Mick, I sell lots of brands and will stand by them all,(honestly) the videos have had a great response for Yuki sales as I now have orders for over 50 Valence rods from all over the uk including around here, it actually sells for less than the axe as the price on a new axe went up last year,It is also half the weight which is a feature to some guys with medical conditions, I should know as I sell a lot of them already, however the strange thing is I have only sold 5 rt ax since the video went up but had sold over 30 yukis in the same time since video release, I will always have the yuki haters and we can see them just from their posts, I personally think the videos are entertaining and one guy even said he had been fishing all day but rushed back to watch it, thats great i think, yes everyone thinks their rod is the best too, which is also apparant when you read the posts, all i will say there is a rod for everyone somewhere, i know by sales what people think of the rods I sell, I am certainly not complaining and never slag any brand off, I merely challenge people to put their rods where there mouths (or fingers on keyboards) are. if sandmand and co are happy to take the time and effort to make these vids then thats great for fishing, opinions can be made by reading threads or watching videos, but better from testing the rods in person, let me just add one note, the newest brand of rod to enter the uk is on everyones mind now.....yuki.....i aint that daft am I, only a few slating them, there are more interested in them, as my sales prove.
just me n my opinion,altho u lad's up there love the leeda n rt's