WOW!Rod pods have been around for an age, but one reason they are a love-hate product is simply their size. They are clumsy, cumbersome and used to weigh a ton, well not anymore!
We are pleased to see the team at Fox has produced a lightweight, compact rod pod with minimal and, dare we say it, ‘carpy’ aesthetics. Well as Carpy as a rod pod can be.
Built around the existing and popular Black Label bankware range, the pod is designed to work seamlessly with the standard Black Label Cam-Lok banksticks, so if you’re already a Black Label user this is the perfect system for you.
A revamped version of the excellent Stalker pod. It’s robust and completely adjustable.
It’s a compact unit and, what’s more, it looks really cool. Supplied with two and three-rod buzz bars.
A lightweight fully adjustable aluminium rod pod, which is best suited to quick, short sessions and anglers who like to keep on the move. Supplied in a practical carry case, the SQR Pod can be adjusted in height and length to suit your setup. A great little design feature is the countersunk screw system on the three-rod buzz bar, allowing you to get your alarms and rear rod rests in perfect alignment every time. Can be used as either a full pod system or broken down into a neat goalpost setup.
We’ve chosen six at random to see what they’re all about…
GROUP TEST | Another new series in TC, Group Test is about giving you the right information on a small range of similar products. By choosing six of each per month, we can keep the information relevant and we hope to offer a variety of models each time. First up are pods, still hugely popular items with TC readers that we haven’t looked as for a while. We took six from a variety of manutacturers and put each one through its paces.
There are undoubtedly some good pods out there and there are certainly some cheaper ones too. However, I challenge anybody to find one better than this.
Okay, it’s a lot of money, but you absolutely get what you pay for. Precision British engineering in top-quality stainless steel means that this pod will literally last you a lifetime.