Teething problems.
We have all had the same problems with new ones, i have had two now, and both the same, it will wear in any time!
For the first few weeks you do need to twist the joints together tighly, and check regualy.
Rub some candle wax on the male joints too, it will improve it 100%.
As for the section breaking, i have done a no 4 too, shipping out sloppy grondbait, they are a stiff light pole, and care is needed shipping out heavy groundbait, they are not an out and out carp pole.

The sections can come loose at times when shipping in and out, especially when using 2 rollers. Its quite simple to overcome this. Check them every so often as you are shipping out. Regarding cupping. If you are filling the cup with feed or a big ball of groundbait, you either need to be very carefull not to bounce the cup too much as it places a lot of pressure on the number 4 section, or better still use the short number 4 section. To be honest I don’t know of anyone who is pi##ed off with a pro.

big dog, i,ve just bought a tournie last week and used it once ! and guess what???????????
ah you’s all thought i was going to say it came apart. well actually i knew this so made sure i checked it every 5 mins or so. to be honest all top range poles especially, suffer to a degree, i’ve just sold a G995 and it did it . the daiwa ones do seem the worst offender though. i use to have a tournie x and this was terrible for the 1st 3 months , i think it must be the short push in (overlap)of joints on daiwa,s. as for the 3rd breakage whilst cupping , i think you have to be mindfull that “big balls”or big pots of feed, do put stress through pole sections. to be honest i can’t believe how solid the top kits feel on the tournie compared to the garbolino ones. the 4th seems the softest section but is a lot stronger than a 995 4th.
the guy who bought my 995 couldn’t believe how strong it felt to his maver m25.
so guess a tournie is quite strong really .

I have had my pro for 3 years and have experienced joints coming loose from day one.
Before every session I rub candle wax on one side of the joint only,usually in line with the joint number stamped on the pole and this improves things 100%. One tip though do not put the candle wax all the way around the joint, just a single stripe to one side. Joints do still work loose once or twice a session. However if you align the joint numbers carefully and keep an eye on them you can spot any joint that is freeing up.
As for breakages, yes I have had some, mostly No4s and all my own fault.

I think its an occupational hazard that happens with Daiwa poles, my previous one’s did the same and as others have said eventually the problem solves itself but not completely. You find that you still have to check every so often as they do work themselves loose, I’m of the opinion that the rollers don’t help when your pole is bouncing continously on the rollers all match.

As for the breakages I can honestly say I’ve never had any problems with mine and have to say its the person using it rather than the product.

Whether its any help I have plugged the male ends with a foam draft excluder which creates an air lock stopping them from parting company when your shipping back with a fish on and don’t want to find your top six say halfway across the lake lol.

in addition to all the advice already, one thing you can do is to put a spot of tippex eaxctly where the two sections meet .Then when you are shipping in and out you can easily see if a joint has worked loose as there will be a gap between the tippex and the bottom of the female section.

Breakages – 2 x no4 Both my fault

sections coming loose – just check them when you ship out every 2-3 times and thats fine

As for the pole. Ive caught over 15,000lb on mine and I think its THE BEST

maybe im the lucky one, ive had the odd occasion the pole has had sections come loose, but checking them as you ship out every so often helps.
Ive never broken a section on my tournament and have always used short number 4s for all my carp and silverfish fishing, the only time i use my long 4s is on the river. I use it mainly now for heavy duty carping with red hydro and orange vespe elastics!

Ive had mine about 2 months so far and had no problems at all. Same as peter 1984 i use short 4’s for everything ( used to have a tournament 210 and did the same) and use purple hydro through the match kits with no probs at all landing fish to 15lb and red hydro through power kits, personal opinion of the pole is its awesome, tried it against the other flagships and it suited me the best for what i need it for.

Reality check here – are some people accepting that their £2k poles do not stay together. Are we going mad

after reading this thread i have to agree with the last poster a 2000 pole that gives problems it would be like buying a new car which starts every now and then.this is not acceptable on any pole never mind top of the range diawa should do something about it asap.it is amazing what crap people will put up with.think about it. this product if it does this is faulty end of story

Mine comes apart very occasionally,but my previous daiwa did and the model before that.
I had the same with a top preston pole,in fact my mate has it with a g995.
It seems to be worse when using 2 rollers,whether the carbon flexs i dont know,but it happen s on a lot of poles at the top end of the range. Not a problem,just check it occasionally as i do with all my poles.

Mr Smug here has a Shimano Aspire and never experienced any such problems except working slightly loose in high cross winds and then needs tightening up once or twice per match. Is it a manufacturing feature?

If you keep your pole too clean like a new pole on a Daiwa then your joints will slip apart wear em in get some sand and mud on em.

i use claen caps on my sections from the 4th to the 6th and mine just dont come undone!
i had the same problem with my G995 and it took about 3 sessions before it stopped, my G10 is yet to do it but its still in early stages!

again though the addition of clean caps has helped all three??

Never had any such problems with my Mavers,perhaps Daiwa should start supplying a candle with all new poles 🙂

this person needs to buy a 2.5LBS test curve carp rod… amature.

