WISPY SLIDER WITH TEFLON PLATES
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2 - All orders are final. No returns, no refunds.
3 - Please read ALL before you consider purchasing this item. By purchasing you understand and agree with what's described below.
Wispy Slider Accessories:
BUY EXTRA MAGNETS
BUY TEFLON TAPE
WISPY SLIDER: ELONGATED BY DESIGN
• A perfect balance between form and function. The Wispy has a streamlined and elongated body shape design that provides fantastic ergonomics and ensures comfort for your fingers and hand, with perfect angles for fidgeting such as pushing, turning, pulling, pivoting and much more. Its elongated body sits on a “sweet spot” in dimension, where it’s not too big or too small, it’s just right.
• Inspired by classic UQH design forms such as the Atrium, the Pavilion, the Attic and others, the Wispy has a lightweight Titanium body that was designed to be as thin as possible specially at the middle, without compromising on functionality and avoiding unnecessary extra weight and ‘bulkiness’ to it.
• Thin, simple and elegant plates that are secured with our custom made Torx screws are machined with a ‘flat bottom dimple pattern’ that helps reduce on friction and making it a true “free floater” slider design.
NO O-RINGS:
• By design, the Wispy DOES NOT uses O-rings with its magnets. We love the extra haptic feedback that the magnets provide when sliding, aka “rattling” and we consider this to be a “feature and not a bug”. On top of that, the Wispy was designed to be as thin as possible and the idea of allowing for O-rings would have changed the entire design concept by thickening it too much. So magnets will have a very small space to move (up and down) inside their housing (around 0.01mm) and you should hear the magnets ‘rattling’ a bit when sliding, which adds that extra feedback we’ve mentioned to the experience!
If you prefer a quieter sliding experience, you can always experiment with adding your own padding / cushions under your magnets, like pieces of paper, blue tac or another material of your choice. If you prefer secured magnets with O-rings and are not willing to DIY your own ‘cushions’, please do not order the Wispy as it may not be for you.
FIRST SLIDE:
• Right out of the box your Wispy slider may or may not feel a bit “dry, “rough”, or not so smooth to slide. This may happen only with the metal plates, and it’s more common with the Zirc plates. Do not panic! The metal plates MUST be broken in first in order for it to slide smoothly. Keep sliding it for some minutes, even if it feels a bit rough, maybe a couple hours. Your slider should start feeling MUCH better after some good quality sliding time.
The more you slide, the best your slider should feel as the constant friction on your metal plates should work as a sort of “polishing” for them. We also noticed that the humidity in the environment can play a role here, so you can try wiping your plates with a paper towel to remove any surface moisture and keep on sliding. If the slider feels smoother after wiping them with the paper towel, it may be related to the humidity in the air as mentioned. Try changing locations, like going outdoors with your Wispy and get some sunlight or wind while you slide, or if it feels humid outside, try going back indoors to a drier place. Just keep sliding, eventually your slider should feel amazing. :)
PLATES CARE:
• It is important to often keep your plates clean (no matter the plate material), but especially when removing screws and disassembling the slider, as tiny pieces of metal may come off the screws, screw holes or from the magnets themselves, and could magnetically stick to the plate surfaces. If this happens and you start sliding, it could cause scratches on your plates. For this reason, it is very important that the plates are cleaned with a piece of ‘drafting tape’ after you finish re-assembling your Wispy slider, once your screws are back in, and most importantly, BEFORE you start sliding again. Make sure to repeatedly use the drafting tape all over the plates by tapping them with the intent to stick any spec of debris that may be there, even if you don’t see any debris over your plates (sometimes they are almost invisible to the naked eye). After using tape on top of the plates you can then wipe the plates using a piece of paper towel, back and forth, similar to what you would do if you were “polishing” them, till everything feels clean. Only after that you should start sliding again. This should help protecting the plates from unwanted abrasion from these tiny metal debris.
PLATE WEAR & SLIDER TAPE:
• Plate wear is expected (and probably inevitable) to happen over time on your Wispy Slider plates, since you have a huge amount of friction happening during its use. The only way to avoid plate wear is by covering your plates with a high quality ‘slider tape’ aka ‘EDC tape’ such as Teflon tape. A good slider tape should provide you with a very low friction to your sliding experience, making every slide smooth and effortless, as well as have a minimal thickness that won’t affect performance of your magnet strength.
