air tabs

tony lee wrote:

Any opinion by someone that has not used the product is worthless.

and of course it is equally true - or even more true - that OPINIONS of those who have used the product are equally worthless because of confirmation bias.

Here we have a product that is just crying out for some scientific testing to provide quantitative evidence that anyone can understand. Not hard to do and any high school science class could come up with some way of verifying the claims.

I guess you really haven't gone to their website and see that these have undergone wind tunnel tests and you have not read the scientific study done by NASA. NASA

You are right, there may be some bias but for a product that is so cheap, there is not much reason for any bias. I spent hundreds of dollars on Bilstein shocks for my coach, If you read any of my posts, you would have known that I said that I yanked them off in a few weeks and replaced them with Koni FSD shocks. I showed no bias towards Bilstein shocks, even tho they cost four times as much as the AirTabs. I also yanked out my Flexsteel Captains seats, because I felt they were garbage. To replace them, I spent close to $2000 for a different brand. Yep, I could have shown bias and raved about the Flexsteel seats and the Bilstein shocks, but I did not. The facts are that I can afford to try something, and trash it if it doesn't work. I do not hang on to something that does not suit my needs. As the persons on this forum, that I gave my "new" Bilstein shocks, or my Flexsteel seats can attest, I just gave away those failed products for free. Some people may hang on to something and rave about it because they are financially stuck with your choice, but I am not. I can afford to replace anything that doesn't suit my needs and will let others know why I got rid of a product, or why I kept a product.
I would not have put them on the second coach if they did not work on the first coach. I also am familiar with vortex generators since they were installed on two of the planes that I owned and are present on most commercial planes in service toady. Now I'm not sure that any student in a high school class has my flying experience, or racing various vehicles at high speed, but knock yourself out finding one that does. In the meantime, hang on to your pennies.

As far as why EVERYONE doesn't use them......why doesn't everyone have a DP, or a Prevost? Some people are always skeptical of something they do not understand and rather than spend a few bucks to find out, they remain ignorant and afraid to try something new. Their favorite saying is "but we have always done it that way". :B