Map Hooklength Retainer

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- 24/06/2011 at 11:49 am #47471
  TF_drawbag1967
  Been on the market a couple of months now, what’s the opinion.
- 24/06/2011 at 12:24 pm #144224
  TF_folk in hail
  what’s wrong with pole winders?
- 24/06/2011 at 12:40 pm #144226
  TF_drawbag1967
  Satire again, your on a roll mate.
- 24/06/2011 at 12:49 pm #144227
  TF_folk in hail
  I genuinely like Python.
  
  Not keen on Map gear on the whole, bought a pair of their bagging boots, and they split in next to no time.
- 24/06/2011 at 12:51 pm #144228
  TF_folk in hail
  and I do use pole winders for all my hooklengths over 6”.
- 24/06/2011 at 12:55 pm #144229
  TF_drawbag1967
  No problem mate Trelawny personally for me.
- 24/06/2011 at 12:56 pm #144230
  TF_drawbag1967
  @folk in hail wrote:
  
  I genuinely like Python.
  
  Not keen on Map gear on the whole, bought a pair of their bagging boots, and they split in next to no time.
  
  I bought a pair of those and they went in opposite directions :p
- 24/06/2011 at 9:58 pm #144292
  TF_craigm
  @drawbag1967 wrote:
  
  Been on the market a couple of months now, what’s the opinion.
  
  They are a good idea not very well implemented. The hooklengths are very hard to get into the slots also aren’t held under any tension so they fall out in transit and get mixed up. Mine lasted 2 days and then I sold it. I’m sticking with Buffy boxes from now on.
- 25/06/2011 at 2:36 pm #144306
  TF_sillysod
  there was a thread about these a while back and the general opinion was that they are a good ideal but not fully thought out and not very well put together,i was gonna get one but have since changed my mind and stuck with the preston boxes or winders if i need to
- 25/06/2011 at 3:38 pm #144310
  TF_LolB
  Had mine since they came out. And yes they are a bit finicky. I only use every other peg. The most important thing i have found is to make sure the knot sits behind the foam. I also use a little wire hook to keep the line under tension as i slot the line in. Have never any other probs with it at all.
- 25/06/2011 at 8:22 pm #144289
  TF_squatt
  Crap!!
- 26/06/2011 at 3:10 pm #144359
  TF_Jabjab
  @squatt wrote:
  
  Crap!!
  
  Can you explain why? I also have one of these hookboxes which is yet to see a hooklength so I am interested as to why you think they are so bad.
  
  Thanks.
- 26/06/2011 at 3:55 pm #144408
  TF_squatt
  Lids are flimsey. There is no rubber gasket which the lid closes against making them waterproof. Foam slots a pegs are too small, close and fiddley. A good idea badly made I will be sticking to my wooden box and large pole winders and reselling my MAP crap!
- 26/06/2011 at 4:40 pm #144410
  Anonymous
  No faults with them in my opinion and I think they’re well made etc.
- 26/06/2011 at 7:03 pm #144389
  TF_fadd1st
  Biggest problem is the lack of a decent waterseal on both the lids. Also the pins are too close and the foam loses its grip easily and the hooklengths end up in a mess. A good idea but not field tested properly or if it was the testers where not honest with their appraisal of it.
- 27/06/2011 at 10:56 am #144424
  TF_Gavin
  I personally use the Preston boxes without problem, but those who say the MAP are rubbish, did you not look at them in the shop before you bought? From the problems people have picked out they should have been seen in the shop, and then you’d have saved yourself the money!
- 27/06/2011 at 11:22 am #144426
  TF_Mr Whippy
  I like mine, but probably think I’d say less foam slots. Capacity is huge so you can space things out if you want. If you can size your hooklengths so the knot sits against the foam a big bonus, my hooklengths are now about 3mm shorter – not a problem.
  
  Doesn’t solve the main problem – the tedium of tying hooks.
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