Best type of wedding ring for opening beers

[dnslater]

Titanium hardness is similar to Stainless Steel. Nothing special. It's beauty is it's high fatigue limit and high strength to weight ratio. Ring cutters will work fine.

http://www.snopes.com/weddings/horrors/titanium.asp

 

[BeerGrylls]

No they don't. You may get lucky and get a truck with a ring cutter on it but it will only work with soft metals.

And guess what? Hospitals can't get them off either. A level 1 trauma center will probably have something that will cut it but most places won't.

Agree to disagree if you like, but many states' rules make EMS carry vise grips in the wagon. Vise grips can get a tungsten ring off in a hurry. And even if that's not the case, they can be cut with traditional cutting methods, it's just a little harder and they can't be repaired afterwards.

 

[poptarts]

tungsten, and if you pay more then say 30$ for it your a sucker.

 

[BigGoat]

Mine is titanium. Comfort fit. Works great for opening bottles

 

[edco76]

Agree to disagree if you like, but many states' rules make EMS carry vise grips in the wagon. Vise grips can get a tungsten ring off in a hurry. And even if that's not the case, they can be cut with traditional cutting methods, it's just a little harder and they can't be repaired afterwards.

Some may. I've worked in Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, and Florida. None of those do. In fact even the cutters aren't required but some trucks have them. Some don't. I know other paramedics around the country and have never heard of it, though I could see how it wouldnt come up in regular convos.

I've only encountered them twice in the field.

Once we tried our cutter. Wouldnt even scratch it. We took the guy to a level 2 trauma center, the Dr. said they didnt have anything and immediately transferred him to a level one. He was working on his boat and got his hand crushed by an outboard motor.

The other time our level 3 local hospital called us to transport a patient to the same level one because they were unable to remove the ring.



I'm not saying don't buy one. I would if I wanted one. I'm just saying it may be wise to remove them if you are doing heavy lifting because in my experience working in EMS and at hospitals for 7 years, if you have an injury, it isnt guaranteed that you will be able to get it removed in a timely manner. But to be honest, that is probably good advice for any ring, because if you are to the point of cutting a ring off, its probably already done some damage.

 

[cernst151]

Agree to disagree if you like, but many states' rules make EMS carry vise grips in the wagon. Vise grips can get a tungsten ring off in a hurry. And even if that's not the case, they can be cut with traditional cutting methods, it's just a little harder and they can't be repaired afterwards.

You are correct. More hospitals are keeping special tools on hand to break tungsten rings since they're becoming more popular but vice grips will do it. Anyone who doubts should look it up online.

I had a titanium ring for a while and it got scratched to crap. I replaced it with tungsten and nothing will scratch it. Can't beat it for durability. Mine has comfort fit and a beveled edge and I've had no luck opening beer with it. I think it's more the beveled edge that makes it hard to get a grip on the cap. Luckily, I can open a beer with damn near anything so I don't need the ring for that.

 

[BeerGrylls]

Some may. I've worked in Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, and Florida. None of those do. In fact even the cutters aren't required but some trucks have them. Some don't. I know other paramedics around the country and have never heard of it, though I could see how it wouldnt come up in regular convos.

I suppose I can believe that. It's too bad it isn't more widespread. I'm glad that the state I'm in the vast majority of my time has the requirement as I wear one. I definitely wouldn't want to lose a finger to a jewelry choice.

 

[Brickman]

I was advised by my jeweler to go with stainless steel. It will scratch and it shows it but he hates to sell titanium or tungsten rings to people that do any sort of construction type activities where they may mash a finger. He has been a jeweler for a long time and has a couple of clients that had issues when their fingers swelled and they could not get the rings off.

And wider is better. Mine needs to be a little wider for stubborn bottle caps.

 

[dnslater]

I was advised by my jeweler to go with stainless steel. It will scratch and it shows it but he hates to sell titanium or tungsten rings to people that do any sort of construction type activities where they may mash a finger. He has been a jeweler for a long time and has a couple of clients that had issues when their fingers swelled and they could not get the rings off.

And wider is better. Mine needs to be a little wider for stubborn bottle caps.

As previously stated in this thread, Stainless steel and titanium have similar strength, depending on the Ti grade. Ti is just lighter..... Has a better strength to weight ratio.

Besides my Ti ring, I have a Ti road bike and have owned several nice Ti watches. It scratches more easily than Stainless, and develops an oxide patina which gives it a dull finish. It also tends to be warmer to the touch - perhaps due to its lower density.

 

[Natdavis777]

...or Ka-Barleys!

That is legit:rockin: