Tackle Tuesday… Sonik Sports Gravity X Carp Rods

This entry was posted on 13th January, 2015

Reviewed by Advanced Carp Fishing Magazine…

Sonik Gravity X Carp Rods Review

Labelled as the most important product in the companies history, Sonik's Gravity X Carp Rods certainly look well set up to appeal to the modern Carp Angler…

The search to develop stiffer, lighter, slimmer blanks is a Holy Grail that only a select few manufacturers can ever hope to achieve. Inherently, slimness and strength do not always go together and lightness rarely finds itself a bedfellow of good tip recovery, so rod design, even at the highest level, can often be a trade-off.



However, recent developments in material technology are trickling into some companies' high-end carp ranges and Sonik is the first to make one such development available to the public, in the form of its new Gravity X. The boffins will tell you that it's built using Toray Nanoalloy Carbon Technology, which minutely disperses multiple polymers on a nano-metric scale. Whatever! In lay terms, which we prefer to work in, the result is a stiffer, lighter blank that offers huge improvements in performance.

Casting accuracy is massively increased thanks to an impressive tip recovery - something that we have witnessed in our early tests on the bank with a 12ft 3.25lb version. (There is a full range of test curves and handle options available).



The lightness is certainly there too. Our test version came bedecked in full-cork handle, yet the overall weight felt exceptionally light. Put a big-pit reel on to the Gravity X and the lightness and balance is even more impressive.

However, it's in use that the Gravity X really scores. Okay, so you should be entitled to expect good performance from any rod straight from the box, but this really did feel exceptionally easy to control. Tip recover, the main obstacle to long, accurate and consistent casting, is impressive.



Even the less experienced caster would feel the difference between this and a much cheaper blank, but the more experienced angler would appreciate the step up to this kind of performance compared to some high-end rods too.

It's safe to say that, in these early stages, we've been impressed with the Gravity X that we've been sent; longer-term testing will be the proof of the pudding. For all you tackle tarts out there, the finish and overall look of the rod will appeal, especially in this cork-handled built, which we think looks terrific.

Buy The Sonik Gravity X Carp Rods