Well, I always like to see comparisons like these. They can tell u a lot, and can also - sometimes - tell u some things by what they don’t attempt. ( I’m not implying anything particular about this test ).
A couple points:
- They didn’t include two of my favs: Tetra and Lucas… Tetra doesn’t seem to be well known on this Forum but I’ve seen Lucas mentioned a lot.
- Some (most?) of the tests don’t relate to anything any of my guns would remotely encounter. It’s important to remember that although a product might look superior in a particular test while another scored near dismal, they BOTH might be well within a
firearm’s torture test requirement range.
- I’ve got some Clenzoil and do like it’s cleaning results. But it is quite runny ( a lot like RemOil ) and from what little i know of it all, appears much more toxic than, say, Ballistol. Hoppes is also known for toxicity or carcinogens and/or whatever.
But this one wasn’t about lab rat test of course
Side note: I once did a simple ‘run test’ by putting a drop of several diff gun oils/lubricants (not CLPs) on a sheet of wax paper, then holding it upright to see which ran down or past a line drawn across the bottom. Most did pretty much as you’d expect from looking at the product and shaking the bottle, but there were two surprises.
Interesting vid, indeed….
