Mantus Anchor Tolerance/Specifications

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I picked up a mantus 25lb about a year ago and have been very pleased with it.

Their tables suggest it only for boats under 20' & 5,000lbs in "storm" conditions though so I decided to upgrade to the 35lb which they suggest for boats up to 30' and 11,000.

I expected it to be significantly larger, but when it came I could see no difference visually until I brought home my 25lb to compare it to. The blade is almost identical in area except a slightly elongated tip. The rollbar and shank is larger than the 25lb.

My first concern was it would not hold any more overall than the 25 since its basically the same area. The 25 sets fine, I purchased a larger model for more insurance in a blow.

My second concern was I received an out of tolerance anchor. It weighs 31lb 12oz and the blade measures 19" long vs the specified 19.75".

I emailed mantus my concerns and their response to holding was "We do not even call out holding power as it is a highly variable number and changes with the bottom conditions." Their response to my tolerance question was unanswered.


Any thoughts from the community?