Keep in mind that by not using a slider tape, small scratches, nicks and dings are probably going to happen over time on your plates and that is part of any “free floater” slider. I.E., we do not guarantee that the Zirc plates will remain blackened forever as they may scratch with time and use. Same with the other plate materials we offer. We consider plate wear as completely normal and expected. Remember, you are rubbing two pieces of metal together.
MAGNETS STRENGTH & CONFIGURATION:
• The Wispy is a 3 click slider, meaning it has 4 rows of magnets in pairs on each side, so 8x magnets on each side, totaling 16x magnets per Wispy slider set (magnet size: 6mm x 2mm). We have tested countless magnet strengths and configurations, and we’ve opted to offer them with what we believe it’s the best in their weight and design, as follows:
CUSTOM SCREWS:
• It was a real challenge to get the right screws for the Wispy since the design is fairly thin and most standard screws wouldn’t fit it, so we had to customize a screw in order to have the design with the dimensions we’ve envisioned.
The Wispy with Zirc and SS plates comes with custom made T5 Torx screws in SS and the Teflon Wispy comes with customized T6 Torx Screws. Each plate is secured with 4x screws.
We also include 2x extra screws for every Wispy, just in case. ;)
We suggest not disassembling the Wispy unless necessary. If you do disassemble it, make sure to be gentle when installing the screws back in as they could be damaged if too much force is used. Try making them just tight enough to keep the plate securely in place and making sure they can be unscrewed in the future.
TEFLON (PTFE) PLATES PROS AND CONS
• The Teflon tapes are very, very, very soft. This has an upside and downside. The upside is that the smoothness of the sliding experience is incredible! It’s unbelievably smooth, and extremely satisfying to slide for hours and hours. It is great for tricks and the slider just goes! The downside is that it’s also super flexible and because of this, the plates can sometimes flex a bit around the middle or the top edges and you may be able to see a small gap between the slider body and the plates. Also, because of its softness it is very easy to nick or ding them if you were to drop the slider on the ground or if you puncture them with any sharp object, which could create a permanent mark.
• Also, due to the color white of this material, some Teflon plates may or may not present tiny black spots inside the plastic material. These do not affect the sliding experience in any way as they are only tiny darker pigment spots inside the plastic.
• All that being said, we believe that the pros outweigh the cons, to the point that the Wispy with Teflon plates are one of our favorite ones, especially when mixing half Teflon plate with a half Zirc or SS plate, which can take your sliding experience to a completely different level!
SOUNDS:
Each metal should have different clicking sounds and feedback since different metals have different kinds of densities and should vibrate differently from each other. The Teflon plates clicking sounds are more muffled and "thumpy" than the metal ones. Mixing different plate materials will give you a totally different sound and feedback.
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Product:
Wispy Slider
Includes:
* 1x Wispy Slider Set that is composed of:
- 2x Titanium Bodies
- 2x Teflon Plates
- 8x Custom Made Torx Screws (installed)
- 16x Magnets (installed).
* 2x Extra Custom Made Torx Screws.
* UQH Sleeve Pouch.
* UQH Microfiber Cloth.
* Wispy User Manual.
Magnets Specs:
16x pieces of 6x2mm Neodymium Magnets (Installed). Strength will depend on which slider you are choosing from. Read the MAGNETS STRENGTH & CONFIGURATION section above for details.
Wispy Dimensions (when fully assembled):
51.5mm (length) x 27.5mm (width)
6.5mm (thinnest part)
11mm (thickest part)
Wispy Weight (full Wispy with magnets included):
Wispy with SS plates: ~62.6 grams
Wispy with Zirc plates: ~57.3 grams
Wispy with Teflon plates: ~39.5 grams (this product)
Wispy Body Material & Finish:
Titanium Glass Blasted (GB). The glass blasted (GB) is a very fine “satin” like finish, just like you see in the photos and videos. It’s super smooth and silky, and not rough or chalky at all. It’s an amazing finish. ;)
Wispy Plates Available Materials & Finishes:
Stainless Steel (SS) / Polish Stonewashed (PSW)
Zirconium (Zirc) / Polish Stonewashed (PSW)
Teflon / Polished
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