New US Market Poison Ultima

[LowRange]

#1 How can you charge this much money while not even made in Japan?

#2 How can you sell such an expensive rod with a 1 year warranty?

All posion utlima are made in Japan. It is a 7xxxx yen rod in real street price.

For now. It will drop over time since Japan practices capitalism. USDM will be stuck at full retail.

[raychoi]

If you can read Japanese, the rod tag clearly state it is made in Japan. I have several 21 Posion Glorious and they are made in Japan. I hope US Posion Ultima has at least 3 year warranty to justify the 250 usd difference.

[Chode]

Anybody know the guide material? I know they originally used torzite but changed to sic due to supply constraints in Japan

[Dan B]

Anybody know the guide material? I know they originally used torzite but changed to sic due to supply constraints in Japan

The casting rods have a torzite guide train with a Shimano tip.

The spinning rods are supposed to have some proprietary Shimano Titanium guides with some super hard insert...

Basically they aren't the same

[lzeil]

yay, i've got space on the rack for another ulitma

[Kimbro1014]

yay, i've got space on the rack for another ulitma

What model is that older Steez in the middle, back row?

[LowRange]

Is that a compile-x skyray? I have the power plus model and like it a lot as a little finesse dock skipper. Sensitivity is just OK but I am mostly skipping, waiting and feeling for weight or monitoring my line so it works for me.

[Hata Takuma]

I own the whole JDM PU series, 1 difference I see when comparing with US PU series is that JDM ones have removable handle, they normally have that for PU and PG for all models =>7ft. Also the new spinning models are not available for JDM.

[lzeil]

Is that a compile-x skyray? I have the power plus model and like it a lot as a little finesse dock skipper. Sensitivity is just OK but I am mostly skipping, waiting and feeling for weight or monitoring my line so it works for me.

yep, a comp-x skyray

[Hulkster]

so, are these new rods now priced higher than the Flagship Shimano/Loomis Conquest rods??

[_diggy_]

Yes, CNQ max out at $800 and these are $879.99

[lzeil]

$879.99, seems on par (+/- a few bucks) on what i would expect to pay importing a new ulitma from japan (rod+packaging+shipping+insurance+import fees...etc).

[Hulkster]

Are there Hook keepers on these rods? Just curious, I will never be able to afford one lol
879 US is almost $1200 Canadian lol

[Drakestar]

$879.99, seems on par (+/- a few bucks) on what i would expect to pay importing a new ulitma from japan (rod+packaging+shipping+insurance+import fees...etc).

Hmm. I just checked and I paid 94,418 yen for my Poison Ultima. That’s $666 at today’s exchange rate, and might even have been a bit cheaper back then. Includes shipping, didn’t have to pay import fees.

[Drakestar]

Are there Hook keepers on these rods? Just curious, I will never be able to afford one lol
879 US is almost $1200 Canadian lol

There aren’t any on the JDM ones. But these days I’m actually happy to add a Fuji or Daiwa keeper after the fact. More options, easy to personalize.