Really? Well ones a full carbon wheel, one isn't. The spokes, theyre not integrated, you'll get water in them and then it swishes around till the drain hole works.
Really you get what you pay for. HED6s go for under 1k new and Reynolds 72s around 2k new. Also the obvious ,ones more aero than the other. I went from Hed6s to 72/90 Reynolds and bike split went from 5:45 to 5:13 on the same Ironman. Hed 6s are a great value but not as good as a full carbon wheel with integrated spokes. I think they're very similar to the Bontrager Aura 5s, another value wheel, same drain hole and aluminum brake surface. Bontrager has the Aeolus though so you can see the difference in upgrading to full carbon, not sure if HED has an equivalent yet.
Edit: did a quick search and HED Vanquish 6 is now they're full carbon wheel. They promote it that way too. The Vanquish 6 sounds more equivalent to a Reynolds aero 72
Really you get what you pay for. HED6s go for under 1k new and Reynolds 72s around 2k new. Also the obvious ,ones more aero than the other. I went from Hed6s to 72/90 Reynolds and bike split went from 5:45 to 5:13 on the same Ironman. Hed 6s are a great value but not as good as a full carbon wheel with integrated spokes. I think they're very similar to the Bontrager Aura 5s, another value wheel, same drain hole and aluminum brake surface. Bontrager has the Aeolus though so you can see the difference in upgrading to full carbon, not sure if HED has an equivalent yet.
Edit: did a quick search and HED Vanquish 6 is now they're full carbon wheel. They promote it that way too. The Vanquish 6 sounds more equivalent to a Reynolds aero 72