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Well the first ones you have there are the ones I used forever with my older ski, they did ok, but I replaced the suction cups with cords that I made the right lengh to hook on to certain places on my ski, on the front I hooked aroudn the mirror, which works but always wished there was a better place on the front of my Yamaha ski to hook too. These are well made, but are inflated with air with a air pump and I have had them crack and let the air out.

The newer black one you have there are what I use on my new ski, I got rid of the strapes that came with mine and bought 2 short bungie cords that work better I think, definitly faster to hook up, cause you just streach to the back hook just like you have yours hooked up on the back. But on the front I tried it like you have it pictured there and if I pushed the bumper towards teh front at all it would just move very easily, so I do not see how putting that rubber thing inside the front compartment will really hold the bumper in place, it did not on mine very well boating accessories. I now hook the bungie in the front to where my front compartment lid attaches, it is very sturdy there but I can not shut my front compartment when its hooked up.

So I just ordered some Norestar dock fenders and they came in the mail today. They come deflated, which I was expecting, but there is no info in the box (or on the website) on what psi to inflate them to. So, I called anchoring.com and asked them and they didn't know either, even though they sold them to me and said it's THEIR product that they have manufactured. The customer service lady said "good question, someone asked that recently and no one here knew the answer". She said fill it up to what it feels like it should be for a comfortable "feel"......:bored: Maybe I'm dumb but I wasn't born with the natural instinct of having calibrated arms that can squeeze a boat fender and know if it "feels comfortable" for a fender. I got it, I'm thinking way to much into this but my point is this.....if you make a product, shouldn't you know how to recommend it's design/specified use to your customers? We all know businesses these days and how they will not back their product if you didn't use it properly. So, if I were to over inflate it and it popped, they would probably tell me I had it over inflated and therefore not honor replacing it. Suggestions?