Thread: Cautionary tale of poor quality product from Spika.

Late last year I purchased a "Deluxe" rifle bag from Spika, I specifically wanted one with a shoulder strap as I have a bunch of bags without straps already. I used that bag maybe 20 times only carrying it from my ute inside to the safe, nothing stressful.

Then one day I heard the sickening thud of my rifle in the bag hitting the concrete hard, unfortunately the front bell of the scope took the brunt of the hit and is now bent downwards, scope buggered and unusable. The stitching of the fabric tab that holds the strap in place had come apart while it was over my shoulder.

The scope is worth about the same as my insurance excess so not worth claiming for. I emailed Spika and while they were fairly quick to offer me a replacement bag I declined and told them I didn't want to trust my gear in another one of thier bags, they made no apology for the damage thier product caused and no offer to compensate me for it.

Guess it's my hard lesson to learn, not to trust Spika products again.

That’s a real downer man. Is it not a scope with lifetime warranty? If it was a vortex they would be replacing it for you ��

Originally Posted by BenTheBuilder

That’s a real downer man. Is it not a scope with lifetime warranty? If it was a vortex they would be replacing it for you ��

Nah it's not covered. Lately I've been replacing all my scopes with Leupold and Burris for exactly this reason.

Originally Posted by BenTheBuilder

That’s a real downer man. Is it not a scope with lifetime warranty? If it was a vortex they would be replacing it for you ��

If it was a Vortex you would have replaced it by then anyway

Thats pretty shit quality there for a reasonably pricey product.

People just don't have any integrity now aye. Its all about the money

https://spika.co.nz/product/spika-pr...%e2%80%91-50in

The padding is unreal and the outer fabric is nice and thick

I buy so much stuff off Ali express now as that’s where is all comes from anyway.

Iv got 2 spika gun bags both absolutely brilliant the padding with in the bag is that good it could take a fall they go in my Ute with tools bouncing all over them I’ll dig out a photo or model

Originally Posted by Kelton

Iv got 2 spika gun bags both absolutely brilliant the padding with in the bag is that good it could take a fall they go in my Ute with tools bouncing all over them I’ll dig out a photo or model

Yes the padding seemed pretty decent, another reason why I went with it, but I guess a heavy rifle falling from shoulder height and landing on the front of the scope was enough to still do the damage!

My Spika gun bag did exactly the same. Lucky no rifle damage for me.
Just more Chinese junk really.

Originally Posted by Mintie

Nah it's not covered. Lately I've been replacing all my scopes with Leupold and Burris for exactly this reason.

I was under the impression that Loopy warranties wouldn't cover these sorts of accidents. I had a similar mishap when my sling broke on me in the bush. Luckily the scope still works fine, but Leupold's website stated that warranties would not cover accidents or rough treatment.

Originally Posted by iambatman

I was under the impression that Loopy warranties wouldn't cover these sorts of accidents. I had a similar mishap when my sling broke on me in the bush. Luckily the scope still works fine, but Leupold's website stated that warranties would not cover accidents or rough treatment.

pretty sure they will still fix it at way less than new purchase price all the same....

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

pretty sure they will still fix it at way less than new purchase price all the same....

Whilst I'm sure that someone will post their recent replacement of a bent scope story, in the last few years Leupold have become less generous with free replacements if an optic has obviously been damaged by the user.
Likewise Burris. There is a recent thread on the forum where the OP sent his Burris back to Burris. Burris determined the scope was bent and therefore not covered by their warranty. Burris offered a replacement deal with much reduced price.

Originally Posted by zimmer

Whilst I'm sure that someone will post their recent replacement of a bent scope story, in the last few years Leupold have become less generous with free replacements if an optic has obviously been damaged by the user.
Likewise Burris. There is a recent thread on the forum where the OP sent his Burris back to Burris. Burris determined the scope was bent and therefore not covered by their warranty. Burris offered a replacement deal with much reduced price.

I think consumers expect to much from a warranty and forget about insurance

Yes I wouldn't expect impact to be covered but it's still nice to know they have a decent warranty in place