Brand-X PLUS Sealed Bearing Reviews
Review score: 8.9/10 – Updated September, 2024
Latest Price: £3.99 – Save 20% (RRP: £4.99)
Take a look now to discover what makes Brand-X PLUS Sealed Bearing worthy of a review score of 8.9 out of 10.
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Brand-X PLUS Sealed Bearing features
Brand-X PLUS Sealed Bearing
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Spec 1
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Colour: Silver Other Bearings found with this Spec: 764 |
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Spec 2
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Option: PLUS-6000-V2RS Other Bearings found with this Spec: 1 |
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Feature 1
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Precision engineered, replacement sealed cartridge bearing for suspension pivots Other Bearings found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 2
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Additional bearings give a higher load capacity and improved resistance to lateral forces Other Bearings found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 3
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Rubber seals protect from the elements Other Bearings found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 4
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SUJ2 steel gives high strength and durability Other Bearings found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 5
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Size: 10x26x8mm Other Bearings found with this feature: 1 |
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Price
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£3.99 |
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Number of Reviews
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2 |
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Review Score
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1 / 5 Average score in category: 4.1/5 |
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Quality
Quality is without doubt one of the most important factors that we consider when buying bikes, parts, accessories or clothing. As you’d imagine it’s especially important when buying Bearings. Let’s take at a look at the sort of things you can look at when trying to ascertain the quality of Brand-X PLUS Sealed Bearing.
The first thing is material. Looking at what Brand-X PLUS Sealed Bearing is made of will give you a really good idea of the quality overall. Take a look at the specs above and you should be able to see the material. It’s then up to you to decide if it meets your expectation.
Similarly you’ll also want to spend some time looking at the features too. Again the table above, listing the features will give you a really good overview. However you should think about the sort of features that you’d expect when buying new Bearings. It’s worth writing a list of the “must-have” features so that you don’t end up compromising and missing some important features, or alternatively end up buying an unnecessarily high specced product.
There’s also a lot of merit in checking out the brand of the product and looking at the various brands that are selling Bearings. Brands like Brand-X are of courses extremely well respected in the cycling community so you know you’re getting a fantastic product with them. But if you’re undecided on your product you should write up a list of brands that you’d be happy to buy. It’s a great way of filtering and narrowing down the number of products when you’re searching.
Next up you’ll want to think about the price and use that as a guide to set your expectations of the quality. If you’re buying the cheapest of the options in the Bearings category you should probably expect it to not be of as good quality as the most expensive. It sounds obvious of course. But this is where you can get a bit clever and use your combination of features, specs, materials and other factors to work together to get a really good quality product at the best price. We often draw up a list of “must-haves” and use these as filters when shopping online so that you’re only seeing products that meet your criteria. You can then sort by Price>Low to get the best deals.
Comparing Prices
Price, as you would imagine, is the most popular reason for someone buying one product over another. It is the single most important factor in choosing the majority of products we buy. The same goes for Bearings.
It’s at this stage of the buying process, when you’re looking at different options, that you should set a budget. Do some research to understand how much roughly you can expect to pay for the sort of level of product that you’re looking for. Then match that to your own personal circumstance and how much you can afford to spend. This will really help you in narrowing down the right product for you.
Price of Brand-X PLUS Sealed Bearing
So the first aspect of price that we’re going to look at is the price of Brand-X PLUS Sealed Bearing.
We run regular scans across the web to find the best prices for the products that we review, from a range of cycling retailers. The best price we managed to find Brand-X PLUS Sealed Bearing was over at Chain Reaction Cycles where the price was £3.99 in our latest search.
Based on this price we’ve scored it 9.6 out of 10 for price.
Average price of Bearings
Next we wanted to look at how much you can expect to pay, on average, for Bearings.
We found 57 in the Bearings category over at Chain Reaction Cycles. We looked at the average price of the products within this category and found the average is £7.82, making it below average at £3.99.
It’s sometimes helpful to look at how much the prices can vary. Especially when setting yourself a budget, or when trying to understand just how much you could spend on Bearings. We found that the most expensive product currently available was £23.99, whilst the cheapest we managed to find was £1.99.
With 57 products available we worked out that 47 cost more than Brand-X PLUS Sealed Bearing and 6 were cheaper.
Cost of Brand-X products
At Chain Reaction Cycles we found 75 products from Brand-X, of which 3 were in the Bearings category.
For now though we’re looking at Brand-X branded products in all categories. The average price of these products was £31.46 making this product below average.
