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serf 'rett · November 29, 2011, 04:19 PM

Questions for the elders:

I've read a number of comments that W231 and HP38 are the same powder.

Is this true?

As in made in the same factory and plastered with different labels?

And if it's true, then why is the W231 price 5 to 8 percent higher?

And yes, I know that powder is the least expensive component and that I may be straining at gnats while swallowing camels, but if the powder’s the same, why pay more? If I want to pay more, then why not get VV-N320, and use the same logic of powder being the least expensive component.

November 29, 2011, 04:19 PM	#1
serf 'rett Senior Member Join Date: June 25, 2009 Location: Stuttgart, AR Posts: 1,569	W231 and HP38 - The Same Stuff? Questions for the elders: I've read a number of comments that W231 and HP38 are the same powder. Is this true? As in made in the same factory and plastered with different labels? And if it's true, then why is the W231 price 5 to 8 percent higher? And yes, I know that powder is the least expensive component and that I may be straining at gnats while swallowing camels, but if the powder’s the same, why pay more? If I want to pay more, then why not get VV-N320, and use the same logic of powder being the least expensive component. __________________ A lack of planning on your part does not necessarily constitute an emergency on my part.