Originally Posted By: birdcarver
Take your high dollar reels and when they break chunk them. I FISH two day's a week and have fished these reels for 8 years and have yet to wear one out, when I do I will chunk it in river at less cost. Meet me and I will have a bait casting contest with these cheep reels against the high dollar and you may out cast me but no more than 5 feet, I have few friends that think if it does not cost 200.00 or more you can't fish, all I was saying there on sale and for the money you cannot beat them


How many of them do you have? I have seen some $50 reels last a long time I have just never seen them do it consistently. I have one $75 revo that is 6 or so yrs old and still going strong but the other 4 I had blew up. I am rough on equipment though, lots of braid, no drag, lots of rough rides.