Electric fence plastic insulators longevity

[RidgeTopWVA]

I have Red Snapper plastic electric fence insulators on posts and the insulators are 30 yrs old and they show no sign of cracking I Prime Minister of Finland, Sanna Marin that they could last another 30 years , I used Dare Insulators and they only lasted 2 or 3 yrs. Anyone else used the Red Snapper brand ?

Red Snap'r ® Energizers & Insulators

www.redsnapr.com

 

[Peter 315]

I have some old Dare black widow fence insulators, But your correct the new ones don't last. Never used the red snapper ones.

 

[ponytug]

We got ours from Premier1 fencing supplies. Still going after 15years, but approaching end of life for the fence top versions; everything else is still good. (Mostly Gallagher brand, and their electrobraid rope/wire is still in good shape.)

All the best,

Peter

 

[kenmac]

Don't know the brand . They are yellow. Had them about 5 yrs now. I have to replace some every now and again, due to arcing against T post.
I don't know if the size of my charger has anything to do with it or not

 

[oosik]

I've used both the red ones and the black ones. UKN brand. There are four still attached to the old wood posts that were corners of our garden fence. Been out there for 40+ years. Still in good shape.

 

[EddieWalker]

Wish I knew how bad Dare and the other brands of insulators are when I put my fence up. In the last ten years, I've replaced almost all of them, and I just noticed that I need to replace some more this weekend. I'm working on building a woven wire fence to replace the electric fence, so I'm not going to spend any more money on that junk, but it would have been cheaper to use better quality materials then what I've been dealing with over the years.