New Batson Revelation RX7 (Travel Blanks) vs RX6

[RipHair]

Just curious if anyone has compared the RX6 vs RX7 material and have any opinion? I just ordered a few 7'2 RX7 travel rods that are spec'd similarly except in weight to some RX6's I have. Comparing both side by side, my personal feeling is that the RX6 feels way lighter, more crisp, more premium and just better overall. It's a bit curious because I was told the RX7 "is almost the same but with higher modulus compared to the RX6" but my impression is that they are very different. Since I only build travel rods, I don't have much experience with other blanks other than MHX, Batson and American Tackle.

 

I attached spec sheets for 2 such blanks. Sadly Batson doesn't provide CCS figures so I had to take a chance in ordering it and I don't know how I can safely measure CCS numbers on them without a glued tiptop or invalidating any chance of exchange.

 

 

[MikeK]

Hate gluing on tip tops just to measure . . .

MudHole guide tubing and hardware store eye bolts.

 

[spoonplugger1]

I don't know about these RX7 blanks, but this is not the first time Batson has made a line of RX7 travel blanks, and the heavier ones were in no way built for just bass, the 6 ft. 2 in. and 7 ft. models were built for Peacock Bass in the jungles of Brazil throwing much heavier gear than you would throw here for bass, some of the plugs are what they use for muskies and pike. I built maybe a half dozen of the 7 ft. models and have one myself, the 6 ft. 2 in. model was for throwing those heavy plugs, etc. all day without blowing out a shoulder. One gentleman had his stored in his luggage everywhere he went, caught salmon, pike, musky, catfish, a bunch of fish in Florida, etc. on it. Very durable and versatile rod. Both were rated 12 - 25 lb. line.

[spoonplugger1]

If you want to look back and see if there was anything on the older models the ones I was talking about were the IC747-3, 6 ft. 2 in., and the IC847-3 for the 7 ft. Your 3 power blanks against 7 power blanks, I think we can see maybe the new RX7 travel blanks were not rated on the same value scale. Your RX6 rod is a large diameter thin wall design that increases stiffness and cuts weight for the bass environment it was designed for being an SB blank, the RX7 may be designed with a more durable thin diameter, heavy wall design to hold up under more species and abuse without leaving you with a blown up rod in your hands far from the nearest tackle store, many places I have fished would have been a hundred miles or better by plane or boat to get to a tackle store of any kind, in other words, blanks that help avoid high dollar fishing trip killing failures.

[RipHair]

31 minutes ago, spoonplugger1 said:

If you want to look back and see if there was anything on the older models the ones I was talking about were the IC747-3, 6 ft. 2 in., and the IC847-3 for the 7 ft. Your 3 power blanks against 7 power blanks, I think we can see maybe the new RX7 travel blanks were not rated on the same value scale. Your RX6 rod is a large diameter thin wall design that increases stiffness and cuts weight for the bass environment it was designed for being an SB blank, the RX7 may be designed with a more durable thin diameter, heavy wall design to hold up under more species and abuse without leaving you with a blown up rod in your hands far from the nearest tackle store, many places I have fished would have been a hundred miles or better by plane or boat to get to a tackle store of any kind, in other words, blanks that help avoid high dollar fishing trip killing failures.

Yeah it seems it's that - I just wish it was made clear or communicated by either Batson when I called to inquire or by my distributor but I take responsibility as the weight rating probably should have been a red flag to me. I'm going to try to return all 3 of these and I'm just gonna go to the EXPO in Feb to get a feel in person for the blanks I want. I think for 3pc travel rods my only real other options here are NFC and CTS Air but they're expensive and I prefer to not have any more surprises.