Stainless Steel banksticks.

[Ducktape Corkfeet]

I've been looking at quite a few makes recently, most of them appear to be virtually indestructable, and much easier to push into harder ground, but does anyone use them, and what are the main differences? The Solar and Chub banksticks look good, but are there any others I should be looking at?

[rarepleasures]

I've been looking at quite a few makes recently, most of them appear to be virtually indestructable, and much easier to push into harder ground, but does anyone use them, and what are the main differences? The Solar and Chub banksticks look good, but are there any others I should be looking at?

 

The thing I noticed about my solars was the additional weight, They were significantly heavier than my hollow banksticks.

[Si...]

I've got some of the badger stainless bank sticks as well as carp r us ones and the badgers are as strong as any others that I've seen and used, and a quite a bit cheaper too.

[Ducktape Corkfeet]

The thing I noticed about my solars was the additional weight, They were significantly heavier than my hollow banksticks.

 

I'm not just so concerned, as I'll probably only ever buy the two, but I'm fed up with alot of them not being up to the job, and especially slipping down when wet. Most of the stainless jobbies have a very positive lock on the extentions, which would be a major selling point to me.

[Steve Burke]

I'd echo Si in recommendating the Badger stainless banksticks. I used a pair and also got a friend to test them. They were first rate and inexpensive.

 

However I eventually gave them away as like all stainless ones they were heavy. I'd originally tried them as I had the same problem as DC in that aluminium ones didn't last.

 

Then I discovered King's Banksticks. These are the only ones I've ever used that I'm totally happy with. Although made of aluminium I've never bent them in the 4 years I've had them. The T-bar height adjustment is very secure, whilst the thin but strong brass (rather than a soft metal) point suits a lot of types of bank including gravel. And of course they're lighter than stainless steel.

 

For my field test go to http://www.anglersnet.co.uk/Tackle-And-Bai...banksticks.html

[Ducktape Corkfeet]

Those look good. There was one type of stainless I looked at with the t-bar adjustment, and I really liked that feature. Does anyone know where I can at least look at the Kings?

[noodle996]

Ive got some matrix ones and apart from the weight the do go into most things when you apply some weight to em

[Ducktape Corkfeet]

Anyone used or seen the Wychwood Stumpy 'sticks. The 12" Mole Drive 'stick looks the business - http://www.wychwood-carp.co.uk/pods.html and the stumpys have a tommy bar adjustment.