Vices - popularity according to survey

Vices - analysis web survey About having them by fellow anglers.

             Some time ago I was browsing the offer of vices in online stores. I noticed that despite the fact that it is one of the most important tools for fly tying, the stores do not particularly promote or encourage the purchase of this product.

To find out which vices are preferred by colleagues, I posted a survey in which there was a simple question that had to be answered by marking one choice next to the brand.

The availability or rather the offer in the stores is quite wide. Every store has at least a vice of one/two brands. 

List of brands:

1. Regal, 
2. Regal type( no name offers, private labels, etc)
3. Danvise,
4. Stonfo,
5. C&F Design,
6. Snowbee,
7. Renzetti,
8. Sttuff,
9. Tiemco,
10. Traun River( store's own brand)
11. Dyna King( no distributor in Poland)
12. Norvise( no distributor in Poland - buy online)
13. Other( i.e., private store brands jw, Chinese no name, or hande made Polish manufacturers)

The list of stores from which I downloaded vise brands or the brand itself( without the distributor) is as follows:

• Bogdan Gawlik Store,
• Store "Caddis"
• Vision Shop
• Store Fishing Mart
• Store Taimen
• Store Rudi Heger
• Flyhouse store
• Fly Shop

Most of the vices are reputable brands, recognized worldwide, which are distributed by the above-mentioned stores. 

Vices, handmade, native manufacturers were entered in " other". Since they are not available in the stores' offerings, they have been included in the "other" category.

List of number of votes:

A total of 150 people participated in the survey. Only one vote could be cast, which does not mean that any number of colleagues have an extra vice. I figured they would vote for the one that was more important. The survey lasted more than a month. Long enough, especially since some votes were mostly cast at the beginning. After that, individual votes were already cast.

Data: number of votes cast in the survey:

Name of the vise - brands	Number of votes
Other	55
Danvise	33
regal type	19
Stonfo	14
Renzetti	9
regal	8
Snowbee	6
DynaKing	3
C&F Design	2
Norvise	1

Chart with the largest % vote by brand:

Tiemco, Traun River, Sttuff - did not meet the interest of respondents, which does not mean that there are no colleagues who do not use them. The reach of the Internet is large, but not everyone likes to participate in such surveys. 

Price range of surveyed vices( brands: partial basic designs or indicative prices):

Danvise	230 zł
regal type	60 zł
Stonfo	from £380
Renzetti	PLN 1,200
Regal	PLN 1,200
Snowbee	200 -300 zł
DynaKing	700 zł
C&F Design	PLN 1,500-£3,000
Norvise	from PLN 2,000
Traun River	PLN 200-400
Sttuff	500-600 zloty
Tiemco	PLN 2,000

source: the aforementioned stores and net

Conclusions:

Most vices purchased according to the survey are vices: other and regal type, which could be pulled into the category of other. It could be considered a vice in the price range called: Budgetary. They are characterized primarily by price.

In second place Danvise. The vise, which at a price of 230 zloty is purchased as the first or second vise, which very often stays for a long time.Here in this category there is still a Snowbee. Price range similar. 

In third place Stonfo. Brand, with a wide range of tools for spinning flies. Vices in various configurations, the ability to complete. 

Surprising result Renzetii. The brand is well-known, recognized, and expensive. Apparently, it has its supporters and willing to invest already a lot of money and very good quality. 

The rest are vices either little known or very expensive. Few can afford them. The important thing is that they are in the offers of stores although this is not the vise with probably the biggest sales.

No votes cast for brands Tiemco, Traun River, Sttuff may mean that the distributor doesn't particularly see the point in promoting this type of product, or there is another barrier to sales. But that's for another article entirely. 

One thing is for sure, this assortment in the stores is not the item they promote or show on the front pages of the stores. Here, completely different products, brands are promoted, probably generating other revenues( a topic for another article).

There is also a lack of colleagues on the Internet who can show the advantages and disadvantages of different vices in agreement with a particular store. There are instances on the Internet of joint action between a store and a known spinning machine, but these are only a few videos and usually end after a couple of videos. 

The discussion regarding vices took place on FFF, link here: vise for the beginner

SR.