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The cottonwood artist snare had used regular diecast hoops for years. They do look like hella hoops to me. If there is no stamp, then they are not made by Hella.

Hella hoops are drastically different to normal die cast hoops.

James Fullier III wrote: Thu Jan 29, 2026 3:10 pm

krusher74 wrote: Thu Jan 29, 2026 3:52 am

It's time to stop referring to die-cast hoops as hella hoops.

But how to differentiate ?

The Die Cast hoops on my Hilite snare (HD500) have the Hella logo cast into the underside of the hoop.

Other than that, I'm not sure how to visually tell the difference while the hoops are on the drum other than the large snare gates on the older hoops..

Scott_M wrote: Fri Jan 30, 2026 11:07 am

James Fullier III wrote: Thu Jan 29, 2026 3:10 pm

krusher74 wrote: Thu Jan 29, 2026 3:52 am

It's time to stop referring to die-cast hoops as hella hoops.

But how to differentiate ?

I'm not sure how to visually tell the difference while the hoops are on the drum other than the large snare gates on the older hoops..

Edit.. I think you were referring to how to tell the difference if the other "Hella" hoops are copies and yeah not sure how to do that.

I THINK we have two different things going on, here. If I am understanding correctly, the debate isn't over the two hoop types in the picture, but between Hellas made by Hella and Hellas NOT made by Hella.

Somethings going on here - https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/ ... 7121CxwHLK
You can buy them direct for $80 !!!

And they have Hella on, exactly the same as mine from a Prolite snare

These are aluminum. Sonor uses steel ones, don't they?

Wonder if these are from decommissioned molds. The current reso side hoops from Sonor have a void to allow for the snare strap or chord to lay freely.