It does happen a little till they bed in. The push and a liitle twist all but eliminates it but it will sort itself out. However to be happening to the extremes you are suggesting must be down to user error-bouncing on rollers etc…

I’m more than happy with my TP, I did have a couple of occasions where the joints came loose whilst fishing, but this does not detract from the poles quality.

just used my new tourrnie for the 2nd time, 1st time i fished at 12.7m + dolly butt, 2nd time 14.5 +dolly butt. think it felt as good at both lengths and definately better balanced at 14.5 than the G995 i sold. think the difference would be more noticable at 16m ( expect tournie to be better still again). this a little surprising as the 7th, 8th 13m 14.5 and 16m sections feel so much heavier than the G995.???
but like i say I’M DELIGHTED WITH THE POLE the match kits seem strong as garbo power kits. only thing i’m disappointed with is CTK5 power kits seem very heavy and to long to match modern techniques, theyre goin to be my new margin kits , although i had big fish in margins with match kit with purple hydro on saturday. WELL PLEASED!!!!!
and guess wot the sections didn,t fall apart although i did check every 20mins or so.

mart4666 i believe maver do a bigger internal bush now so u can chop your power kits to the same length as your match kits i fish the power kits at length using them in conjunction with your short no4

Mart4666, pelletheads right, buy a no6 maver internal bush and it means your ctk5 power tops will be only 2inches longer than your match kits. I also use purple hydro through my match kits and find it superb. Personally i rate the t/p as the best pole out there and no sections have come apart on me.

i certainly agree with you boys, tourney pro is the dogs knackers!!!

I use ptfe spray on my male joints and have not had any problems with them coming apart. I just give them a quick spray every couple of sessions. I do check regularly just in case.

my tp is 4 year old, the only thig on my joint is dirt’n’grit, still going strong, never let me down, never had the problems discribed. if ya treat it like a pole it works well. it ya treat it like an ournament it may aswell be on a mantle piece.

mine is mint, had no probs, suck my balls

Same old story! What started as an interesting and informative thread with some great input/views/experiences from 95% of posters gets infiltrated by a couple of idiots.

sometimes team rattler, my friend, it takes a simple answer

If he is that unhappy with said Tournament Pro, then he needs to go to Daiwa directly and ask them the questions, ive never had problems with long 4s, but then the only time i use them is for roach fishing on rivers, i use short 4s on mine everywhere else bar none.
Yes the sections do come loose on occasion, this can be attributed to a few factors, one is the pole roller, the pole is so stiff the reverbarations through the blank cause the sections to stir a little when brand new, when you ship out watch what the pole does, generally it rotates through the hands, again another possible reason for sections to come undone,
yes we wouldnt be happy if it was a 60K car, i know i wouldnt be…so the point is valid, however it is a top class pole with strength, stiffness, rigidity and is amoung the top 5 poles, and sometimes they have teething problems.
Sections do come undone i agree, as it has happened to me, but after using clean caps my top 6 never did it again.
Overtime, (ive had mine now over 2 years) all the sections will be fine, and if he fishes 3 times a week then the sections will wear in fairly shortly.
As for sections breaking, well you cannot blame a pole for that to be fair unless its the first couple of times out. The pole is not unbreakable.

As I suggested above if he is that unhappy he needs to talk to daiwa and the tackle shop, maybe to try and get it replaced or refunded (being honest a refund may be out of the question) but if you dont ask you dont get.

And in answer to the question, Yes I have been very happy with my tournament, its done everything ive asked from it.
A question though, why was he using (the first post suggests it a match top) a match number 3 section as a cupping kit??

your mate fishes 3 times a week…

that makes him a good angler??

naa…

my misses drives the car 7 days a week,

ye…

and she’s ruddy crap at it…

go buy him that carp rod…

and i’ll get my misses a tank…

problem solved…

it’s that simple some people just arn’t suited to certain things…

mo-can-do, that is a quality post!! how right!

the clean caps could be causing the problem.

maybe the sections are locking off against the clean cap as the edge of the clean cap has folded back over the male section, when forced together…

there is no need for clean caps anyway they just get in the way

and force any dirt or grit further up the pole…

they do not extend the life of the pole any either…

I’ve always had Daiwa poles, and on a few models 412 410 old torny g8 new torny they have pulled apart 5th & 6th sections its just the newness of the pole i have got into the habit of twisting all the sections slightly againts each other no problems

Top Dog, I hope your mate gets it sorted and he finds a pole he will be happy with, can i suggest a Super G10? he is obviously looking at the top end of the market, and since ive bought mine my tournament has not come out of the bag!!

:o)

lol i wish i did Big Dog (il get it right this time) im sponsored by the above companies, however i might be able to find you a maver medusa platinum, send me an email with a contact number and i shall phone you one way or another should i find one or not, im quite sure i can get you one at a sensible price!

Big dog, long shot i know but is there any of his mates who could lend him a tourny pro for a couple of hours to try and see how he gets along with it? It is possible that he got a bad one out of a batch. lots of lads round my way are using G8’s at the minute and nobody has a bad word to say although my travelling partners son has had terrible trouble with his (struck at 13m and number 7 section fell in half etc). Got a full replacement from the tackle dealer and had not a single problem since. If he trys another at least he will know its maybe just a bad one or user error if the same happens with that

Steve

Big Dog, i also appreciate that when spending that amount of money you shouldnt get a “bad one” so to speak although these things do happen, i know if mine hadnt performed how i expected it too i wouldnt be a happy chap either but on the odd occasion these things do happen, if he can try another one then things might work out for him and he knows to take it back to the shop and get a replacement

Steve