but at the point where each row and each column meets the velcro outer fabric, there’s a sewn junction. I suspect that this involves someone sitting at a machine and running stitches down each attachment point.

If so, more cels means longer assembly time and more labor cost.

Simple as that.

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