Ok I know buy cheap buy twice but after breaking a $550 paddle recently that was only 4 months old it got me thinking.

Has anyone tried one of these cheap carbon paddles and if so are they any good?

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=286731230

It was actually the wife who broke it in a wipe out 3-4ft swell so nothing major. The store did replace it so was pretty happy with that but got me thinking about getting a few spare paddles

Cheers

Have been testing out the Jimmy Lewis fibreglass paddle (its got heaps of bend when you whack heaps of effort into a stroke).
I got this paddle because of the high cost of (& apparent fragility) of carbon fibre paddles. Its probably Aok in the more expensive paddles. What do they say...you get what you pay for.
Wouldn't go hunting down a carbon now I've got used to my JL.

From what I have been told even the best carbon paddles will break if you hit them in the wrong place. Apart from a short stint with a quickblade my missus and I have always used kiakaha carbon/kevlar paddles and they have been put through the wringer trust me. They are also the cheapest of all the premium carbon and carbon/kevlar paddles which is also a bonus. They are quite light as well and paddle really nice and they will do custom colours for you.