Recent content by blakdog is back

You don't know me anything like as well as you think .. nor does bar one quite frankly! A review of a reel out of a box is just that .... just tells you what it's like out of the box and after a few sessions. I don't have to use a reel to see that they end up on my bench busted before their...

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.

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.

I haven't owned one (nor would I) ... I take it that makes me a blowhard does it?

It 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...

Unfortunately there is also a downside of purchasing items in this situation ... I think the screenshot from this afternoon says it all really. This is why you need to use a credit card because if you used a credit card or point of sale loan (such as paypal credit) to buy your items the...

Nope sorry.

Just to add I think you can still get them rebuilt by Century with proper carbon resins and then they are turned to restore them like new ... it does cost more than the DIY Bondaseal job but its an option. You can also buy carbon resin that cures at lower temperatures these days too .. but they...

Thats a very, very questionable comment. In many ways Century was actually light years ahead of Zziplex (and still is). Century certainly makes a good quality product and they standardized their products which is good for the retailer and the consumer because everybody knows what they are...

The gearbox is crap on the FathomII tbh. Its a classic case of breaking something attempting to fix it when it wasn't broken in the first place :LOL: Lets face it ... all they had to do was fit a bloody mag.

Not really ... better built than the ABUs nowadays to be honest ..... just that some of the hype is cock and bull.

Smoke and mirrors .... they still go down to 3mm to go through the pinion gear 😉

Maybe a current batch, or some idiot set a press up too light in the factory ... but most definitely not new as they started to appear within weeks of them coming out.

I'm not aware of any plates but to be honest all they need is a pinion support and maybe a re-press if they develop a 'tick'. As for aftermarket stuff ... there are screwsets, drag washers, handles, gears and you can fit a monomag if your brave. Thats without getting really involved and...