Daiwa Megaforce Tele Spin, Telescopic Allround Fishing Rod

My first Megaforce broke after about an hour. Now granted - I have two, a 210LS, the 6.9 ft light cast weight version, which is the one that broke, and a 7.9 foot heavier cast weight. I have not used the latter, but I fear it will suffer the same problem.I've been fishing almost exclusively on telescoping rods, and they're a tricky bunch. I think the Megaforce is an outdated technology, to be quite frank. It's light years beyond that of the Eagle Claw, the Plussino and the Sougayilang, all of which are stiff as boards, and the Zebco, which is a wet noodle. The Kastking Blackhawk II is a better rod to be sure, I think because it has more guides and a few floating guides at that, as well as a lot of weight/action combos. But my Kastking broke within 3 weeks too, because the guides were not that well built and basically abraded the tip, which though responsive, was flimsy and eventually exploded.The problem with the Megaforce 6.9' rod is that even though the rods are light and responsive, there are far to few guides, and the construction of these guides with collared rings leads to stress concentrations. There are 5 guides, one for each section when for a 7' rod, there should be 9, like there are on the Kastking or the higher end telescopics like the Daiwa Blazon Mobile, the Triple B and the Abu Garcia Trout Marquis. I think the configuration of the Megaforce may find it's sweet spot in the larger rods with more sections and more guides, but on the light and short end of the line, it's far too few. With 6 pound test, I loaded up the rod over on a snag I thought was a fish, the rod doubled over, but with only 5 sections, that's more than 30 degrees bend that gets concentrated on each of those collars, and sure enough, one of the sections snapped right at the ring. I worry that my 7.9 footer will do the same because it's made the same way, only thicker. If the longitudinal geometry is the problem, it's not significantly changed on the 7.9 footer.Meanwhile the Daiwa Ninja seems to have the same configuration. I've not tried this one, but I won't bother. The Blazon Mobile Baitcaster seems to be the first in the Daiwa telescopics, at about a $120 price point on that other auction site, that really gets the sensitivity and strength. It's a 6'10 rod, 8 guides, and uses wrapped carbon fiber collars, and the same carbon rod tube tech the Tenkara rods use for the tips. That makes a huge difference. I've pulled in a handful of 4 and 5 pound bass with it in the last month and haven't questioned the rods strength yet.The Blazon, the Triple B and the Abu Garcia all use a rubber seat for their floating guides, and this protects the rod shafts. I haven't ponied up for anything beyond the Blazon yet, but the Abu Garcia Trout Marquis seems to be the pinnacle of telescopic tech at it's lightest, but with a price tag to match. Youtube reviews from Japan and Singapore seem to the the Triple B is the gold standard. My dilemma now is which of these three to replace my Megaforce with?... I broke the rod today and tomorrow does happen to be my birthday. Just sayin'....

Buyer beware. This model is not authorized for sale in the U.S. and DAIWA USA will not offer product support or accept warranty claims. I purchased this rod and it snapped a month after the return window closed. I was unable to reach the seller, PESCADERO. I packaged the item up and paid to ship it to CA where the DAIWA USA warranty claims office is. Upon processing of the claim they informed me that this model is only authorized for sale in the French and U.K. markets and unfortunately, DAIWA USA can do nothing. You can verify this yourself by doing a product search on DAIWA USA's website. The representative informed me that if you do not see your exact SKU on their site, it is not eligible for warranty or support in the U.S.

I went to collapse the rod and when I barley twisted it it delaminates and broke. Thought was a nice quality product, but in reality is garbage. A waste of 60$

Very light and compact for a 12 foot telescopic rod, high quality. It is pricey in US compared to how much they sell the same rod in Europe. I guess that is the shipping cost embedded in the cost. Daiwa quality. Fast action tip doesn't seem to be medium not heavy, hard to believe can cast 10 oz , we will see...

Every worked perfect on this pole until, I only caught 1 redfish on this pole it was 20 lbs. Then I went to cast and I was only using a 2.5oz weight and shrimp. And SNAP the pole broke right above the first eye. I dont know it was just a manufacturing error or during shipping, or traveling. But I had the pole in a traveling case. I threw the pole away right there on the beach. This was my first experience with a telescopic rod....and not a good one

Caught multiple 20lbs+ fish no problems what so ever. my 1st choice in tight places, all my old 1 or 2 pc rods now just collecting dust. folks complaining about braking it in half they don't know how to handle a telescopic rod. no rod meant to lift a large fish out of the water. don't pinch/shear with fingers while collapsing the rod

There are a lot of better rods out there, this ones on the fragile side and ive been exclusively using tele rods for the last decade. I know how to handle them and one broke right out the box. The other one seems to be holding up but with four guides it puts a lot of load on the tip which is already a week point so I honestly dont see it lasting very long.If your a fan of daiwa look at the crosscast or the black widow. Those will last and the build quality is good but it does come with a price.

It was my first day to use this rod. It was great! I got one small fluke with it. Actually i expected M power, but it looks like MH.I love it.

Meine erste Angelrute. Die ersten Forellen, darunter eine mit über einem Kilo, konnten einwandfrei gedrillt und gelandet werden. Ich nutze sie i.d.R. als passive Rute, mit Pose oder auftreibender Montage.Nachdem ich mittlerweile drei Ruten in meinem Besitz habe und mich schon etwas besser auskenne, muss ich allerdings sagen, dass der Preis (47€) schon echt happig ist, im Vergleich zu Angelläden. Wegen des (verhältnismäßig) hohen Preises würde ich sie auch nicht mehr kaufen. So wie ich generell bei Amazon quasi kein Angelzeugs mehr kaufe. Es ist hier ausnahmsweise einfach zu teuer.Die Rute selbst ist bisher aber wirklich ein solider Begleiter.

Bin sehr zufrieden mit meiner Kaufentscheidung. Fische gelegentlich auf Forellen, Zander, Karpfen, Schleien. Die Angel ist universell einsetzbar und leicht zu transportieren. Leider fehlt die kleine Hakenöse oberhalb der Spule. Sie ist nicht wichtig, aber ich habe sie für den Transport der jeweiligen Angel gut brauchen können. Eventuell kann Daiwa da noch nachbessern. Von meiner Seite, eine klare Kaufempfehlung.

Beim zweiten Mal auswerfen- Plankbruch. Da kann man sich auch einen Ast zurechtschnitzen. So einen Schrott braucht niemand....

Ottimo prodotto. Rifiniture impeccabili