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 #40 26 Feb 2020 at 8.48am | |   |
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In reply to Post #39
Did anyone pick up a toslon baitboat? I'm interested to know what the deals are like at the shows versus buying online...
Thanks!
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#39 26 Feb 2020 at 8.26am | | |
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Thanks for the feedback mate  I can't imagine my Frontier weighs much less than this with it's extension on, so as a session bivvy it's looking very good, though I'll still probably hold out for some reliability feedback over time.
I don't get the weight issue and can't remember the last time I saw a poor Carp angler lugging heavy gear around a lake without the use of a barrow. Most Carp anglers I see use barrows, even for day sessions, as for weekend sessions I see plenty of lads with 12 or 24 packs of beer so the weight arguement doesn't wash with me.
Personally for me I'll stick to a lighter shelter for day only sessions, if I had the RM I wouldn't hesitate to take it for a overnighter as long as it was quick and easy to put up and take down.
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#38 25 Feb 2020 at 10.49pm | | |
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Yeah,need a couple of days to recover lugging the thing around the lake 
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#37 25 Feb 2020 at 10.30pm | | |
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Very true but surely these are viewed as a session bivvy 🤔
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#36 25 Feb 2020 at 9.00pm | | |
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Bloody heavy at 30kg all in though
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#35 25 Feb 2020 at 8.36pm | | |
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When I have seen the Oztent in numerous different vlogs and reviews it looks like it simply has a completely flat front on it whereas the Ridgemonkey one has like a foot or more of dipped porch area extending down to the floor,
I also liked the way the flysheet velcroed across the bivvy extending over the back creating a covered portion behind the bivvy which you can access from the inside...plus I like the way you can close all the windows from inside too.
The crash out mesh at the front is a great idea and the zip off whole front is a bonus too.
I also roughly measured the One man compact against the Titan T1 and was surprised that the Compact one man is around Two feet narrower that the T1.
I reckon for one person you would probably need the One man not the compact for a session bivvy but all in all built quality was very good and materials used looked very good too....at £699 all in for the compact and 100 quid more for the One man I'll be looking at chopping in my T1 when they come out around May/June time 
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#34 25 Feb 2020 at 4.43pm | | |
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Can you expand on that a bit more D, interested to hear what you liked
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#33 25 Feb 2020 at 12.26pm | | |
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In reply to Post #32
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#32 25 Feb 2020 at 11.37am | | |
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Who said anything about it being a her?
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#31 25 Feb 2020 at 11.29am | | |
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I went this year for the first time as I would normally go to the Big One but fancied a changed.
I went on Sunday and arrived for 9.30 and walked straight in basically. Thought their was a good selection of companies but def agree that with erics and total not their the chances of grabbing a proper bargain had reduced as Angling direct were not really offering that wide of range of products.
I did see one guy who sat on a Rod Hutchinson bedchair snap the frame in half which I found hilarious at the time, wont be buying one of them !! lol
Food was ok, not a huge selection, the general vibe was good.
If I was going to go to another show then I would be going back to the Big one I think as I only really go to shows for the bargains haha
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#30 24 Feb 2020 at 5.53pm | | |
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In reply to Post #27
Banging Chinese in Trafford Centre on Saturday night helped!!
What was her name 
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#29 24 Feb 2020 at 5.43pm | | |
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In reply to Post #27
have a look at the byte alarm thread,I've put some info on there about the byte alarms after chatting to them
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#27 24 Feb 2020 at 5.06pm | | |
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Hi yonny
I popped along to look at those byte alarms, unfortunately their guys weren’t on the stand so I couldn’t get an actual demo, but my impressions of seeing them in the flesh is they are about as subtle as a sledge hammer. The picture of the receiver unit doesn’t really do the size of it justice. The whole lot looks like an right jumbled mess of cables and boxes. Interesting concept. But absolutely not for me. Plus that’s gonna be an expensive crack off. If I’m honest seeing it in the flesh it’s up there with the heated blanket. Seems to solve a problem that I’m not sure I’ve ever noticed that I have.
With regards to the guys who were commenting about it being quiet. We were the complete opposite, we had a really busy show, especially on Saturday. We sold out of lots of products and our new rod lockers went down a storm. We weren’t the only ones, loads of other traders had really busy weekends as well.
Also the actual people we had visit our stand were spot on, loads of nice people who enjoyed a chat and took time to watch our demos of new products and hook sharpening. It made for a really enjoyable show for all of us. We were five deep at one point on Saturday. As far as I’m aware we didn’t have a single bad customer and I don’t think we lost any stock to theft. All in a great show, lovely vibe and plenty of people actually spending.
Banging Chinese in the Trafford centre on Saturday night helped!!
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#26 24 Feb 2020 at 11.50am | | |
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In reply to Post #13
Hi just out of interest what where he difference between the ridgemonkey and oztent? thanks
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#25 24 Feb 2020 at 11.45am | | |
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In reply to Post #24
Does anybody know what the deals on the Toslon bait boats were like?
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