OCTBOX D36 THE CHOICE OF CHAMPS!
A masterpiece of intelligent design
OCTBOX D36 SYSTEM SEATBOX
RRP: £690 ENGLAND Feeder man Dean Barlow and river star Hadrian Whittle choose the Octbox D36.
You can tailor it to all situations, but the basic box is enough to keep most anglers happy!
Cross drawers make up the storage module, three at 2cm deep and the fourth at 4cm, which has removable alloy trays. This sits below the padded pole seat, and you can add more trays, bases and drawers for more space as needed.
There’s no space above the precision-fit drawers for items of tackle to fall out of place or stick up and jam. You can actually tip the drawer module upside down without mishap.
Rather the module of drawers being built upwards to increase height, the box has a height adjustment frame on the main box legs, so you can adjust the height without having to play about with all four legs to get it just right.
The D36 comes up trumps for stability, too. The footplate and frame are made from a strong, light alloy in a manufacturing process requiring more than 180 precision welds – that means it’s incredibly robust and solid.
The all-metal welded leg clamps that fix the inner and outer legs have less lateral movement than any other system and you can tighten the clamps with fingertip pressure alone.
Each box leg adaptor can take a force of up to 25 stones withoit slipping, too.
Available separately is an outrigger system that can raise the box up to 6ft off the floor without sacrificing one iota of stability.
The 36mm legs are an interesting feature, as the inner can be extended upwards and any side trays attached to this. Therefore, the tray is always to hand, no matter what height your box is set to – that doesn’t happen with any other seatbox on the market!
The mudfeet are also unique, as they are designed not only to support the system on mud but have the ability to dig in and grip on difficult surfaces such as wet, grassy banks.
The D36 also comes with an in-built adaptor bar that extends out from the sliding footplate. This bar, when fully extended, is rock solid and allows a pole support to be pushed up to 18ins forward of the front legs.
This is a massive advantage when fishing at range when delicate presentation is required in difficult conditions.
The added ability to swivel the support to the left or right then allows the angler to create a forward support that does not impede leg movement, or interfere with the landing of fish or placing them in the keepnet.