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Posted: 9/30/2016 2:35:32 PM EDT
Is there a way to tell if a tourniquet is a quality one or a cheap piece of Chinese junk (before having to use it)?
Link Posted: 9/30/2016 3:24:28 PM EDT
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Buy from quality vendors: Chinook medical, Rescue Essentials and North American Rescue are a few that I trust implicitly. Amazon sells the legit items but they have also sold knockoffs I am told so I would stay away. If you see one listed at an incredibly cheap price I would be wary.

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Link Posted: 9/30/2016 4:02:06 PM EDT
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Buy from quality vendors: Chinook medical, Rescue Essentials and North American Rescue are a few that I trust implicitly. Amazon sells the legit items but they have also sold knockoffs I am told so I would stay away. If you see one listed at an incredibly cheap price I would be wary.

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FPNI
Link Posted: 9/30/2016 4:58:18 PM EDT
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If you buy one, just cinch it around your leg until you lose the pulse and you're good regardless of what it is.
Link Posted: 10/1/2016 2:56:55 AM EDT
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If you buy one, just cinch it around your leg until you lose the pulse and you're good regardless of what it is.
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There are some Chinese knockoffs of the CAT tourniquet out there made for the airsoft crowd that will break before they cut off the blood supply.  Some of them even found their way into military supply lines since the Chinese even copied the NSN numbers.
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