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The Most Pointless/Poor Designed Item of Tackle Ev (109 posts / 16,923 views)
LeighamFox
Posts: 145
Post #1 15 Sep 2024 09:27
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OK I've seen a few in my time. But this is not for slating a manufacturer you don't like. It's purely for poor design and ill thought out design.

OK mine is the Nash powerbanx inflatable light.
So you now need a pump to take with you so no space saved.
Or blow it up by mouth so it fills with condensation. So with the light on or sun penetrative the clear side it will slime up.

Your thoughts on this and other items please.
Waspey Waspey
Posts: 92
Post #2 15 Sep 2024 09:48
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Nash candle heater thing and the slip and slide path they did as well. Nash come up with so much crap
LeighamFox
Posts: 145
Post #3 15 Sep 2024 10:22
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In reply to Post #2
Oh the path I bought but not for that reason.
Ex match angler and know the issues of shipping a pole back with mud in the joints.

So path out with bivvy pegs but left proud. Ship back two sections of ya bushwacker and lay on the path. No mud in the joints and they don't roll around.

I know BW poles are nothing compared to pole sections. But the hassle of freeing stuck joints because of mud n grit is still the same.
wandle1 wandle1
Posts: 7,469
Post #4 15 Sep 2024 12:00
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Mini baiting needle ,from Gardner..the version with the barb on the point..its meant for small baits, corn,mini 10 mm boilies etc..

Except ,when you try to remove needle from bait,the barb splits the bait ...load of crimp ,that was...
kells kells
Posts: 6,017
Post #5 15 Sep 2024 12:29
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Wasn't there a bedchair out there at some point that doubled as a barrow for transporting your kit. Or was I dreaming it?..
wandle1 wandle1
Posts: 7,469
Post #6 15 Sep 2024 12:37
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In reply to Post #5
Was made by Trakker,in its earlier times..

It meant if it rained your bedchair would get soaking wet ,unless you had a tarp or something handy
littleian littleian
Posts: 1,505
Post #7 15 Sep 2024 18:47
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In reply to Post #6
There was a version by carptech innovations (whom i worked for at the time) they were wheels that clamped onto your frame but the issue was if there was too much weight the clamps slipped and deposited the whole thing on the floor
kells kells
Posts: 6,017
Post #8 16 Sep 2024 07:43
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In reply to Post #6
So I weren't dreaming g it then.. Did it ever work? Don't worry, I think I've answered that one..

Would love to see a picture again.
55s 55s
Posts: 706
Post #9 16 Sep 2024 08:50
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There was a phase a few years ago regards wrapping up machines, one was a hand crank thing and the other some automatic bit of tech - I have never seen one in the flesh but assume as Deborah Meadan says - they solved a problem that didn't need solving.
Hooterman
Posts: 316
Post #10 16 Sep 2024 09:07
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In reply to Post #5
Yes made by Trakker I had one good idea but poorly designed and not strong enough they did supply a cover for the bed that was supposed to be waterproof but wasn't.
Singlebleep Singlebleep
Posts: 2,380
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Site deviant... Post #11 16 Sep 2024 10:49
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I'm be more concerned with mud splash from the wheels than rain from above
kells kells
Posts: 6,017
Post #12 16 Sep 2024 10:54
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In reply to Post #9
Carp fishing manufacturers are notorious for flogging us gear ..for problems we didn't no we had. Nash I think are one of the worse. As has already been mentioned the flower pot heater, tarpaulin run way and one other hat springs to mind the pillow back rest..
Singlebleep Singlebleep
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Site deviant... Post #13 16 Sep 2024 12:05
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In reply to Post #12
And a beach chair that cost two thirds more than a ........... beach chair 😡
Golfhacker27 Golfhacker27
Posts: 58
Post #14 16 Sep 2024 15:54
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In reply to Post #1
Preston Innovations hooklength box.
PI designed it with magnets (in the base and lid halves) strong enough that you can drop it onto hard ground from a great height and it won't come open. Great, but....
The magnets are so strong that you need a firm grip and strong yank to open the lid.
And when you lower the lid to close it, once the magnets get in attraction range : Bang. And it's very painful if your finger gets trapped.
Tried lowering the lid holding the snap catch (to keep fingers out of the way), but once the magnets get in range... the lid is pulled shut and you are left holding the now-detached catch. Yes the magnets are so strong they rip the lid and catch apart.
VLT VLT
Posts: 8,995
Post #15 16 Sep 2024 16:08
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Anything made by ND - New Direction.

Notably their cradle which doubled up as a set of scales
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