$50 Pro Qualifier

[weekend_hooker]

Picked two of them over the weekend without hesitation 

[scaleface]

On 2/17/2017 at 5:50 AM, grizzly1654 said:

Take it to bass pro and have them send it off for repair. I had a 5 year old PQ do the same thing and all they charged me was the price of shipping. It was repaired cleaned and lubed for $15.

I was planning on buying 2 of the new PQ 2.0's but now i just might get 4 of the originals. Decisions decisions....

Thats a hundred mile drive . I bought it in a combo package   I'll just replace the reel .

[jimf]

On 2/16/2017 at 1:08 PM, eyedabassman said:

Trust me it is not even close to a Lew's. But for the money you can't go wrong,but the Pro Q's in spinning are JUNK!

 

To compare apples to apples money-wise - I think the BPQ ($99 list) is a better reel than the Lew's Speed Spool($99 list).  I own both, they are both good reels for the money, but I like the BPQ a little better.  Now above the Speed Spool of course, I'll take anything from Lew's.

 

I thought the $50 BPQ and the 5/$10 Cordell Super Spots were the best values at their sale.

[Yudo1]

The discontinued PQ was one of my first casting reels.  IMO you can't get a better reel for $50. 

[GreenGhostMan]

On 2/20/2017 at 1:52 PM, jimf said:

 

To compare apples to apples money-wise - I think the BPQ ($99 list) is a better reel than the Lew's Speed Spool($99 list).  I own both, they are both good reels for the money, but I like the BPQ a little better.  Now above the Speed Spool of course, I'll take anything from Lew's.

 

I thought the $50 BPQ and the 5/$10 Cordell Super Spots were the best values at their sale.

 

I own both as well and prefer speed spool over the PQ... not even close.

[jimf]

To be fair my Speed Spool has much more wear and tear than the BPQ, so maybe I'm comparing an aged reel vs a relatively new reel too.   I love Lew's, I'm definitely not going to talk someone out of their reels.