JACK LANGE ENERGY SHAFT

Hi guys,

I recently bought the Jack Lange shaft from fleebay. I used it for a total of about 20 minutes and will try and give an account of my experience.

Firstly let me start by saying I know I didn't use the shaft for a long time and I know I didn't give it a fair go, but frankly I wasn't totally sold on the device.

I had been using the hipstick all morning, and then I decided to try out the shaft to compare it using my SD2200d with a Coiltek 14"DD coil. I found that because the pivot point on the shaft is lower on my body compared to the much higher pivot point of the hipstick, I had to stretch out the bungee much more when using the shaft so I found that my sweeps were not as big as when using the hipstick. If I tried to increase the sweeps, the bungee needed to be stretched more, adding "soreness" to my arm. I handled this for about 20 minutes of this before going back to the hipstick.

I did not test it with my 25"DD coil where I believe the weight of the coil will probably give it an advantage over the hipstick, but that's a test that I'll perform soon. I also found that it was somewhat annoying to remove the inner shaft and undo the bungee whenever I had to dig a target.

Let me just re say that these are my results and my opinions in the limited time I used it and I would love to hear the results from other members that have used the shaft as compared to the regular hipstick.

I've had a look at these devices but to borrow a line from a movie "grow stronger". You will be amazed what a little bit of strength exercise for your arms will achieve. I use 2 beach cricket balls, squeeze the hell out of them for a couple of weeks, I don't have to change arms to swing as often as I used to do. And I hate to exercise but it helped.

Bullet, I agree with you that "growing stronger" is a good thing, but my conclusion from my brief test was that I needed much more strength, especially when swinging to the right whilst opening my arm than I needed with the hipstick. In fact, and I hate to say it, I looked forward to getting back swinging my 14"DD using the hipstick, over the shaft. I have used the 25"DD with the hipstick before and it struggled to cope with the weight (& it's a heavy duty bungee), maybe the shaft will perform better with the heavier load...time will tell.

G'day Costas,

It always comes down to personal choice. If you feel better using the device, then go for it. I won't argue against it or I'll try not too. It always comes down to user comfort and when ya swinging big coils, yes you are correct. Even with a heavy bungee, you will get tired arms and shoulders but I'll stay with my cricket balls, I feel better after a few weeks of squeezing.
Happy swinging dude
bullet
PS. go get the gold

Forgot to say, I get sore in what they call the deltoid muscle but I have found with some arm exercise, I don't feel as bad as it used to be. Just my opinion and what I do to make it easier for me.
I use a light bungy cord but age is taking over and it's time for a heavy cord. I'll keep up with the exercise and playing with my balls, cricket balls that is.

well boys im lucky ,,,, my energy shafe is still in good use

The way I see it, if you have a problem with the weight of the coil etc. pulling on your shoulder, use a hipstick to transfer the weight to your belt/hip. If however, you have problems with the side to side movement of the swing then perhaps the Jack Lange thingy will do the trick. Maybe there is a call for something sort of in between the two also.

I bought a Hipstick a few weeks ago and used it last weekend. I dont normally use a bungy,but I thought I would give it a go when I used a 24 inch Coil. If it saved energy,it would have to be a plus.
To be Honest,I didnt think it saved Energy at all. It extends your arm out much further than if you were swinging without a Bungy,and your Muscles arent as efficient when in this fully extended position.
I found myself getting tired after only 2 hrs,where,with the standard Bungy set-up,I never had a problem.
The only way I could see to counter this problem would be to mount the bungy between the handle and the control box.
Also,if you normally dig 100 + Junk targets a day,the time wasted un-clipping and re-clipping the stick will cut down your target tally drastically.
JMHO for what its worth.

I bought one the first thing to break was we're a small screw was attaching the shaft to the plate , four twigs and electrical tape fixed that and the straw that broke the camels back was the top prong in the female connection that locked the belt together , snapped due to inferior plastic. Sent a message reporting this to Mr Lang or bushguecko and no response. Also purchased a second larger coil for my gold bud pro it was crap returned no probs recieve another and it's crap to.Thought I would send this to you one more time before I put it in the publics eye,your call mate!he didn't give a though to this so here it is!.This was a pm twice to bush gecko !.

Hi,
I think it was a good idea to get a Jack Shaft and try before you buy Costa. lol.
We forum users would now a bit more about it. I have no dought it is a goer knowing a bit about Jack.
It would be good business sense.

the-A-man

Hi,
I think your proposal to try the Jack Shaft before you buy Costa, is a good thing.lol.There is not much feed back about
this product out there.Some feedback to forum users would be make good business sense.
Knowing a bit about Jack I think this gizmo would be a goer.

the-A-man