Magnesium vs Aluminium reels

[smallie.mike]

3 hours ago, WRB said:

Magnesium isn't a high strength metal, about 1/2 the tensile strength of 7075-T6 aluminum or about 1/4 the strength of titanium and about 75% the strength of PEEK thermal plastic.

Not all metals are stronge and make good reel frames. 

Tom

Well I better sell my steez then before the weak magnesium frame breaks. Do you have any recommendations for titanium or peek thermal plastic framed reels? 

[WRB]

2 hours ago, smallie.mike said:

Well I better sell my steez then before the weak magnesium frame breaks. Do you have any recommendations for titanium or peek thermal plastic framed reels? 

Touché !

[deep]

You guys fight too much.

[Catt]

I just don't understand the need to feel anything through the reel?

All 3 materials will dampen any vibration given off by the bite & would not be reliable in trying to determine if it's a bite or something else.

My reel is in the palm of my hand while my fingers or on my rod; I feel more minute vibrations through my fingers than my palm.

[Maxximus Redneckus]

Ill.add to what Catt says ,,,not only that but line movement and rod tip movement i see and feel about the same time and it aint my reel i feel it through its my fingers ,,when i start cranking then i feel it .

[WPCfishing]

I haven't noticed a difference between my Lews Mag and my Team Lite reels while casting or working any bait. I think owning the mag framed reel is more a novelty.

I want two more reels, I'll buy Aluminum frames. One novelty reel is enough for me. The Lews Tournament Pro and Team Lite reels suit me just fine. 

 

 

[Cgrinder]

For whatever reason, the '13 Met feels very good and there's something about it that seems to enhance feedback. I'm a believer after reading the TT threads and trying it, but I'm not sure frame material is the explanation as to why.

 

[smallie.mike]

18 hours ago, deep said:

You guys fight too much.

I wasn't fighting, I was just being a smart***.

[*Hootie]

WOW!!...Is everybody's lake frozen?

Hootie

[greywalls]

I don't like mag. owing to its propensity to look like crap if it's within 50 miles of water, generally, and especially so within 5 ft of anything that even smacks of salinity.  IMHO, mag. = marketing...  Not functionality.  I'm sure many will disagree with me... 

[Molay1292]

12 minutes ago, greywalls said:

I don't like mag. owing to its propensity to look like crap if it's within 50 miles of water, generally, and especially so within 5 ft of anything that even smacks of salinity.  IMHO, mag. = marketing...  Not functionality.  I'm sure many will disagree with me... 

Not to argue, but I do have to disagree with this statement.  I have several MG reels, some 15+ years old that still look fantastic.  I can honestly say that none of the MG reels that I own show any unusual wear or corrosion.   Anyone else?

[smallie.mike]

2 hours ago, Molay1292 said:

Not to argue, but I do have to disagree with this statement.  I have several MG reels, some 15+ years old that still look fantastic.  I can honestly say that none of the MG reels that I own show any unusual wear or corrosion.   Anyone else?

Mine don't show any corrosion, BUT they've never been near any saltwater.  

[greywalls]

13 hours ago, Molay1292 said:

Not to argue, but I do have to disagree with this statement.  I have several MG reels, some 15+ years old that still look fantastic.  I can honestly say that none of the MG reels that I own show any unusual wear or corrosion.   Anyone else?

It's encouraging to hear that yours have held up well.  I have owned only a single MG reel (a spinning reel, at that), and I made the mistake of using it during an inshore fishing trip with a friend.  I also failed to rinse it afterwards, and I unfortunately had some corrosion when I took it out of storage.  Admittedly, this was user error -- and it's possible that I would have had similar issues with ANY of my reels.  So, I spoke too strongly, I guess.  But I do feel that aluminum is a little more "worry free."  That being said, I want to like MG in a baitcast format for the possible sensitivity enhancements noted above...  I'm just not yet sure whether the rave reviews across the web are as much a function of the material as they are of the fact that most MG offerings are higher-end models that also are inherently well-constructed (and therefore a pleasure to fish).