Need a replacement spinning reel <$100, suggestions?

[Robert Riley]

On 5/1/2016 at 10:43 AM, lakeannaangler said:

Lews  team gold carbon spinning reel on sale for $80 on tackle warehouse 

This is an awesome reel. 

[Dan_the_fisher]

9 hours ago, smalljaw67 said:

The only reels I ever had fail on my were 2 Shimano Symetres and they each went in the same season. I know Shimano makes great reels but they are the only brand I stay away from and it is only because I was told by customer service I should have invested in one of the better reels even though the Symetres were $100.

Where your reels the xship models?

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Abu Garcia Orra SX 2 Spinning Reel

[Vlad Val Yevdash]

On May 2, 2016 at 6:11 PM, Nick S said:

I wouldn't pay 50 cents for a shimano symetre. The fi and fj had terrible binding problems if they got the slightest bit wet. Shimano STILL hasn't fixed the binding problem with the new fl, although they did cheapen it up by making the frame graphite instead of aluminum and replacing the main gear bearing with a nylon bushing. 

I slipped off a rock and fell in the water and my fl got soaked worked the same didnt feel a difference....

[Nick S]

8 hours ago, Dan_the_fisher said:

Where your reels the xship models?

 

18 minutes ago, Vlad Val Yevdash said:

I slipped off a rock and fell in the water and my fl got soaked worked the same didnt feel a difference....

My symetre fl had the worst binding problems out of any of the symetre reels I've owned. X-ship is just a bearing supporting the bottom of the pinion gear, many other spinning reels from different manufactures have the same thing.  The only reason I bought it was because I liked my fj stradics so well and figured shimano had fixed the binding issue, but I was wrong. I'm not the only person to have binding problems with the new symetre fl, just do a quick search on this site and I'm sure you'll find others who have had this issue. 

[Vlad Val Yevdash]

3 hours ago, Nick S said:

 

My symetre fl had the worst binding problems out of any of the symetre reels I've owned. X-ship is just a bearing supporting the bottom of the pinion gear, many other spinning reels from different manufactures have the same thing.  The only reason I bought it was because I liked my fj stradics so well and figured shimano had fixed the binding issue, but I was wrong. I'm not the only person to have binding problems with the new symetre fl, just do a quick search on this site and I'm sure you'll find others who have had this issue. 

I dont know I've just never had this problem lol, my FL got soaked in saltwater and regular still works great had to clean out all the sand though. Maybe you guys just got a bad reel lol