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Wildcountry's website seems to be broken www.wildcountry.co.uk/home.htm or maybe there's a trick to it

Does anyone know how to get the manufacturing date from the batch no. on tech friends? I'm tempted to get mine re-slung if/while they're young enough.

Cheers,
jk

In reply to jkarran:

I checked mine recently - the website was working then.

Determining age is based on a combination of the four digit stamp AND the features of the cam.

I think if the cam is definitely post 2001 the first 2 digits are the year and the second 2 digits are the week of manufacture. Obviously it would be worth checking this before sending them off. I may have oversimplified that.

In reply to Swig:

It isn't working for me either today. Couldn't get on it this morning. Still can't get on it atm, just tried it.

In reply to jkarran:

Thanks, it was a Christmas present 2000 or 2001 I think so likely now too old but it may just be ok. I'll wait for the website to get fixed.

jk

In reply to jkarran:

I've found the bit of paper I had when I aged my friends on my desk (different desk than yesterday). These are technical friends BTW.

The codes on my are actually 3 digit not 4 (as I said above).

e.g. Size 00 has 245 stamped = week 45 of 2002.

The meaning of the first digit depends on the features of the cam as well.

In reply to jkarran:

While the website is down... does anyone have a phone number I could try regarding technical advice on a cam that I bought a couple of weeks ago?

In reply to J Brown: You can still look at the cached version of the site on google, revealing:

Wild Country UK, Meverill Road, Tideswell, Buxton, Derbyshire, England, SK17 8PY, Tel +44 (0) 1298 871010, Fax: +44 (0) 1298 872077, email: info@wildcountry.co.uk

In reply to jkarran:

Batch codes from 1988: Example 1Y : 1 = Month January Y = Year 1990

Year 1988 batch codes 1W - 12W
Year 1989 batch codes 1X - 12X
Year 1990 batch codes 1Y - 12Y

Batch codes from 1991Example Z01 : Z = Year 1991 01 = Week 1
Year 1991 batch codes Z01 - Z52
Year 1992 batch codes A01 - A52

Batch codes from 1993 Example 842 : 8 = Year 1998 42 = Week 42
Year 1993 batch codes 301 - 352
Year 1994 batch codes 401 - 452
Year 1995 batch codes 501 - 552
Year 1996 batch codes 601 - 652 Important Note - Nylon Stem Cover Introduced
Year 1997 batch codes 701 - 752
Year 1998 batch codes 801 - 852 Important Note Coloured Cams - Red only Introduced.
Year 1999 batch codes 901 - 952
Year 2000 batch codes 001 - 052
Year 2001 batch codes 101 - 152
Year 2002 batch codes 201 - 252

Batch codes repeat from 2003 onwards, i.e. 2003 Friends start 301, 2004 start 401 - and technical changes, such as stem cover, able us to identify a Friend made in 2003 from one made in 1993 although both would carry the 301 - 352 codes.

In reply to Jimmy56:

Cheers Jim. Almscliff later? Grant's heading out if you want to share a car.

My No.2 is "040" so late 2000. Sounds like I can get another decade out of it without any DiY

jk