Realisation!

[salokcinnodrog]

I was having the typical bivvy thoughts while fishing and made a major realisation.

In the days of a standard sleeping bag, it would fit onto a standard bedchair, from sunlounger to Lafuma, to original Fox bedchairs.

There were some decent cold weather sleeping bags, manufactured by cold weather sleeping bag specialists.

Tackle manufacturers got involved in the sleeping bag market, sleeping bags with pockets for the bedchair to hold the top and bottom on the chair, so it would not slide off.

Then came the gradual switch to 3 and 4 legged bedchairs and the now universal flat bed, and tackle manufacturers discovered a problem that they had created; with the position of the legs the pocket or flap holding the bedchair was now not suitable. Sleeping bags could rip, get caught up and tear.

Next innovation is the 'sleep system', bedchair and sleeping bag combined. It takes money away from other industries and puts it as a fishing essential.

The 'Realisation' is that this tackle innovation is to solve a problem that tackle manufacturers created for themselves and anglers.

Now having been outside at -12 in a sleeping bag, I would much rather be outside in a sleeping bag created for survival at those temperatures than a tackle manufacturers sleep system. 

Of the bedchairs I have had over the years, from Lafuma and springs, to Fox, Bison, Badger (heavy, but very comfortable) Saber, Chub and Solar, probably the most comfortable was the Bison, not a flatbed like the Chub and Solar.

Not just in bedchairs, but in tackle, rigs and ideas, are we going forward or backwards?

 

[InteraX]

They're trying to create a captive market where you have to go to them.

Look at landing nets. You used to be able to easily get a handle and a net separately. These days about the only people doing a reasonable carp net without handle are NGT. As for handles, they should last a lifetime if you can find a decent one.

Everything is now being integrated For your convenience or to lock you in.

Eventually, I can see a time when reels will come with Line and you can't reload them without specialist equipment or other things like that.

You won't own anything and you'll be happy.

Sorry if I come across a cynical, but it's what's happening in many other industries. Just look at cars. When most people get a new car these days, they're not the purchaser, the pcp provider is, so if anything goes wrong the dealer won't speak to them. Late stage capitalism.

[OldBoy]

Guessing you guys must be of a 'certain' age?

Without going on and on about the old days (late 80's and 90's) but remember when an Argus bed chair and blanket were fine, might have said this before on a HorseShoe thread tho!

Anyway, can see the way 'carp fishing' is or has gone now, it's big business for a lot of companies, I am not bothered about the latest super bedchair/bivvie/bait boat/rod/reel/ 

bait etc etc.....

Sadly I feel the pastime I really loved in the past is now for the social media generation, sign of the times I know.

As for me, now given up the use of boilies this season, I am doing purely a particle approach, have had a few and just feels nice to me to do something different for a change 👍