86AR Elite is not the one that upgraded rod of 85 TZ NANO AR.

When comparing 85 and 86 in “static load comparison”, there is almost no difference between the two.

The decisive difference between 85 and 86 is “Force and Speed of recovery”
※Force and speed of blank to reshape itself to original position.
※Please note that less force and less speed of recovery doesn’t mean it’s inferior.

 

1.Recovery force and speed of blanks is properly adjusted.
　→No meanings that it is weaker and slower than 86AR Elite.
　→Adjusted to make it “easy to handle” “easy to cast” and “easy to load”
2.Very good at swimming action and just retrieving with constant speed
3.Very effective when fish activity is low and try not to move your lure too much.
4.When you fish with finer line such as Pe0.4 with light weight of lures like 4g~15g.
　→Because it have more flexible and delicate tip section than 86AR Elite.
　→Blanks follows movement of target while bending nice and deeply.

1.Recovery force and speed of blanks is higher and faster than 85TZ NANO AR.
　→Very good at jerking method of jig head, metal jig or vibration lures.
　→The belly section works well when you use those method.
2.Anglers who can bend the rod well are the easiest to cast even light weight of lures.
　→A rod that weighs between 7g and 21g are perfect match, also 1oz can be casted.
3.If you fish at field where the tough conditions and you do not want let fish run.
　→The strong recovery force of blanks will stop the fish back to structures.
4.Pursues a manual operation feel maintaining high recovery force and sharpness.
　→If you can control its “force of recovery”,potential of blanks will be pulled out.

Those 2 models cover most of situation on light game category.
So please go for 2 of them or chose one depending on your style and method.