You’ll also be interested to know that the cheapest Brand-X product we found was £0.49 and the highest price we could find from them was £299.99.
Of the 75 from Brand-X, 61 were more expensive than Brand-X PLUS Sealed Bearing and 7 were cheaper.
How much are Brand-X Bearings?
We then wanted to get a bit more specific and only look at Brand-X products that are listed in the Bearings category.
The average price of the 3 products that match this search was £4.99, with the cheapest coming in at £2.99 and highest price was £7.99. With the average being £4.99, Brand-X PLUS Sealed Bearing comes in below average.
1 products that meet this search were more expensive than Brand-X PLUS Sealed Bearing and 1 were cheaper.
Brand-X PLUS Sealed Bearing Reviews
Reading reviews is an amazing way of getting a good feel for a product without actually being able to try it or see it first.
There are two different types of reviews, and we also recommend reading both.
1. Expert reviews – In the cycle industry there are loads of really reliable trusted resources for expert reviews. For example if you’re looking to buy a new bike, BikeRadar Bike Reviews are great.
2. Customer reviews – these are probably your best resource for information. There’s no finances or influence involved, they’re purely just honest reviews from customers that have bought and used the product. The reason we love customer reviews so much is because no matter if their view is good or bad, there’s a very good chance that it will be honest and unbiased.
Our best advice is to head over to Chain Reaction Cycles and read the Brand-X PLUS Sealed Bearing reviews there.
Based on what we’ve seen in terms of reviews for Brand-X PLUS Sealed Bearing, it really does look like a great buy. So for the review score, we’ve scored it 8.2 out of 10. The average review score for all products in the Bearings category at Chain Reaction Cycles is 4.1 out of 5.
Owner reviews, as we say, are one of the most important pieces of research that we can do before we buy. So, with that in mind, if you do go on to buy Brand-X PLUS Sealed Bearing or another similar product, like Enduro Bearings ABEC3 609 2RS Bearing reviews or Enduro Bearings ABEC3 MR 17286 LLU Max Bearing reviews we’d love you to leave a review in the comments below. It will really help future buyers just like you, when they’re looking to buy Bearings.
Brand
As we said in the pricing part of the review, brand is a really important consideration, but especially so when looking to buy Bearings. But as you’re probably already aware, you’re on to a great choice if you do go with Brand-X, as they’re a fantastic brand, making amazing products.
YouTube Video of Brand-X PLUS Sealed Bearing
Below we’ve embedded a video from YouTube where we’ve searched for Brand-X PLUS Sealed Bearing reviews.
Summary
Overall, we’ve been hugely impressed by the quality, price, reviews and features of Brand-X PLUS Sealed Bearing. We’d say that as long as it fits your budget and meets your expectations in terms of features/spec…it’s a really strong contender. That’s why we’ve scored it a massive 8.9/10 overall.
Further product details
- Product ID 1: 25010879279
- Product ID 2: 517400UK
- Brand: Brand-X
- Model number: PLUS-6000-V2RS
- RRP: £4.99
- EAN: 5056097084442
- Description: Brand-X PLUS Sealed Bearing – 6000-V2RS BearingBrand-X Plus bearings are a high quality replacement sealed cartridge bearing, specifically designed for suspension pivots. Standard radial bearings use 14 balls, whereas Brand-X has squeezed the maximum number of 25 balls into each PLUS bearing. This means that they have a much higher load capacity and improved resistance to lateral forces. 2x rubber seals keep the elements out and the grease in, which will keep them running smooth. Precision engineered from SUJ2 Steel for high strength and durability.Features: Precision engineered, replacement sealed cartridge bearing for suspension pivots Additional bearings give a higher load capacity and improved resistance to lateral forces Rubber seals protect from the elements SUJ2 steel gives high strength and durability Size: 10x26x8mmBuy Brand-X Components from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World’s Largest Online Bike Store.
- Full Category: Workshop > Bearings
- Savings percentage from RRP: 20%
- Size: PLUS-6000-V2RS
- Unisex
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- Adult
Other options for Bearings
As you’d imagine there are so many options out there when buying Bearings. 57 in fact.
A few of our other favourites that we spotted when researching Brand-X PLUS Sealed Bearing included,
Enduro Bearings ABEC3 608 LLB Bearing reviews, Enduro Bearings ABEC3 7902 2RS Max Bearing reviews, or we really liked the look of Enduro Bearings ABEC5 ACB MRA 2437 LLB Bearing reviews as another alternative.