Stainless is fine if you fish out of your car, weights not an issue if you are there for three nights and can make a few journeys to your swim. But on one of my waters it can be over a mile push to the swim, on an overnighter I want to do it in one push there and one push back. The difference between stainless and lighter materials can be several kilos. I'd rather that extra weight was bait.

Black carbon rad sticks and buzz bars for me...
Used to have solar stainless sod pod / sticks etc...
I do still have some of Keith's defiant chunky sticks and buzz bars should I need to screw into concrete 😁... They are top notch so will be hanging onto them...

In reply to Post #30
Have to say, the best EVER weight saving tip that I have heard to date came from Bivviewrecker when he suggested that a guy should leave the slice of ham off his sandwich's

In reply to Post #31
Several kilo's? How many bank sticks do you take

In reply to Post #34
He's only little,everything weighs alot to him

In reply to Post #33

Lake /River water,being drunk...well I do that,from a couple places that are near to rivers..

I use the Sawyer mini ,16oz filtration system, had no issues,and as long as you back wash the filter now and again it's good for 100.000 fills,..

I'm using it tomorrow, I dont worry or fuss about it because 99.9% of the fluid is filtered,..I carry it as a back up on long trips as I only take a couple litres on the whole..

I wouldn't do it on a commercial lake though,for obvious reasons,although I did drink out of my garden pond to shock the wife for a laugh though..

So there you go..🤣

In reply to Post #37
Stainless All Day

Well I have both. I have an Defiant S Type stainless 3 rod. That I mostly use for two rods. But the banks are rocky here so take the chassis each time.

But I also I have a black 2 rod Nash KNX pod that fits in a small rucksack for when I cycle to a lake.

The Nash one works OK. But I always.miss the stainless. Not for.looks. dont give a toss. I.miss the weight and stability and sometimes even the versatility.

The Nash will topple at will and god forbid you bump it. Whereas the Trident is so stable I have used it as a foot rest to tie my boot with rods in place and alarms on.

In reply to Post #34
I wasn't just talking about sticks, I meant all bankware. Pod, short sticks for pod, excavators, stage bites, lockdowns etc etc

There's a big weight saving. Not that it matters to me, I'm so small and important i have people to carry my tackle to the swim.

Black cygnet single sticks for me. I have jag black but it's bit shiney for my liking. Could spook a swan that could spook a mallard that could spook Carp.

In reply to Post #37
These blokes never used a filtration system they dip kettle in lake straight on stove I like both black and stainless I think stainless pods are going to be more stable because of the weight if your using a barra weight don't matter black if walking with gear

Black

Delkims at one end and Solar Back rests at other.

In reply to Post #44
Does it matter which end?