Stretcher numbering

  • All Bell Tangent Five stretchers start with 5

  • The second digit indicates the width: 5 = slender, 6 = standard, 7 = broad

Since 1 January 2006:

  • The third digit - 0 or 2 - indicates absence or presence of locators
  • The fourth digit - 0 or 4 - indicates absence or presence of rings
  • The final digit - 0 or 8 - indicates absence or presence of basket sides

Earlier stretchers had three digits only