In reply to Post #387
spools wrong its more of a penn spool

does this look a bit familiar?

ebay linky

In reply to Post #378
that is something ive had on every okuma ive owned

In reply to Post #371
Much like a fox whatever chub ... Etc small carryall and the aldi ones

You are paying purely for a name. Ok some shims and daiwas are maybe worth the price tag thos for blue water fishing maybe stellas and the daiwa equivalent but the average stuff we use is just overpriced beach gear

In reply to Post #369
Um im the only person I know who has dropped a full quiver down a rockface if that helps understand what I do to gear

In reply to Post #364
And the same is true for the shimanos were are the new ones made all mine are the old japanese ones. The penns I own are korean made and chinese made.

Not being argumentative im often told im blunt when typing sorry nothing personal is meant by it

Just been informed by the wife blunt isnt the correct term abrupt is better

Probably a northern thin

Tad heavy handed but until recently having had two kids in quick succesion my gear was in use for six months as in 150 ish days a year. I doubt many could match that so I did tend to find fault with things more than most, add to that I didnt fish nice manicured waters but glacial lakes upland reservoirs and other larger venues and on one of them you needed to go to rather extreme lengths to get onto the water then gear was tested thouroughly

In reply to Post #352
Hmm not so sure I have had and still have a few mentioned :-
Aerlex gtr
Aerlex gt
Baitrunner gt 6010's and 5010's
And emcast advanced
Plus a few others like the bblc's sold as they were tripe too heavy froze up in the cold.
Triton seaspins both sold as spares to someone as id killed them stripping a gear and bending a shaft
Put these against my penns I own only one is on a par with it for longevity and robustness thats he aerlex gtr
Ive currently three aerlex gt 8000's of which two are goodish the third has been canabalised to keep the other two running when bushes and bearings have failed the two I still use have needed to be sprayed after the plastic started bubbling abroad.
Gt baitrunners dont get me started I only managed to pass one on out of four as the others all failed big time bent spindles handles stripping etc
Emcast advanced considering these as all big pits are sea reels mine didnt like the surf gettig grindy with a bit of sand and corroding after the first visit despite being washed thouroughly.
Penns bought 12 or so years ago still going never miss a beat.......

Its why when I recently wanted some normal sized re I bought the slammer liveliners and im contemplating wheather to get some affinitys.

to replace my aerlex as I dont think they will last much longer

In reply to Post #348
One of the worlds biggest and best reel producers entering the specialist market again perhaps
Or potentially a very good reel at a sensible price.
The only reason its this version being shouted about is its a carp badged version of oje thats been available for a while now. Ok its a different colour and you get two mono spools rather than one for pe lines.

In reply to Post #332
really you doubt mark ups

one major company offer a small 40 sized reel for 50 odd quid
the same reel with a different logo can be found direct from china for just over a fiver

check out sites like dh gate

In reply to Post #320
Easy. They are an odd shape a classic T would havr been better. Read my post furthrt down for more info