I never knew the guy was such a Fruit Loop until he put this on his FB page last night and then ridiculed me for my reply. Fair enough we all have a right to have our own views but in his post he is being completely derogatory to the majority of us that would loved to have gone fishing during Covid but chose to abide by the rules.
With someone that has their own subscription channel, maybe with young anglers viewing ,then surely he should be promoting best practice and not belittling people that abide by the law of the land while they think it's okay for them to break the law ??

Adam Penning wrote :

Here's a couple of lockdown carp. Had a fair few at night too and some right units.
'What, you did NIGHTS?!' I hear the covid police shout. Yes I bloody well did.
While the PC crowd were loudly obeying, virtue signalling and commanding everyone else to do the same, some of us dared to go out into the countryside. It was the one time that carp fishing became an extreme sport.
Thing is that we lost many fit young men to suicide - the figures rocketed to record levels. Young men who were no danger to anyone except themselves, suddenly locked indoors while many well-known anglers loudly condemned anyone for even thinking about going fishing.
With the passing of years we can see how mad it all was. Yet still no apology from anyone. No accountability from anyone.
Sincere apologies if anyone's nan has died while I wrote this post without a mask on.
#neveragain
@minds.matter.carping_
#mentalhelath
#mentalhealthawareness

TACKLE SHOPS ... it's evident that sadly there's a lot of people out there that can't see the issues with this product, many of which are inexperienced and taken in by Ali's marketing.

Any self respecting tackle company starting with Angling Direct should set a precedent and refuse to stock this product. Any of us that first saw pictures of it and understood how it worked could see all the potential problems. Sadly there are a lot of inexperienced anglers out there that just don't see the issues and will buy it .. Come on guys, find your morals and stop stocking it so that there's no potential of this being used on any fisheries??????

In reply to Post #323
As I said, even for us that do unhook in the net you can not account for a fish powering off in the net after you've just netted it, it's a product that's not needed and will cause a lot of issues ...

In reply to Post #321
Even putting to one side the obvious increased possibility of fish damage the practicalities of it aren't good either. To fish any distance the arms need to be pva'd, now I'm not a bad caster but we all need a few attempts to hit the spot so how's that going to work, re tying pva to a wet magic stick with wet hands after each cast ??!!
And if fishing a weedy water, he says the prongs bend back and snap when going through weed and even if the survive that they're then likely to go through the mesh of a landing net, again he says they will snap when bent back, so you've now netted your fish, a prong goes through the mesh, the fish trys to power off in the net and supposedly the prongs bend and snap. At 3 or 5 quid each not only are they not good for fish welfare, they'd be a ridiculously expensive way of fishing if you fish a weedy lake and catch a lot of fish ??!!

I honestly don't want to see anyone struggle and have nothing against Ali Hamidi but this is a case of a lot of time and money being invested in a product that has to work, hence the scurry on social media to say how safe the product is. Anyone that has a modicum of intelligence combined with fishing experience can see straight away that those prongs will go straight through landing net mesh and snag, even if he claims these will snap they'll still be snagged potentially damaging fishes mouths, especially if they try and power off in the net .. in recent years it's all been about fish welfare and using kit that is safer to use .. OMC has just released a product that goes completely against that in my opinion 👍

In reply to Post #462
That's what I did in the end but due to their incorrect info I wasted a load of time checking out if I had an incorrect bag or not as it was not as advertised. Based on the info on their site 're size ext, I bought a standard size Trakker RLX 6 plus Thermarest Pad to make the bed more comfy but overall achieving my objective of reducing weight but not losing comfort. Was I wrong to assume that a bag advertised at 95cm wide top and bottom would fit on a bed 88cm wide...No but thats how it turned out thus I wasted my money buying the bed and sleeping pad. Fortunately I was able to find an original sized bag which just about fits, although still tight.
Darren from Fortis's attitude was that I should have checked with them before buying and he suggested I buy a Levelite bed!!

In reply to Post #452
It should fit a Levelite as that is what it was designed for from what they told me....talk about limiting your market even more....great decision Darran Goulder.
You need to come on here and address these issues and explain because your prospective purchasers will look on here?!

In reply to Post #445
Just going by what Darran at Fortis told me. If you go and see them in the shops now, they are definately a mummy style. The one I bought and sent back measured about 90 cm at top and 70 cm at bottom. The Footend that you then should be able to slip over your bed to retain it would only stretch to a max of 87/88 cm so as I keep saying, unless you have a compact bedchair this new design WILL NOT do what it is supposed to.

Alot of people search these sites before buying so it may be best for Fortis to comment now but if they do they need to remember that I do have the emails they sent to me with their original explanations!!

In reply to Post #443
Gerry it was a conscious decision by Fortis to change the design, the bag they are now selling is now more of a mummy shape and narrower than the size they detail in their advertising, this has been the case for about 18 months apparently.....plenty of time for them to update their details about the product you would think🤔??

In reply to Post #438
If you've got a compact chair still go for one, the bags are great but only for a compact bed as the shape and size has changed.