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Thought you used Tronixpro Guerilla multis Wolf ?. Have you looked at the new Banzai ones mate..
I do, i have got a pair of the banzai ones,it was just that I got offered a pair of mk4s.
It will .... give it timeDespite the horror stories, I use a 525 MK4
Loaded with 80lb braid and used solely for skull dragging.
Not failed yet......
They definitely distort (and don't leave it in your car on a hot day or lean rod and reel near a radiator) .... some of them also go like a bag of spanners prematurely and they have shite mouldings out of the box.I use the 515 mag 4,
Narrower spool and frame means less chance of alleged distortion! taken some stick on here for using them in the past but in the right hands they outcast the fathom 12 all day long
Will be interesting to know how you got on with them,looking forward to reading your write up.Just bought a pair of fathom 2 stardrag mags in the 12 size, feel very solid , not as refined as the 7ht's but feel a bit better in use than the casting specials which is odd as I thought they were just a smaller version.
Had no problems so far with my 525 mag 4, despite the warnings from blowhards that haven't actually owned one,I read the review on here and figured Mike and co are fairly knowledgeable about tackle,it was under £100 new so it is probably inferior to a £300 pound reel and won't last as long,ye pays yer moneyDoes anyone use the penn mag 4's for beach fishing? I've been offered a pair.
Overpriced and over here imo.Does anyone use the penn mag 4's for beach fishing? I've been offered a pair.
I haven't owned one (nor would I) ... I take it that makes me a blowhard does it?Had no problems so far with my 525 mag 4, despite the warnings from blowhards that haven't actually owned one,I read the review on here and figured Mike and co are fairly knowledgeable about tackle,it was under £100 new so it is probably inferior to a £300 pound reel and won't last as long,ye pays yer money
Why would you own one you don't go fishing you could put it on a mantle piece I suppose most reels have problems even the expensive ones,if they didn't you would be out of business pretty quickly.I haven't owned one (nor would I) ... I take it that makes me a blowhard does it?
That’s odd as you posted this earlier in the year…quoteIt will .... give it time
They definitely distort (and don't leave it in your car on a hot day or lean rod and reel near a radiator) .... some of them also go like a bag of spanners prematurely and they have shite mouldings out of the box.
This is a mag3 but the couple of mag4s I've seen hadn't shown much improvement ...
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The casting comment is daft .... they are about the same size spool with the same size bearings, same spindle setup and same mag system. There will be nothing between them so long as they are running okay.
Much less doesn't mean not at all .... it's like the difference between a turd and a polished turd. Feel free to keep searching through the archives.That’s odd as you posted this earlier in the year…quote
“The 515s are like a different reel ... I wonder if they are made in a different factory because they suffer much less from the quality issues.”
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I'm quite fussy about my fishing company .... hence most people won't have any idea about my fishing.Why would you own one you don't go fishing you could put it on a mantle piece I suppose most reels have problems even the expensive ones,if they didn't you would be out of business pretty quickly.
I'm not disputing the fact you have a good knowledge of reels, it's your job,but you would have to use one to give a fair and balanced view,I would make the analogy that a journalist reviewing a car would not give an opinion without test driving it,look at the many reviews online and you will see the reel scores 4.9 out of 5 and as I stated the review on here is good,perhaps you would like to pm Mike and tell him to remove it as it's misleading, it's a cheap reel and to achieve that the manufacturing standard is not as good as reels three times the price,I have used mine for six months and it casts well and has wound in skate and double shots of doggies with no bother,oh and i probably have a better idea of your fishing habits than most on here bar one of course.I'm quite fussy about my fishing company .... hence most people won't have any idea about my fishing.
There is no perfect reel .... but its a very low bar set to be better than the Chinese Penn mags. Another reel repairer describes them as "manufactured worn out".
You didn't answer the question.
You don't know me anything like as well as you think .. nor does bar one quite frankly!i probably have a better idea of your fishing habits than most on here bar one of course.