This may mean squat to you. Then again it may save a finger, a hand or a life.
I’m talking about medical grade, silicone band wedding rings from Qalo. These rings, unlike gold, platinum and other metals are non-conducting and if pulled hard enough will tear apart.
That’s a big deal for construction workers, electricians, mechanics and pretty much everybody in the trades.
One day when I was first married I was testing the action of a heavy sliding door that I’d just installed when a small lip on the edge of the door caught on my wedding band. It yanked my hand pretty good and pulled me off my feet, but I managed to lunge forward enough to avoid serious damage. Otherwise a dislocated finger, maybe worse, would have resulted.
People who have never had something like this happen don’t understand how little metal-to-metal contact it takes. If as much as 1/16th of an inch of metal is touching that is enough to hang your whole body weight on. The metal’s not going to give, but you will.
After about a year of daily construction my gold band looked like crap, scratched and gouged by a thousand small encounters. I finally had to have it cut off by a doctor when I got into some poison ivy and my hand swelled up to the point where I couldn’t get it off my finger.
