Five of these brake systems offer an externally adjustable dial to set your brakes, but 13 Fishing and Shimano require you to open that non-handle sideplate to access the reel's brakes.ģ centrifugal brake systems and 4 magnetic The number of retrieve ratios, actual retrieve ratios and leftĪnd right hand availability vary greatly between manufacturersĬasting brake strategies are divided with four reels equipped with some kind of magnetic braking system and three with centrifugal. 13 Fishing and Quantum each offer two per side and Okuma is the least generous offering two options in right hand retrieve and only one in left hand. Lew's is the next most generous offering three retrieve ratios in right hand retrieve, and two in left. Quantum's had the smallest.Ību Garcia, Daiwa and Shimano all offer their value reels in three different retrieve ratios in both left and right hand retrieve. Abu Garcia's RevoX has the largest main gear followed closely by Shimano and Daiwa. In past shootouts, I discovered size of that main gear has a bearing on a reel's power. The point was to compare apples to apples. Some were 6.3, some were 6.6 and one is at 6.8. In case it made a difference with gear size, I acquired each of these reels in the general six point something retrieve ratio. The most intriguing remaining point is size of that main gear.
Miscellaneous : Diving further down the rabbit hole, there are other characteristics that make for interesting talking points if you want to knit pick. Quantum again wins the weight war with a 25 gram, 90 mm handle.įrom left to right : 1- Revo X 2- SLX 3 Cerros- 4-Accurist Okuma's Cerros handle weighed the least but at 85mm it's also the shortest handle. Abu Garcia's Revo X's handle has some holes in it but weighed the most. 13 Fishing's Origin C is the only reel with a solid handle, but it was only the second heaviest. While we had the reels disassembled, I threw their handles on the scale for another data point. See handles that are designed with cutouts to save weight. We've already discussed weight of the main gear, but another small point of comparison are the reels' handles.
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Manufacturers often market reel handles with cutouts to reduce weight However, no calculation is required to realize Quantum's Accurist S3 offers the lightest overall spool with or without that bearing. Of course, some of these reels' spools have bearings on their shafts, as noted in the following table, but taking into account the average spool bearing weight of 1.6 grams, we can do a little mental recalculation to even out the playing field. A slower startup inertia generally translates to the end user being able to cast lighter baits. We try to include this information in our reviews with the general assumption being the lighter a reel's spool, the easier it is to get it started during a cast. Weights Revisited: Taking a closer look at some of the weights behind these reels, one point of curiosity as it relates to actual performance is the weight of each reel's spool. Do You Believe in Magic? Our $99 Low Profile Casting Reel Round Up
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