On Sat, 4 Feb 2017 14:39:13 -0500, Nick Danger
wrote:

On 2/4/2017 12:13 PM, Michael Black wrote:

And with names like "Black Beauty" and "Orange Drop", who would question
at the time that they weren't good products?

Michael

I know from years of personal experience that "Black Beauties" were
*notoriously* bad. However, I always thought the Orange Drops were
pretty good. Not so?

Back in the mid 60's into the 70s, I was told the black beauties were
one of the better caps made. But after reading a lot of websites about
caps, it now appears they have proven to be bad.

On the other hand, back then, and still now, it appears that the orange
drops were highly rated, as well as being some of the most costly.
Except for one poster in this thread, I have never heard anything bad
about them. One of the websites I was reading said they are one of the
brands to consider for recapping, but went on to say that there are
cheaper caps which work just as well.

Back then, I used a lot of orange drops as replacements and I never had
problems with them. I will say that I did not always like the fact that
their wires come out of the bottom, since for non-circuit board
applications, they were a little clumbsy to fit into some places, versus
the tubular caps with wires on the ends.