TESTED | Which Is The Best Spod/Spomb? | Comparison Test 02

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Following on from our hugely popular 'TESTED | Which Is The Best Carp Rod For Under £100?' ( • TESTED | Which Is The ... ) comparison test, the CARPology boys (Joe, Luke and Iain) are back, this time testing spods and Spombs to find out which is the best all-round baiting device.
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0:00 Spod Comparison Video
0:29 Boilie challenge
8:11 Prices
8:36 Durability
9:08 Casting test
18:19 Thoughts after casting
25:49 Opening test
26:22 Favourites
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[@richardsearle931]

With a spod you can land it a lot quieter some spombs sounds like you've just lobbed a washing machine out🤣

[@ryanpowell2466]

Massive fan of the dot spod

[@kevinwinter7050]

Interesting test, but I'd suspect different results if using hemp and particle mixes. The korda spods are designed to deliver particle mixes, and were never designed for boilie. Traditional spods got dismissed, but still have their place. With practice, you can land them on their sides with almost no noise (in comparison to a spomb) and the slow emptying actually gives a slightly more even spread of bait, much different to the tight clumps a spomb tends to deliver. Personally, I love the dot spod, it can be landed in a little more subtly, and still open and you can load and close it one handed. I have a large spomb for heavy baiting, and did have a fix spomb, which I dumped after one effort - constant issues with it opening, a fiddle to load and retrieved like a brick.

[@jackhalliday5928]

Having used most of these myself i agree with alot of what youve said: The dot spod flies super straight but is abit fiddly The smaller spider spod is a pain in the butt, the larger one is dogs bollocks I found the fox one loads and casts well but allways dives underwater when retrieving The spomb is great but does require i higher casting technique Ive found the best thing to do is so own a large spider and a midi/mini spomb to cover all circumstances

[@benjaminpond5523]

Love you guys!! ... Brilliant laugh's x

[@tomwinterfishing9065]

I bought a wolf and looking at it, was convinced it wouldn’t work. In practice, it’s excellent! 👌

[@wozwright1979]

The "rockets" you plug with groundbait/method mix to stop any bait comeing out

[@benjaminpond5523]

Curly Joe has whipped you plum's into shape!!! Hahaha 🤣

[@_AmorFisH_]

Wolf X is the best by far..

[@clivelogsdon1492]

I mainly use the original spomb but use spods in certain circumstances but you do have to plug the end, used to make our own many moons ago before you young whippersnappers were even born🤪. The original spombs used to sink, I told them about it and they sent me a set of three, which was good of them (still use them) then they brought out the floats. The Fox ones were shit, the spring use to break, I remember there were a lot of anglers having the same problem, not got a clue if they've fixed the problem. The Dot spod is ok. Not tried the Wolf but will give them a try

[@stuartmees3332]

The waters I fish are quite weedy and I found the standard Wolf to be a disaster in those conditions, the shape of the fins mean they collect and hold on to any floating weed which makes retrieval heavy and slow. I don't thinks there is one perfect spod for all conditions but for me the Dot Spod comes close. It fly's straight, opens 99.9% of the time provided you don't over fill it (the bait inside must be able to move) and they skip across the water well coming back...

[@christopherdewell8790]

People don't use ground bait anymore ??? 🤦

[@benjo8882]

In my experience the fox spomb opened great but on both of mine the inner clip broke and it wouldn’t close anymore, the wolf one is brilliant but with particles and pellet it wouldn’t open unless there was liquid in it

[@richardm4314]

I've had the same experience. Thought the Fox Impact loaded and cast really well, but I've not had one last more than a session with the clip snapping on the cast. Pity as otherwise I thought was better than the spomb

[@benjo8882]

@@richardm4314 I thought the same and maybe I got a defective one but when it happened again I realized it must happen quite a lot

[@richardm4314]

@@benjo8882 I had 2 go, complained to the shop I bought them from, got given replacements and the same happened with those, so gave up with them at that point. I use Spombs mainly, I do have the Wolf but not used much to compare

[@DjDolHaus86]

In my experience: Korda spods - better than nothing but you will end up wearing a lot of your bait. Nash dot spomb - Most reliable release but lowest capacity Fox Impact Spod - Easy to load and relatively reliable release but retrieves like a duck Spomb - Can be finicky to load and deploy but workable X-Spod - Not tried They all cast about the same in my experience but I can't comment on more extreme ranges

[@paulrobinson9486]

Spomb midi x best out there

[@nikolamatic8684]

I used fox, spomb and dot spod. Best out of three is Dot Spod. It opens anytime it touches water. Spomb needs to hit eater with nose. Flies straight and is floating better than spomb.. dot spod is made in Serbia by Carp System. Nash bought their patent..

[@steabs9659]

The wolf one only opens of you land it on its side. The shape of all spombs naturally mean they are nose heavy and will tip that way on impact. Having to land something on its side would just be a nightmare especially in the dark

[@GoneFishingVlog]

This test must of ruined everyone’s fishing for a week after. The fish were well fed that day 😂😂

[@mariobirkic3012]

My experience: To 100yd with clip- dot spod - it is better quality then it seems at first, I have my 2 years without problems To 150yd with clip- wolf performance Without clip - spomb

[@leesagar8651]

I have wolfs and fox spombs. Top tier in my eyes

[@Chris-on3el]

Joe, you failed to mention the Fox spod is terrible on the retrieval...... 🤔 It never comes back straight always pulls to the left or right hated mine and bought a wolf spod much much better 👍

[@joshfinch90]

If you dunk the tip on your rod when retrieving with the fox spod it glides through the surface and comes back no issues.

[@NickBabington]

Totally agree on the smaller Wolf x-Spod competition. Should be a product recall, a complete waste of money. Big fan of the larger one, but the retrieve on the smaller one is atrocious. Different design on the fins means the line constantly gets tangled resulting in it diving on the retrieve + spending ages untangling it. The worst one out there by far, unusable. A serious design flaw. Feel like I’ve been ripped off and puts me off buying the bigger one again. Reverted back to the Spomb midi, best one out there for distance work

[@JohnWhite-tg9wf]

or if you cannot afford one use an empty mastic tube drill holes in it lol we did in the 80's 😭😭

[@johnlee2230]

Original spomb.....casts & retrieves well, doesn't always open. Fox....casts & opens ok, retrieves rubbish. Nash dot..opens OK, loads, casts & retrieves rubbish. Spider.....casts & retrieves OK, opens poorly unless you crash it into the water. All got there faults, please make 1 that does everything.

[@almon799]

Don’t they all do the same thing? 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@atyia2]

The wolf spod x is very weak, mine broke after 8 casts, very poor. Stick with spombs, ok they dont always open but they dont break, nearly £20 for that piece of trash

[@MarkBatchelor-c8h]

How can four men talk so long about a spot or a spawn boring

[@carpologytv]

Sounds like you joined us for a chat ;)

[@mixedpicklessuppe]

Bullshit cut. No see / the impact is never shown

[@FixDylann]

I've tried alot my favourite is wolf

[@CarpyCam94]

I absolutely love it when by mistake I hit the floor behind me and majority of the BUG Spod and boillies trickles all over me as its then casted out... 👍🤣