Lews Reels - Korea vs China - Which ones are which?

[Ol'Kev]

Like the title says - Which Lews reels are made in Korea and which ones are made in China?

I am specifically interested in the Lew's® Tournament MB Speed Spool® LFS Series but, for the benefit of others, don't stop there.

THANKS IN ADVANCE!

 

 

[Molay1292]

I have yet to figure if the Lews reels are made by Dawon or Doyo, or maybe even a different company.   Dawon and Doyo own facilities in both Korea and China to my knowledge.    Determining country of origin is difficult, even when you have a tag on a product that says made in Mexico it often does not tell the whole story.    You could have parts made in Korea, then imported to China for assembly and then exported to the U.S. the country of origin or the made in tag would most likely say China even though the parts came from Korea.  You see this a lot here in the U.S. as well with the made in the U.S.A. labeling.  Look at fishing rods, eyes from somewhere, reel seats from somewhere else, blanks made in the U.S. and assembled here in U.S., tag says made in the U.S.A.  not exactly the whole truth is it...   

 

[Sneed618]

My Lews tournament mb lfs says made in Korea

[Rich in Co]

My Mb and all my TP's say Korea

[LunkerFisher]

Not sure if it helps at all, but IME, Korean products in general are made better than Chinese. I am also a sucker for that "Made in U.S.A." sticker.

[FrankN209]

My TP says Korea also. 

[GetJigginWithIt]

16 hours ago, Molay1292 said:

I have yet to figure if the Lews reels are made by Dawon or Doyo, or maybe even a different company.   Dawon and Doyo own facilities in both Korea and China to my knowledge.    Determining country of origin is difficult, even when you have a tag on a product that says made in Mexico it often does not tell the whole story.    You could have parts made in Korea, then imported to China for assembly and then exported to the U.S. the country of origin or the made in tag would most likely say China even though the parts came from Korea.  You see this a lot here in the U.S. as well with the made in the U.S.A. labeling.  Look at fishing rods, eyes from somewhere, reel seats from somewhere else, blanks made in the U.S. and assembled here in U.S., tag says made in the U.S.A.  not exactly the whole truth is it...   

 

Doyo makes the Lews