Great Paddle, Bad t-grip
"Werner's Bandit is one of the more dependable paddles on the market. It has a breezy and efficient swing weight and reliably strong blade and shaft. Out of the more than dozen canoe paddles I have used in a decade of consistent whitewater paddling, the Bandit is the paddle I keep coming back to (and the carbon layup for rocky/ class IV-V runs). All that being said, I have noticed the Werner t-grips get consistently smaller and cheaper over recent iterations. I wish they would make a solid, strong, straight t-grip so I didn't have to make my own."
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