Whatever design your speargun has, if the engine does not work properly, the shot is never going to be successful. The elastic bands are a key part of this engine, and on the market three companies offer an interesting full line from which to choose: Spetton, Sigalsub and Pathos. Let’s have a good overview on what you can actually buy from these specialized companies.
Spetton offer
We have already presented very interesting products by the Spanish company, such as torches, Winter neoprene gloves and socks, neoprene vests and knives. The offer of bands by Spetton is extremely complete and totally based on Primeline products.
Spetton Gold Premiere: New Bi-Component Black Natural Latex Bands with Gold Premier Extra-Elastic Lining
Developed under the guidelines of the most demanding spearfishermen, in collaboration with Primeline Industries, these bands offer optimal density, enhancing elasticity, balance, and overall performance. With an impressive 350% stretch, they deliver greater penetration power while requiring less effort to load.
Thanks to their lightweight composition, they ensure uniform thrust throughout the shot, improving shooting consistency. The Gold Premier bands represent the perfect balance between performance, quality, durability, and efficiency, making them one of the most well-rounded choices for spearfishing.
The “loop Dyneema” hitch is designed for compatibility with both Dyneema bridge wishbones and stainless steel wishbones, ensuring secure and reliable attachment.
Available in circular versions and by the meter, these bands come in 14 mm and 16 mm diameters, with an inner hole MINI 2.4 mm, providing a precise and efficient setup for spearguns of various configurations.
Spetton Red Premiere: New Double-Component Natural Latex Bands with Red Premier Extra-Elastic Lining
These bands feature greater density for improved elasticity, balance, and optimal stretch of 350%. This combination ensures high performance with reduced effort, making them a top choice for serious underwater hunters.
Thanks to their lightweight composition, they provide perfect thrust homogeneity throughout the shot, enhancing accuracy and consistency. The Red Dark Premier bands offer the ideal balance of performance, quality, durability, and efficiency, ensuring smooth and controlled shooting.
Featuring an interior Micro hole of 1.6 mm, these bands are designed for precision and reliability, making them an excellent option for spearguns requiring fine-tuned power and responsiveness.
Spetton Black Premier Double-Component Rubbers
The Spetton Black Premier rubbers combine high elasticity and enhanced durability for superior performance. Made from natural Premier Amber latex with 300% elasticity, an internal hole of 3.2 mm, they are protected by a thin black latex cover, ensuring greater longevity and resistance to environmental factors.
The Black Premier rubbers are the result of extensive research, testing, and development, achieving the perfect balance of quality, durability, and cost efficiency.
Equipped with universal M14/M14 nylon-injected tips, they are compatible with most speargun heads and wishbones on the market.
These rubbers are available in:
- Circular and sectioned bulk formats in 18 mm
- 14 mm and 16 mm versions in 5-meter lengths
Pathos offer
The Greek brand has a huge experience in designing and manufacturing its own spearguns. This leads to a great know-how also in the selection of the best bands and the definition of the perfect setup for each product.
Pathos offers a selection of high-quality power bands, designed to meet the demands of spearfishers across different diving conditions. Each model is crafted for maximum efficiency, durability, and performance, ensuring optimal propulsion for various speargun setups.
Anaconda
The Anaconda series comes in two variants, each optimized for different environments.
- Anaconda SP (Standard Power) – A progressive band ideal for medium-depth spearfishing in mild to warm waters, offering a smooth and consistent shot.
- Anaconda XP (Extra Power) – Designed for deep-diving and colder waters, this band delivers higher energy transfer and enhanced reactivity, making it suitable for demanding conditions.
Anaconda SP and XP are available in 14mm, 16mm, 17.5mm and 19mm diameters.
New TNT Power Bands
The new TNT series is engineered for high-performance spearfishing, delivering a powerful yet smooth thrust. They are recognisable by a thicker coating. These bands are particularly well-suited for deep dives, colder waters, and multi-band speargun configurations.
Pathos offers two variations, color-coded to indicate their performance characteristics. Both are progressive, but in particular:
- TNT Red – Provides a high elongation range for a powerful and responsive shot, ensuring quick acceleration and precision.
