Here's my unbiased, honest initial review of the Reaction Strike Bass Candy swimbaits. I got two 7 inchers for $9 each and two 8 inchers for $10 each at overstock bait. 

 

Part 1.

First impressions: not great. I got 2 8" and 2 7". It appears that there have been 2 versions of the bait. You can see that the 8" in the minnow color has a lot more range of movement in the joints. That one also came in a box while the other 3 came in clam packaging. The ones in the clam packaging have the bass harasser info on it - pretty embarrassing. I will admit that the paint jobs look quite nice. The hooks look cheap and are dull, though.

 

Part 2: Swim Test

 

This went better than expected.
The 7" bait fell slowly and perfectly horizontal - to my surprise. It stands up on the hooks on the bottom. I could swim it slow or fast. The action is somewhere between a glide bait and a bull shad type swimbait.

The 8" had 2 different types even though they didn't specify that when ordering. I think they changed the design at some point and one of mine is old stock. Essentially one was a fast sink and one was a moderate sink. These don't sink slowly like the 7" did. They kinda flop over on the bottom. However, the swim isn't bad. But you can't swim them slowly or it just goes straight.

All of them have a bit of helicoptering on the cast. I haven't been able to actually fish them yet to see if they'll get bit but I bet they will.

Overall they're not great baits but for the money (about $40 total for 2 7" and 2 8") they perform much better than expected.

 

Additional details: the different version of the 8" has really cool eyes - they remind me of the eyes on a Hudd. But the other 3 baits have cheap sticker eyes.

The 8" baits have "Bass Candy 9" printed on them even though they measure 8".

Also it looks like the tail is held on by 2 pins. I bet I could pop them out and replace the tail with a soft plastic one..

Nice review! Good pix to go with it.

Well Done ~ Thanks

While not a dedicated big bait angler - I'm more apt to use that kind of cash on one bait with a decent track record.

A-Jay