
Originally Posted by
dman25
Lemme offer a little advice. While these are great reels right out of the box I still think they need some work to make them as good as they can be. So rather than buy brand new ones and pay 140$ I buy used ones from Ebay. For 90-100$ you can get them in great condition. I then tare them down and "AlanTani" them by lubing all the bearings and swapping the canvas drags for carbontex. You can search Alan's post on this board for a complete rebuild procedure. After doing this service these reels are 200% more resistant to corrosion and the drag and freespool will be greatly improved. Now for 40$ you can get Alan's awesome power handle and have a reel for 140$ that will last much longer and perform much better than new ones.