I just found this thread, and wanted to note that I bought some of the PBR faceted/transparent-blue posts for my Seawitch, and I was not very happy with the colour-match. In the attached photo, you see an original Stern post on the left, and PBR "tall" in the middle, and PBR "short" on the right. The PBR 1" posts in particular are a pretty crappy washed-out grey-blue. I could live with the PBR 1-3/16" posts, as they are a "nice" blue.

Also, on the issue of post-heights for Seawitch , it seems there is still some controversy! Possibly there is no "right" answer!

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Yes, that is this thread, and I read it through. The particular areas that were of concern to me are above the left and right return lanes. On the the right-side I ended up using all "short" 1" posts, including the single post guarding the return-lane. On the left-side, I put short posts only on the lower-most three, and all others being "tall" 1-3/16" posts.

Tall posts all round would seem to be indicated for two reasons:
- The sling-shots are all tall posts, so you would think you'd like the return-lane guard posts to be tall to match
- The left-side posts above the return-lane guard area are backing a drop-target bank, and thus need to be tall posts to prevent the ball from hopping up and hitting the plastic shield, and you generally have posts of all the same height for a given plastic

I tried putting all tall posts in these locations, but there were two issues:
- The plastic shield on the right-side ends up looking a bit strange as it is raised up above the level of the wooden shooter-lane divider
- The left-most post which takes an acorn nut is so close to the left-wall that the plastic shield is bending uncomfortably much when using a tall post.

So, in the end I'm different again from all the other posters on this thread.