RECOIL guides - are they all they're cracked up to

[Micro]

I'm going to buy a new rod in the next month or so (don't know for what yet

).    I've seen rods with the RECOIL guides on them (you really can push them down and they spring right back up) and I'm curious about them.  Are these proving to be decent guides?  Are they braid-safe?  Are there applications where they are best suited (or even preferred)?  

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

[Gatorbassman]

The biggest problem with recoil guides is that the little ring that is inside the guide likes to pop out due to the flexablity of the frame.

[Micro]

I'm confused.  There isn't any ring on the inside of the frame.   The guides are just a one piece nickel-titanium wire formed into a guide.  

[Gatorbassman]

Sorry about that I didn't know what ones you were talking about. lol

Let me pull my foot out of my mouth now.

[Gatorbassman]

I thought you were talking about the Titan's by American Tackle.

[Maxximus Redneckus]

I have heard they are good for slow moving baits... t-rigs,c rigs ,jigs and are really sensitive ,,,no rings very light.I seen a post somewhere after 6 months of using braid it started to grooove though,but if i recall this was with the first ones they came out with and it had a recoil tip now i hear they use a ceramic one in its place

[Bass Hammer]

I get them on my flippin' sticks.

Probably doesn't make a big difference but since I am not casting I went with those.

I don't know who all makes them but the ones on my GLX are definately braid safe.

[dbass]

RECOIL® guides are made from an extremely hard but flexible "Shape Memory" alloy (nickel titanium), which does not require plating, cannot corrode in any environment, and returns to its original shape after repeated deformations.

RECOIL® guides are marketed exclusively by REC® Components and designed in partnership with Ultimate NiTi Technologies®, Inc, the exclusive manufacturer.

The builders that I know that have used them, don't especially like them, while braid safe they tend to be noisy (a singing sound) as the line runs through the guides under heavy loads. Also while made of Shape Memory materials after a few bends and returns they tend to give up and will break.

Just my .02¢

Tight Lines!!!!

[flechero]

There continue to be lots of guys posting at RBO that the Recoil tips are grooving... some with just mono.  The consensus here was "so far so good" the Loomis rods with Recoil guides have a ceramic tip- which could have been pure genius or just that the REC tips are so awful looking.

Having said all that, I would only use the guides (no tip top) on a light to medium rod that was planned for mono usage.  YMMV.

[Micro]

Thanks.  I see they are available on high-end rods.  But there is something about them that doesn't strike me as quite right - quite yet.  I think I'll pass for now.

[FishTank]

I have a G Loomis BCR803 GLX with the Recoil Guides and like everyone else has said, I would not use braid with them.  Other than that, they are great.  I can't say for sure why, but my 803 is more sensitive than my MBR 783 GLX.  I don't know if the blank is totally different but I would like to think the Recoil guides might have something to do with it.  

They are not pretty but they get the job done.

[Bass Hammer]

I get them on my flippin' sticks.

Probably doesn't make a big difference but since I am not casting I went with those.

I don't know who all makes them but the ones on my GLX are definately braid safe.

I must be getting lucky....I even went and looked at them.

No braid damage.