Bought a short amazon stem just to experiment. I ended up keeping it on the bike. 7 month now no issues.

I literally laughed when you said what you were gonna do, “I’m gonna put it in a vise and hit it with a hammer!”

I really think the mtb industry needs to start making top load stems similar to bmx

I think this was a great video to do! Thanks for mentioning the channel, glad I found it!

Even in a catastrophic crash, I don't see any situation where a stem that short could just shear off down the middle. The bars would break, or the steerer tube would crack but I think the stem would remain intact. Maybe a longer stem could snap, but not one of those.

As a wise man once said: ''a stem is a stem, is just a piece of metal that bolts your handlebars to the steerer tube'' :)

Keep in mind with the handlebar there will be twisting force on an impact. Crashing on a jump with back hitting the ground and rider on it. So bar can flex stem in any direction upon impact. But yes the stems you tried there seemed to do fine. But no idea how they compare to expensive ones. Bu keep in mind tolerances are also important not only durability.

IMO, the failure on any stem would be the bolts shearing or the threads pulling out. If you can get them to the proper torque without that happening, you should be good to go.

They don’t break from impact. They break with leverage created from the handlebars.

I’ve been running cheap stems as long as I’ve been working on my own bikes never had one fail.

The mustache makes me wonder if you're getting ready for a duel at high noon🤔

It looks like the Blue one 💙 may be stronger, some metals are thin as a feather 🪶, I have had to replace every 12 months the Shimano shifters and I suspect, when moisture comes in your closed garage door, it gets into the components of the bike and messes em up, like my Mongoose Terrex bike.

great video ,,,, i was thinking of buying the wake stem...

even if the stem was a little weak, wouldn't the forks help with the stress? i guess if you ride no suspension on the front then maybe it would stress it more.

I thought about buying one of these stems but the spank race 2 stem is 30 dollars and I think it might be worth it over these.

The one comment you had mentioned about the thread stripping out and thats the only issue I ever had but it took me five minutes to heli- coil it

I think putting a handle bar on it and then torquing the handlebar to see when the face plate clamp cracks would be a better test.

I had the Funn Funnduro stem and the 'dorky' Wake clone stem. They were the same. I'd have liked to see u over torque them too. Test the threads or even the hardware. Love the channel

These stems could be a real problem...IF you ride super fast, repeatedly, nose first, into rocks but your front wheel will taco first.😂

On my new DJ I was going to order the JG stem but I needed a little more length. Good to see all these products are safe in your Lab!!

Love the intro!

That's got to be the most unscientific test on stems. If a cheapo stem is going to fail it will most likely strip more easily than brand name stems, because of QC and materials. I mean, it was good content 🤷🏾

I have the JG stem. It has been fine so far.

Thank you for doing this video! I’ve been very skeptical of these stems before. So strange how they tend to be $12 for these or $50+ for known brands. Huge gap. Anyway thanks again!

You don't like your eyes my friend. Hitting things with a hammer with no safety specs is a gamble.

Looks solid my man❤

The bolts shearing off on the faceplate, is what I’ve heard of happening.

Would have been helpful if we didn't have to convert your freedom units into grams.

Its easier to throw money at problems than think. Clearly more money = more safer all the time its not like well known bike brands have ever dome recalls for safety issues on their parts. Obviously cheaper stuff has a higher chance of failing/quality issues but can we stop jerking off expensive products with little to no proof that the cheap stuff sucks?

Bro, you get moved to the truck? That salty stash says you did 😂💕

I've seen Wake stems ths thad horrible burrs sharp edges, seen several snapped, even seen their handlebars that were out of spec, so stme would not clamp it, wall thickness varied on one, thus the holes were not round, one had different rise on each side, bend was different. I would not buy any of it. Cheap alternatives exist. The thing is the quality varies, they used worn out tools to machine it, causing the burrs, sharp edges which would cause failure eon a carbon handlebar. But some had better quality, some did not. But I would not risk it. They were also cast alu. Not forged, thus weaker. Maybe they changed things since then.

Do this with carbon stems from some meme brand like specialized, the karen carbon defense force will shut up really fast

I fyou like the look of Wake stem, but want something much better, there's an option as this is a horrible copy of Funn Funnduro. It has more material shaded off. Properly machined and shamfered edges. Smooth at the top and sides but but got that CNC machine texture on the edges and wher it's shaved off. But I've not tried it.

I think you needed a bigger hammer. It’s still wouldn’t of broke, but I’ve been more entertaining!

Boring...😴