Good convo. I used some of these as i liked the look of the 7inch black with gold specks. Caught decent fish still prefer zman for my snapper fishing. They tick far more boxes for me than any other brand especially as they have added more colours and shapes over the years. For trout bait junkies and savage blow the zmans away though. All depends what you are looking for in a plastic.

Gee, that sounds like a trip back to the shop for a refund, mate. Not of "merchantable quality" I think the official phrase is under consumer law.

Just exchanged the packet without too much difficulty once the scepticism was dealt with. We noticed that the main colour in the faulty softbaits was quite different to the others (clear vs brownish). It was as if a component was missing from the mix.

MB wrote: Just exchanged the packet without too much difficulty once the scepticism was dealt with. We noticed that the main colour in the faulty softbaits was quite different to the others (clear vs brownish). It was as if a component was missing from the mix.

Just got some of their 6' grubs as I like some of the colours they have available that Zman don't do. Will try them during lure masters see how they go along with some squidtrex.

Awe  crap !  I can see soft baiting becoming an Olympic sport

Interestingly, both Catch and Zman claim to be made of TPE. I'm no plastics chemist, but I'm guessing that title covers a lot of different formulations. I realise worm hooks put more pressure on the material, but the Livies spontaneously split, some without being used.