Match cards

[ref craig]

If you use them b&d write on with a power tank they work

 

[zarathustra]

What are the b&d cards like in the rain?

 

[SM]

I did a game in a monsoon last season and it was fine in use, except that it got soaked in my shirt pocket and got wet that way (the rain was running into my pocket! It was crazy rain). Had to change card at half time. If this happened again I would pop the card in a sandwich bag while it is in my shirt pocket.

That is the only time that ever happened. Ordinarily in normal rain I have had no issue.

 

[howard_webb]

Think I'll stick to refworld's match cards the wallet gives them that little more protection from the rain

 

[Morten]

What's it like in the rain ?

I have been fortunate this season, only one game in pouring rain. That game I did issue an embarrassing amount of yellows though, (game went to hell when one of my assistants signaled for a penalty) and I could read them all after the game.
I have bought a soft/bold pencil. A 4B, which I have cut down a bit and added a shirt clip to it. Works very well.

 

[Morten]

If you use them b&d write on with a power tank they work

Don't think a power tank works reliably with the skins. Sometimes it does, sometimes it does not. Pencil works every time

 

[ref craig]

Yea card skins better with pencil but what I ment was the b&d white match card is power tank pen

 

[Darius]

There's a simple answer to this....

In the Space Race of the Cold War the Anericans spent a fortune infuriated because the Russians could write in space and they couldn't.

Turns out the Russians had been using Pencil!

Good enough for Space it's good enough for me!

 

[zarathustra]

My cards turned up yesterday, they look and feel like they'll do the job.

Need to wait until the 8th of November to try them out, as I'm off to darkest Wales today.