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   hardwearguy | Jul 19, 2009 06:53am | #1

   Yet again, Blum is following in the footsteps of it's German cousin Hettich. The Blum hinge is not the first to have a soft close mechanism in either a hinge or in the cup. Salice released a soft close hinge with the mechanism in the cup a couple years back but rushed it to market and it was found wanting. In 2008, Hettich released a soft close hinge with the mechanism in the arm (and took the time to work out the bugs and patents) which has been a critical and design success. It is a more logical design as it can be used with all existing cup depths (unlike the in-cup design which requires you to drill deeper, typically up to 15mm vs the usual 12mm which eliminates the ability to use many frame and panel doors)as well as in any thickness of door and in all hinge types (110', 170' blind corner, lazy susan, wall corner and aluminum frame with glass panel). Check out the real pioneer in European hardware, Hettich.

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   woodhard | Sep 10, 2009 05:23pm | #2

   I'll take Austrian over German Anyday! Better Value!

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   hardwearguy | Oct 20, 2009 06:36am | #3

   Austrian over German anyday? Better value? Sorry my friend, you are poorly informed. You obviously have very little knowledge of this industry. Do a little research...