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For years I have used the "Fox Butt Rest", cheap and cheerful and if I want to make them tighter, just pour boiling water over them and reshape them to fit the butt.
To make them tighter or reduce the chance of them sliding, I have a 2" piece of bike innertube which fits the rod handle very tightly and is hardly noticeable which I can roll along the handle to the correct position and it then takes the shape of a silicone band which stops the rod sliding through the rest, or leave it unrolled and it makes a tighter fit in the rest. Or I can leave the innertube unrolled and I have some 1/2" aluminium strip which I can fit under the inner tube and it is bend downwards at an angle of 90 degrees from the rod and it gets positioned behind the rod rest and once again in conjunction with the innertube, their is no way the rod will slide in the rests.
But Fox seems to have a few different butt rests. Mine is the old type they do but with the metal threaded screw and not the plastic one.
https://www.foxint.com/home/product/fox-butt-rests?c=pods-rod-support
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The Nash butt grips are spot on.
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Used a lot of them over the years the only ones I’ve stuck with is the jag lockdowns don’t see no need to change now best I’ve used by far
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I've just bought a pair of Guru Reaper butt grips.
Theres so much choice and without being able to test them its hard to know what direction to go in
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Just seems there’s an extreme version of the Nash locks
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In reply to Post #1
Cygnet Butt grabbers. Pack of three can be had for £7 total!
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Nash butt locks. I just hold the pod with one hand and lift the rod with the other. Never had a problem.
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In reply to Post #1
ESP for me on my shrink handle rods.
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In reply to Post #11
Custom Angling Solutions do a pod lock,it can be used on platforms and normal ground 
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I have just got a set of three of the Prologic butt grips, less than a fiver and they are excellent.
The small size will fit the slimmest of 12ft rod blanks.
And I also had a look at the cygnet ones and they are a very good alternative.
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In reply to Post #1
Thanks for the suggestions.
Pretty sure I'm already using the ESP grips so will probably looking at options to anchor the pod down instead as an additional safety measure.
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In reply to Post #1
Solar P1 all day long - ignore the guff about John Roberts / ESP (I've used both) - you can adjust the P1s width to make them as tight or sloppy as you required no matter what the handle material - for duplon / cork go for the larger variants
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In reply to Post #8
I did exactly the same had jag got rid didn’t hold rods as good and so much faffing around putting different inserts in to fit rods properly and having to buy a whole pk to use one shame as I know jag are good quality
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In reply to Post #2
Yep - echo that about the ESP ones - I used to use them too, but being a tart switched over to Jag lockdowns, then regretted it as they didn't hold the rods as well as the ESP ones.
Although admittedly, back on the lockdowns now, but with the JAG rod-lockers, but, whilst I love the combination of JAGs lockdowns and rod lockers - especially on my rods as they're now full-cork, I notice you didn't want your rods locked so that isn't an option for you.
But I would recommend the ESP ones for abbreviated/shrink wrapped rods.
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In reply to Post #1
No need for these fancy tarty grips the esp are spot on and at a fiver each it’s a no brainier
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