Apr 15 2010
Tipke 2100 Cart Review
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Best Price Tipke 2100 Marine Fold-It Utility Cart
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This Tipke 2100 is an excellent cart. It is very well made. It is made of aluminum so it is very light no matter how much stuff you put into it. The wheels are big to help manage rocky terrain and it has plenty of space to fit all my outside equipment from tools to plants yet it doesn’t feel too big. It does not however come with the small front gate like the picture shows.
Positives:
This is like a *very* large garden cart. Easy to assemble with two people, everything about it seems to resonate build strength & quality. Folding and unfolding is just a little tricky and once you do it, easy to figure out. The wheels are large, making it easy to manuever, and the wheel balance point couln’t be more perfect. My 50# child hopped in it and it was like there was no load in the thing, moving around on a flat surface. The handles are comfortable and well designed. Wheels are compsite plastic (no steel spokes). Feels like stainless and aluminum (like it says it all is).
Minuses:
-Sharp edges on the sheet metal… I thought I had sliced my hand when assembling. The factory needs a line that polishes bent and cut metal.
-Pnuematic tires
Bad. One was almost flat when it arrived. Though the tires are nice, the fact that you will likely have to inflate the tires to use it each season is a bummer. This means you really will need a tire pump where you are using it – and the tires will be flat when not used for several months or seasons. They make a permanent tire foam that fills pneumatic tires and I will probably buy some.
It is also handy for my gardening chores at home and a million other uses.