Most hideous reel seat you've seen?

[Slazmo]

As above...

This is off a 2020 Daiwa TD Black here in Australia... Someone please best this.

[DrTrevorkian]

I’ll take that chrome over this garbage:

[Fishing4Fun]

Nothing wrong with that reel seat

[hoohoorjoo]

The new Alien seat thats on the Fenwick HMG and the Berkley Lightnin' Rod are awful. They feel, well, alien.

[MountainMan 83]

The new Alien seat thats on the Fenwick HMG and the Berkley Lightnin' Rod are awful. They feel, well, alien.

Looks like the dude is wearing sunglasses and happy to see you!

[SteveSchmelzle]

NRX.

it didn't work. (and barely does now)

[hoohoorjoo]

NRX.

it didn't work. (and barely does now)

I will agree with this, too. Personal preference, I know, But most split reel seats hurt my hand after a little while.

[DrTrevorkian]

I’ll join your sentiments. The NRX reel seats/handles/hook keeper were the biggest reason I got rid of mine.

[LowRange]

You think shiny plastic is bad then try low effort plastic or even ultra low effort plastic. Doesn't even incorporate the foregrip into the locking hood. It just has the base hood and then a fore grip as separate entities then then expects that to be considered normal instead of cringe. "yup this happened yup"

[LowRange]

The new Alien seat thats on the Fenwick HMG and the Berkley Lightnin' Rod are awful. They feel, well, alien.

Still looks and feels better then 90% of loomis and stcroix offerings. That seat feels and looks sharp on a the Lightning Rods

[hoohoorjoo]

You think shiny plastic is bad then try low effort plastic or even ultra low effort plastic. Doesn't even incorporate the foregrip into the locking hood. It just has the base hood and then a fore grip as separate entities then then expects that to be considered normal instead of cringe. "yup this happened yup"

Ill take that ECS seat all day. Its my favorite, assuming there's no foregrip and the threads are trimmed so none are exposed. That's why I prefer custom rods.