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<blockquote data-quote="AussieChris" data-source="post: 399812" data-attributes="member: 4915"><p>I have the 12" the 8" and a little 6".</p><p></p><p>For me personally, it comes down to how much water I have running over the mat. Summer here was brutally dry and most places either dried up or came down to a trickle. So if the water was a bit low and slow, I definitely would screen it down, this mat certainly loves and can handle quite a bit of water. </p><p></p><p>Sometimes, however, you need to just push volume over quality. If the river is kind to me and there is plenty of water for the 12" I won't classify, but at the same time I'm not chucking boulders down it either. </p><p></p><p>The urethane seems to be tough as nails, but I really don't want to push its durability with oversized/jagged rocks tumbling down it, I'm sure Dustin has thrown everything he could at it in the testing process already.</p><p></p><p>I certainly do screen the 6", but that is my little backpacker unit and I doubt there would be any sluice that size that you would not screen. Geez they are good for fine gold though, last time I went out with that one I came home with well over a gram, I love seeing those cells churning with colour.</p><p></p><p>We had rain here the last 5 days so I was all super keen to head out early this morning, of course, something came up.......lol hobbled again for the weekend!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AussieChris, post: 399812, member: 4915"] I have the 12" the 8" and a little 6". For me personally, it comes down to how much water I have running over the mat. Summer here was brutally dry and most places either dried up or came down to a trickle. So if the water was a bit low and slow, I definitely would screen it down, this mat certainly loves and can handle quite a bit of water. Sometimes, however, you need to just push volume over quality. If the river is kind to me and there is plenty of water for the 12" I won't classify, but at the same time I'm not chucking boulders down it either. The urethane seems to be tough as nails, but I really don't want to push its durability with oversized/jagged rocks tumbling down it, I'm sure Dustin has thrown everything he could at it in the testing process already. I certainly do screen the 6", but that is my little backpacker unit and I doubt there would be any sluice that size that you would not screen. Geez they are good for fine gold though, last time I went out with that one I came home with well over a gram, I love seeing those cells churning with colour. We had rain here the last 5 days so I was all super keen to head out early this morning, of course, something came up.......lol hobbled again for the weekend! [/QUOTE]
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