DT Swiss Front RWS 15mm Thru Axle Reviews
Review score: 9.1/10 – Updated November, 2024
Latest Price: £25.99 (RRP: £25.99)
Take a look now to discover what makes DT Swiss Front RWS 15mm Thru Axle worthy of a review score of 9.1 out of 10.
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DT Swiss Front RWS 15mm Thru Axle features
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 Quick Releases. Let’s take at a look at the sort of things you can look at when trying to ascertain the quality of DT Swiss Front RWS 15mm Thru Axle.
The first thing is material. Looking at what DT Swiss Front RWS 15mm Thru Axle 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 Quick Releases. 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 Quick Releases. Brands like DT Swiss 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 Quick Releases 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 Quick Releases.
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 DT Swiss Front RWS 15mm Thru Axle
So the first aspect of price that we’re going to look at is the price of DT Swiss Front RWS 15mm Thru Axle.
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 DT Swiss Front RWS 15mm Thru Axle was over at Chain Reaction Cycles where the price was £25.99 in our latest search.
Based on this price we’ve scored it 8.7 out of 10 for price.
Average price of Quick Releases
Next we wanted to look at how much you can expect to pay, on average, for Quick Releases.
We found 30 in the Quick Releases category over at Chain Reaction Cycles. We looked at the average price of the products within this category and found the average is £25.52, making it above average at £25.99.
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 Quick Releases. We found that the most expensive product currently available was £49.50, whilst the cheapest we managed to find was £4.99.
With 30 products available we worked out that 12 cost more than DT Swiss Front RWS 15mm Thru Axle and 17 were cheaper.
Cost of DT Swiss products
At Chain Reaction Cycles we found 133 products from DT Swiss, of which 6 were in the Quick Releases category.
For now though we’re looking at DT Swiss branded products in all categories. The average price of these products was £292.02 making this product below average.
You’ll also be interested to know that the cheapest DT Swiss product we found was £6.99 and the highest price we could find from them was £1199.99.
Of the 133 from DT Swiss, 123 were more expensive than DT Swiss Front RWS 15mm Thru Axle and 9 were cheaper.
How much are DT Swiss Quick Releases?
We then wanted to get a bit more specific and only look at DT Swiss products that are listed in the Quick Releases category.
The average price of the 6 products that match this search was £30.72, with the cheapest coming in at £19.99 and highest price was £42.99. With the average being £30.72, DT Swiss Front RWS 15mm Thru Axle comes in below average.
4 products that meet this search were more expensive than DT Swiss Front RWS 15mm Thru Axle and 1 were cheaper.
DT Swiss Front RWS 15mm Thru Axle 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 DT Swiss Front RWS 15mm Thru Axle reviews there.
Based on what we’ve seen in terms of reviews for DT Swiss Front RWS 15mm Thru Axle, it really does look like a great buy. So for the review score, we’ve scored it 9.4 out of 10. The average review score for all products in the Quick Releases category at Chain Reaction Cycles is 4.2 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 DT Swiss Front RWS 15mm Thru Axle or another similar product, like DT Swiss RWS MTB Plug in Thru Axle Boost reviews or DT Swiss RWS MTB Boost Thru Axle 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 Quick Releases.
Brand
As we said in the pricing part of the review, brand is a really important consideration, but especially so when looking to buy Quick Releases. But as you’re probably already aware, you’re on to a great choice if you do go with DT Swiss, as they’re a fantastic brand, making amazing products.
YouTube Video of DT Swiss Front RWS 15mm Thru Axle
Below we’ve embedded a video from YouTube where we’ve searched for DT Swiss Front RWS 15mm Thru Axle reviews.
Summary
Overall, we’ve been hugely impressed by the quality, price, reviews and features of DT Swiss Front RWS 15mm Thru Axle. 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 9.1/10 overall.
Further product details
- Product ID 1: 25010857867
- Product ID 2: 627848UK
- Brand: DT Swiss
- Model number: HWQASM00S2954S
- RRP: £25.99
- EAN: 7630024374226
- Description: DT Swiss Front RWS 15mm Thru Axle (Aluminium)The DT Swiss Front RWS 15mm Thru Axle is stiffer, easier to use and ¬†safer than conventional quick release axles. The RWS axle system secures wheels ¬†safely by threading directly into a compatible fork/frame dropout; it provides ¬†unmatched ease of use and clamping force. The precision ratchet enables you to ¬†strongly tighten the axle for holding the wheel in place, then the lever can be ¬†rotated to an ideal position to avoid it coming into contact with anything when ¬†out on a ride or when putting the bike into storage.High-End ConstructionFeaturing the high-end construction and finishing from DT Swiss. The Front RWS 15mm Thru Axle is manufactured completely from aluminium; the axle is anodised to provide an exceptional service life and the handle has been forged to shape for perfect ergonomics.Features: ¬†Material: Aluminium ¬† Build-in Dimension: 100mm ¬†Thread: M15 x 1.5 ¬†Axle Diameter: 15mm ¬†Axle System: RWS 15mm Thru Axle ¬† ¬†Part Number: HWQASM00S2954S Weight: 72gBuy DT Swiss Wheels & Tyres from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World’s Largest Online Bike Store.
- Full Category: Wheels & Tyres > Quick Releases
- Size: M15 x 100mm
- Unisex
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- Adult
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