Northwest Bead Looms --- Opinions?

Here are some loom reviews that might interest you:

Another thing I would mention: I believe that Northwest allows you to order different springs to handle different size beads, which is very nice feature - the standard spring would be for 11/0 seed beads. The looms I have from

just come with a spring for 11/0 beads, which is fine since that's what I normally use. I am working on a delica project for the first time, and figured out that by doubling up some of the warp threads when I warped the loom (I alternated between stringing one warp thread through a dent in the spring, and stringing two warp threads through a dent in the spring ) I could accomodate for the smaller size of the beads; once you've woven a few rows the beadwork spreads the warp threads out to the proper width. But if you use delicas a lot that would be a factor to consider.

No take-up, so you're limited by the length of the looms, and there doesn't appear to be a way to loosen and tighten the warp.

Or you could change to a reed, which is traditional. Springs are pretty new. A reed is a line of the beads you're using, stretched on a thick thread or wire and attached where the springs are now attached. So you'd have a reed that is a wire of Delicas (with some slack, so there's room for the threads) and just attach that when you loom with Delicas.