Another Sonik bites the dust

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Been fishing today at Hadston. Went to lift lead off the bottom to reel in and SNAP :o , so now my 14ft Sonik SK4 is now 13ft 6ins :mad:.. Crapola . The top 6ins snapped clean through ! could have understood it if i'd been having a really good riv on but i wasn't . Always stuck up for the SK4s , that'll teach me . Anyway does anyone know of a 5.5mm tip ring that will fit !?:rolleyes: . Luckily i had my TT sport with me so could carry on fishing but still ended with a blank :(. Just one of those days :)
 
Seems like alot of the sea gear is poorly made. Do any of you know how good the carp rods are .. or do they do the same and buckle under the pressure too ??
 
me sons snapped on thur up eyemouth exact same top 6 inches gone its going back tomorrow or tues it was my spare rod as he snapped his sk4 last year at lynemouth this one 6inch above spigot i had an sk3 that snapped 1 inch from tip no more sonicks for us blank quality is shte waste of money
 
FISHERMAN said:
Seems like alot of the sea gear is poorly made. Do any of you know how good the carp rods are .. or do they do the same and buckle under the pressure too ??
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I know of a fly rod that snapped during casting!!!!
But know a mate who uses the carp rod for pike & he swears he wouldn't use anything but sonik again

"See they have one happy customer"
 
This is the only Sonik rod I have used and it has had some stick over the 3 years I have had it. I use it all the time for lure fishing for bass over on the Mull of Galloway.



I cannot fault it.

John
 
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I snapped my sk4, Sonik replaced it and I snapped the replacement first session out. They replaced that one too so I sold it. Lovely rod to use imo but cant trust them not to snap under hardly any pressure.
 
Ive mentioned before in similar threads the qualitys nonexistent! My mates SK3 snapped 8"above the spigot just reelibg in (not pulling through a snag) How many posts have we seen on here of a similar nature regarding how poorly made they are.. Come on Sonic do something about it other than send out cheap replacements!
 
I have the SKS, the SK3 and a NCT.
So far so good. Might be just luck or it might be that there are sometimes poor blanks supplied to the factory which get through into production.

I throw a weighty 6oz with bait on the NCT even though it's the lighter 5oz version.On the other hand, I see that Dragon Carp are stocking Sonik now, and that can't be good. They tend to do more crap stuff than Steptoe & Son.
 
I have never had any problems with Sonik rods, always found them reliable.
I had SK4 which I sold when I got Century Excalibur. I still have a Sonik NCT 6oz which I use frequently without problem and a spinning rod.
However, with all these reports there must be some problem, it does not seem to be an isolated case.
Good job their customer service is good.
 
pop65 said:
me sons snapped on thur up eyemouth exact same top 6 inches gone its going back tomorrow or tues it was my spare rod as he snapped his sk4 last year at lynemouth this one 6inch above spigot i had an sk3 that snapped 1 inch from tip no more sonicks for us blank quality is shte waste of money
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Was your Ross or Ben the guilty party matey. Lol
 
spongebob said:
Was your Ross or Ben the guilty party matey. Lol
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all right mate hope ur well ben both times gary but its the rods mate quality of blanks if you put one next to century and check thickness of carbon espec at spiggots its really thin and i have been there with him both times and they wernt under loads of pressure so he is using me reelsport rockmaster (tippy sport with 20% stiffer tip)at min he is after another wr300
phil
 
BillQuay said:
I have never had any problems with Sonik rods, always found them reliable.
I had SK4 which I sold when I got Century Excalibur. I still have a Sonik NCT 6oz which I use frequently without problem and a spinning rod.
However, with all these reports there must be some problem, it does not seem to be an isolated case.
Good job their customer service is good.
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Bill haway the customer service would have to be good,they would not sell out!.
 
dont get me wrong lads there a nice rod to fish with and i used to defend them when slated but 3 snapped rods i wont get another as its allways in back of your mind is it going to snap maybe they have sorted it with xtrs hopefully i buy rod to fish with not for customer service when they snap
 
Just that I was thinking of replacing my carp rods with sonik rods... thanks for the replys lads.. maybe its the sea rods that have issues
 
got the sk3 13ft kicked the arse end out of it and have the sk4 16ft both sound rods both well used over rough ground and beach work
 

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