What’s up with Kistler rods??

[Hennessy]

Haven’t been on their site in years. Just happened to see all their rods are on discount & the Z-bone is less than $350, which I think is a steal. I’ve always thought they were 2nd to the Nrx but above the daiwa Steez in sensitivity/lightweight, I’ve had & fished all 3. Currently have all NRX+ models, but at that price I’m definitely adding a few models to my arsenal

[doomtrprz71]

On sale for 25th anniversary I think, but since the zbone has the same blank as the helium it doesn't have the same alure to me anymore.

[Hogsticker2]

Kisler is moving on to yet another blank manufacturer. Dedicated thread on it.

[sbd3]

They are not changing blank suppliers again that I’m aware of, the other thread is in regard to the recently added nitranium series which uses a US made blank rather than the Korean sourced blanks that’s used for the rest of the lines.

As for the their pricing they’ve gone to a smoke and mirror show that involves an inflated retail price with frequent sales. They are a good value at the sale prices imo, I own 3 heliums.

[montey]

Eh, they are ridiculous with their pricing. Everything is so over priced. Then they occasionally have "BIG" sales to bring them down to a decent price. They've been so up and down the last few years changing around blanks, then raising prices, then changing the list price because it was too high. I gave up on kistler years ago, sold all I had and replaced them all with Loomis.

[Hennessy]

Eh, they are ridiculous with their pricing. Everything is so over priced. Then they occasionally have "BIG" sales to bring them down to a decent price. They've been so up and down the last few years changing around blanks, then raising prices, then changing the list price because it was too high. I gave up on kistler years ago, sold all I had and replaced them all with Loomis.

I was going to get one for a non bottom contact application, even under $300 I decided to pass. I didn’t realize they had changed the zbone blanks