After a cheap set of 9 or 10ft rods primarily for a trip to France, big public water and using a boat to drop the rigs. Fishdeal have the 10ft Ultimate Bionics which looking at previous threads seems a half decent budget option but before I hit the button has anyone got any feedback on these rods?
If I do use them back in the UK, it will likely to be for bag work but only out to 80 yards, would the 3.25 be OK for this or would the 3.5 be the better option.

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Don't want to hijack the thread but in a very similar position as off to France in a couple of months and would like some shorter rods for dropping rigs from a boat. Seen some Prologic C series retractables not too far away - anyone got a view on these?

Craghopper Kiwis come in leg length options.

I'm a rank amateur compared to most on here but do have a very basic Boatman baitboat with no gps, fishfinder or tech.
For me it's useful as allows me to drop bait more accurately than I could by casting (although that could be used an argument that I need to get better at casting!) It also allows me to drop bait in areas that I simply couldn't cast to eg under overhanging trees etc It's simple to use, just have to steer it out, drop the bait and steer it back.
It works well for me but it's not a magic tool that will improve your catch rate simply by owning the thing! You still need to work at it and if you have the techy addons understand what they are telling you. The additional cost of these would far exceed my abilities to use them so not worth it for me - maybe in years to come though?
I'm assuming you've already checked this but are you allowed to use them on the waters you fish ?

Recently picked up a second hand Solar SP C-Tech Mk1 bedchair, it's pretty comfy but can't help wondering if adding a SIM will make it perfect? Any suggestions of what SIM would best fir the chair? I know the Helium 3.8 is a popular choice but not sure if there is anything more suited?
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Just to throw another into the mix, Igloo make decent coolboxes and are priced mid way between RM & Icytek

Thanks all, does the Spider\Hercules stuff sink OK? Or is all braid likely to sink under it's own weight at 200+ metres?

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Mmmm not sure floating braid will work, as it's a public water you have to put up with a lot of water sports and a jet ski hitting the line would make for an interesting run!!

I'm off to France in July and fishing a huge public water. Been before and tended to fish at 200m+ taking the rigs out by boat and dropping them on the spots. Given the distance, thinking braid might be a good idea this time but as this it will only ever be used once a year at the most I don't want to spend a fortune on spooling up 3 reels with 300m each! I appreciate the cheap Chinese stuff isn't going to be the best quality but as I'm never going to be casting with it, will it still be an improvement over standard mono?

I'd recommend the Sunblessa as well, even though they're based in China they're customer service is better than a lot of British companies!