Best and Worst

[rogue trader]

best .. x-flites and me delkims

worst..terry hearn x lite bedchair utter crap lasted about 3 months

[BRAVEHEART]

BEST: AQUA ARMODILLO(STOOD THE TEST OF TIME)

DIAWA BTR 5000,S ad em since they first came out,wont part with em!!!

WORST:VIPER,well thought out piece of kit,BUT LEAKED AFTER SEVERAL MONTHS(NOT IMPRESSED)

[Bank Tramp]

Best, Techniums, NGs and Nevilles
Worst, anything by Fishrite!!!!!

[Carper90]

best: Harrison Torrix 3.25lb rods, and anything by aqua (most reliable gear ive ever owned)

worst: fox xpod plus (hated the thing sold after 4 months) thinking about it everying ive bought by fox, (except the fox box system)

[fatboyslim]

Best= original Aqua Armo (sold after 6 years or so to upgrade to the new Armo for the chav peak)
Fox Quattro pod, love the versatility you get with this. still going strong from the day it was launched.

Worst=Shakespeare Cypry dome(a long time ago) what an utter bag off plop.
A B&Q ratchet bed chair, which a lot off the long timers will remember. How did we cope with the said chair's.

[Masterblanker]

Best: My Shimmy Nexaves - 12ft 2.5tc's and my Nash Indulgence Mk3 bedchair

Worst: Leeda 2xl 3piece rod and some leeda alarms - don't ask me why I bought em, I just did OK !!

Jim

[MANAGER]

Originally Posted by Carper90

worst: fox xpod plus (hated the thing sold after 4 months) thinking about it everying ive bought by fox, (except the fox box system)

In my case:
Fox oval brolly, every seam leaked first time in the rain.
Replacement fox brolly leaked from the bell end only.

Fox buzzbars.....they wobble
Fox warrior pod.....3 legs snapped, I gave up repairing it eventually.
Fox banksticks.....the threaded end sleeve is not a tight fit and can turn, comes off when pushed hard into the ground.
Fox DX alarms, battery connections kept snapping, and a £5 alarm is 10 times louder. (I still use the DX sometimes).
Fox mx alarms, 2 out of 3 went dead, 1 is now working again.....but I have a spare just-in-case.
Fox super-de-luxe bedchair, feet dropped off, I bought mudfeet but fox had changed the size, so had to have 4 new small feet.
.......and apart from that, everything's rosy.

[Callum91]

Fox zips full stop!.. dont buy anything from fox with a zip, i hve had the fox horizon pod bag.. the zips went on that so i sent it back to the shop.. got a new one, the zips went on that, took it back.. got a new one and sold that and the pod which i wasnt ovaly keen on. Then we have the fox stalker rod bag, 2 months.. great rod bag, crap zips, the rodbag is now sat in the garage doing nothing (70quid well spent??). Then we have the stalker day session bag which my mate bought, the main zip went on that after 2 months aswell. Anyway, thats enough slagging fox off.. now daiwa.. emcast evo 5500's.. worst reels i have ever owned the line clips where leathal.. there was just no way even with pole elastic under it, it was anywhere near acceptable.. then one day after having them about 2 months one of the reels decided it wanted to make funny noises and then lock up and not even reel my rig in!

Now for the good things,

chub outkasts.. they are the best rods on the market for there money,
trakker bedchair cover.. so warm and light
trakker a-lite.. i have abused it over the years but i can still put it up and it keeps me dry
dragon carp day session bag, £5 from a fishign show at the george carnel centre about 5 years ago and that is still going strong!

[steve hurst]

Originally Posted by Callum91

Fox zips full stop!.. dont buy anything from fox with a zip, i hve had the fox horizon pod bag.. the zips went on that so i sent it back to the shop.. got a new one, the zips went on that, took it back.. got a new one and sold that and the pod which i wasnt ovaly keen on. Then we have the fox stalker rod bag, 2 months.. great rod bag, crap zips, the rodbag is now sat in the garage doing nothing (70quid well spent??). Then we have the stalker day session bag which my mate bought, the main zip went on that after 2 months aswell. Anyway, thats enough slagging fox off.. now daiwa.. emcast evo 5500's.. worst reels i have ever owned the line clips where leathal.. there was just no way even with pole elastic under it, it was anywhere near acceptable.. then one day after having them about 2 months one of the reels decided it wanted to make funny noises and then lock up and not even reel my rig in!

Now for the good things,

chub outkasts.. they are the best rods on the market for there money,
trakker bedchair cover.. so warm and light
trakker a-lite.. i have abused it over the years but i can still put it up and it keeps me dry
dragon carp day session bag, £5 from a fishign show at the george carnel centre about 5 years ago and that is still going strong!

I can't believe you stayed loyal to Fox if the zips were that bad...

They can afford to send out 1000s of replacements out FOC because they are so cheaply made in the first place.

[screamer26]

best would be my greys prodigys and my ultegra 12000s

worst would be korum baiting needles ( my first ever needle and the worst thing ever to use)

[Hotshot]

Best- Fox evo, original delk txi's and my berkley b1 xlr's

Worst- aqua pioneer ultra lite (not because of quality or faults by aqua) its because it took too long to set up and weighed a ton, my mistake shouldnt have bought one.
A terry usless "breathable" sleeping bag sleeve, zip went first time out and it condensated to ****kkk, £80 down the pan. I aint mentioned nash coz I dont by his crap.

[stotty]

best; ultegras 12000 xta, superb clutch etc...

worse; whychwood 2 man bivvy, took ages to thread the poles and wouldnt fit into its bag that was supplied, they expect you to get the bivvy, overwrap, poles, and pegs into a 2ft by 12 inch bag also crap in wind, had to attach big tree logs to it to stop the door from imploding and us getting blown away in it, it was called the log cabin by a friend, by the end of the session

[IanB]

Best - diawa infinity rods in 2.75tc - had em years but sold them for the 3.5tc set (mistake)



worst - trakker big snooze sleeping bag, worst zip in the world.

[Mutley]

Best - 1000xte's

Worst - cheap scales

[boiliebaron]

Best- Shimano reels=no probs at all.
Fox Rods=had them customised over the last year with cork handles and new rings.

Worst- Tfg bivvy easy erect=me dad brought it for the both of us broke the leg second time out. pain in the **** to put up 60 seconds. they must of bin takin the p*** when they thought that up.
Nash reels=what was i thinking. the bail arm flipped over on almost every cast. one grated when reeling in. had it serviced didnt change anythin. the other just locked up and i culdnt reel in at all.


rant over.............