Aluminum bugle tubes?

[BROOKS5]

I'll stick with my $3 bat.

Same here I keep wanting to get a real bugle but just can't bring myself to spend 30+ bones for a glorified wiffle ball bat.

 

[camelcluch]

Is the Phelps all aluminum or is just the middle of the body metal? The Rocky Mountain is all aluminum.

 

[TheBootBowhunting]

Is the Phelps all aluminum or is just the middle of the body metal? The Rocky Mountain is all aluminum.

The tube is all aluminum, the mouthpiece that slides on is a polymer type material.
Allows you to switch between external and flared mouthpieces.

 

[camelcluch]

Thanks. I’m still debating on if I want to try the Phelps.

 

[trophyhill]

I can’t believe $30 is going to break any of you. Break down and support our fellow hunters who are doing what many would love to be doing for a living rather than slaving away at something you hate doing ....

 

[307]

I was curious about why I'd want a heavier bugle tube. If the sound isn't significantly better, I'm struggling to see the point of these "new" tubes.

 

[Brillo]

I bought the Phelps for a buddy who decided to go with me just to keep me company and be my Sherpa if I am successful. I decided he will be much more helpful if he can learn to call. He sounded terrible the first time I heard him but got better quickly. I actually like the sound of the metal. It is naturally a bit off key like elk often are, if you get my drift. Practiced callers can duplicate the off key sound with plastic but I cannot.

 

[Minute_of_Antelope]

Have fun with that on a cold morning

I don’t think you’re supposed to stick it down your pants

 

[Deadfall]

I'll stick with my $3 bat.

Amen to that....good lord

 

[Deadfall]

Seams gimmicky to me...of course I been going the other way. Even knocked the dust off some old hose whistles from my youth.

Was walking around a store couple days ago eyeballing flannel....haha....

Recon next year will be titanium or a super secret composite....

 

[trophyhill]

I was curious about why I'd want a heavier bugle tube. If the sound isn't significantly better, I'm struggling to see the point of these "new" tubes.

Personally I see nothing wrong with new products. Especially if it works and not made in Wuhan. I’m also of the adage, if it ain’t broke, don’t try and fix it. I’m still using my first and third gen Elknut Chuckler tubes. I modified the first gen to deaden the sound a bit and love the third gen tube just the way it is. The second gen Chuckler is still in the arsenal just in case I lose the third gen tube.

 

[Rusty Shackelford]

Rocky Mtn Plastic Bugle Tube - 9oz
Phelps Aluminum - 14.9oz

If you're sensitive enough to notice 5.9 additional oz of weight in your pack you may have other problems.

 

[Minute_of_Antelope]

Rocky Mtn Plastic Bugle Tube - 9oz
Phelps Aluminum - 14.9oz

If you're sensitive enough to notice 5.9 additional oz of weight in your pack you may have other problems.

Insert obligatory ounces equals pounds, pounds equals pain adage

 

[StillBald]

Rocky Mtn Plastic Bugle Tube - 9oz
Phelps Aluminum - 14.9oz

If you're sensitive enough to notice 5.9 additional oz of weight in your pack you may have other problems.

I've changed tents to save a pound or two. Changing bugle tubes to save almost half a pound seems like a no brainer to me if there aren't any other tangible benefits (at least in my mind) for using aluminum.

 

[Rusty Shackelford]

I've changed tents to save a pound or two. Changing bugle tubes to save almost half a pound seems like a no brainer to me if there aren't any other tangible benefits (at least in my mind) for using aluminum.

Unfortunately I was 3 beers deep when I made that comment last night, now that I've sobered up I'll admit that 6oz increase is significant. I just went through some changes on my bow just to shave off some weight.

That being said the aluminum tube does sound very different, louder mostly.

 

[Drenalin]

I think one attraction of the Phelps tube is the use of that mouthpiece that doesn't require a person who's never used a diaphragm call to still be able to make a sound that might resemble an elk. I don't have strong feelings about this either way, but out of thousands of folks moving east to west to elk hunt every year I think they'll sell at least a bushel of these things.