Gonfishn Posted June 25, 2012 Posted June 25, 2012 I'm thinking about pairing up either a quantum exo or a smoke with a mojo bass 7' mh by st croix. These are within range of my spending limit. If anyone has any feedback on my dilemma that would be cool. Quote
buzzfrog Posted June 26, 2012 Posted June 26, 2012 i love my smoke, for my holow frogs, i have felt the exo, dont like it, i cant tell ya why, i havent fished with it, i was told that is has more cheaper inerds, idk how true that is, it is from a bps worker, some at my bass pro, are fishermen but some are sellers, so take it with a grain of salt. Quote
Super User LgMouthGambler Posted June 26, 2012 Super User Posted June 26, 2012 I vote EXO only because it looks cool! Quote
psuangler91 Posted June 26, 2012 Posted June 26, 2012 One of the guys in my club has 3 smokes and said the gears in 2 of them were destroyed after only 3 or 4 months of fishing. I've never had an issue with quantum so I think they may have been some kind of fluke, but who knows. The thing you should do is grab a abu garcia veritas instead of a mojo bass. I have two veritas rods a 6'9" MH and a 7' H and they're amazing for only $100 bucks. 1 Quote
barroncooper Posted June 27, 2012 Posted June 27, 2012 One of the guys in my club has 3 smokes and said the gears in 2 of them were destroyed after only 3 or 4 months of fishing. I've never had an issue with quantum so I think they may have been some kind of fluke, but who knows. The thing you should do is grab a abu garcia veritas instead of a mojo bass. I have two veritas rods a 6'9" MH and a 7' H and they're amazing for only $100 bucks. yep if you fish em hard they're gonna get grindish. I don't think the gear material used is up to snuff Quote
buzzfrog Posted June 27, 2012 Posted June 27, 2012 i have been using my smoke in the sloppiest places known to man, not pull 5 lbers out, but 4 months and mine is strong/ also not a sponser of abu, but hands down veritas is the best 100 buck rod out there, i may even take it to the bank Quote
Senkoman12 Posted June 27, 2012 Posted June 27, 2012 i handled an exo at work once and holy smokes that reel is LIGHT. like rediculously light Quote
Super User smalljaw67 Posted June 27, 2012 Super User Posted June 27, 2012 I have the Smoke 100 and the 150, they have been fished hard for over a year and I have no trouble, in fact I think the Smoke is the best reel Quantum has ever made. I haven't fished the EXO so I can't comment on it. Quote
fo-mo-co Posted June 28, 2012 Posted June 28, 2012 I love my smoke 150. I got the 5.3:1 ratio and it's great. Quote
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