- TNT Amber/Grey – Features moderate elongation, optimized for steady energy release and controlled shooting, making it a balanced choice for versatile spearfishing applications.
They are available in 14mm, 16mm, and 18mm, to be used double circular bands in the first two diameters and singular circular band in the last one.
Nitro Power Bands
The Pathos Nitro power band is a very strong and quick band. Perfect for deep spearfishing. It comes with 1mm hole that gives it extreme power. Offered in 14 mm, 16 mm and 18 mm, this power bands must be used with specific elongation ranges: 320-370% the 14mm, 300-350% the 16mm and 260-330% the 18mm.
Sigalsub offer
Similar to Pathos as approach to high level spearfishing needs, Sigalsub has, in its first years, actually focused its products line on shafts, elastic bands and accessories. The Italian company has today successfully widened its offer with a great spearguns line, based on the successful Nemesis, also in the Nemesis HT version, winner of the Best Choice 2024 by Apnea Passion, and the fantastic Hydra wetsuit.
Sigalsub offers a diverse range of speargun elastics designed to meet the varying needs of spearfishing enthusiasts.
Bands by the Meter
Sigalsub provides 2 main types of elastic bands sold by the meter, or with bushings, allowing spearfishermen to customize their equipment to specific requirements.
Reactive Brown Power Band: High-Performance and Progressive Shooting
The Reactive Brown elastic band is designed for optimal performance during extended spearfishing sessions, ensuring minimal load loss over time. Its unique coloration adapts to depth, providing natural camouflage.
Internally, it features pure amber-colored rubber, known for its high progressiveness, delivering a smooth and powerful shot, even at long distances. Thanks to its enhanced elasticity, it allows for higher elongation factors, making it easier to load while maintaining consistent power output.
Manufactured using an innovative extrusion process, the Reactive Brown bands are available in 14.5mm, 16.0mm, 17.5mm, and 19.0mm diameters, offering a range of options to suit different spearfishing needs. The internal hole is 3mm.
Due to the high progressiveness of this band, higher stretch factors can be used while maintaining easy loading and minimal effort during the spearfishing action.
Reactive Evo Power Band: Maximum Speed and Performance
The Reactive Evo is a reduced load loss elastic, even during long fishing sessions. Its coloration enhances camouflage capabilities in proportion to the diving depth. Internally, the material consists of pure amber-colored latex with progressive elasticity. The inner hole has a diameter of 1.5 mm.
This progressive power band offers a good contraction speed, achieving the best balance between exit velocity and long-range performance. The reduced inner hole ensures optimal performance with lower-than-usual stretch ratios, delivering powerful shots while maintaining easy loading, thanks to its progressive compound. This results in reduced fatigue during fishing action.
The Reactive brown elastic is manufactured using an innovative extrusion technique and is available in the following diameters: 14.5 – 16.0 – 17.5 – 19.0 mm.
Extreme Power Band
Ultra-fast contraction power band, made with a pure black latex core. The outer coating features a violet hue, providing excellent camouflage in the water.
This elastic offers a high exit velocity, ensuring maximum performance in the first meters of the shot. Its high energy return and reduced inner hole, with a 1.5 mm diameter, guarantee optimal performance with lower-than-usual stretch ratios.
Bands with bushings
For those seeking convenience, Sigal offers pre-assembled elastic bands equipped with bushings. These bands are designed for easy installation and provide a secure connection to the speargun, ensuring reliable performance.
The available models of bands are the Black bands, in 16 and 17.5 mm diameter, and the Reactive Brown and Extreme, in diameters 18, 17.5 and 19 mm.
All details for the diameters and lengths are on the Sigalsub website.
Bands with Ligatures
Sigalsub also provides both the Reactive Brown and the Extreme bands with ligatures, for spearfishermen who prefer traditional assembly methods. These bands allow for a customizable and secure fit, accommodating various speargun configurations. Very useful setup tables are present on the Sigalsub website, indicating the correct setup for circular bands, RG (Roller) and HT (Inverter).
