desmobob Posted June 17, 2021 Posted June 17, 2021 The stacks of washers got away from me during disassembly and there are just too many possible combinations to get them all back in the correct spots and correct order! Thanks for any help, Bob Ooops... I found the box and paperwork, including the parts diagram. I always save that kind of stuff but forgot where it was. Problem solved! If anyone needs a parts diagram for the GH100, I have it! Thanks, Bob 1 Quote
Super User MN Fisher Posted June 17, 2021 Super User Posted June 17, 2021 5 minutes ago, NOC 1 said: What's a Fishband? Chinesium knock-off... 1 Quote
NOC 1 Posted June 17, 2021 Posted June 17, 2021 18 minutes ago, MN Fisher said: Chinesium knock-off... OH..LOL...I was thinking it was some kind of new gear like maybe a sonar or something. Quote
desmobob Posted June 17, 2021 Author Posted June 17, 2021 Fake Aldebaran. Less than sixty bucks. I have a real PXL Type R and an Alphas SV105, but I have fun messing around with the cheap Chinese knock-offs from Aliexpress. Some of them, like Tsurinoya's XF50 and SpiritFox and the Fishband GH100, perform as well or better than some of the JDM originals. How long they'll keep performing is still a question... I have a KastKing Zephyr on the way. All five of these Chinese BFS reels cost less than one decent US domestic market reel, so it's a cheap way to play. Quote
NOC 1 Posted June 18, 2021 Posted June 18, 2021 On 6/16/2021 at 9:05 PM, desmobob said: Fake Aldebaran. Less than sixty bucks. I have a real PXL Type R and an Alphas SV105, but I have fun messing around with the cheap Chinese knock-offs from Aliexpress. Some of them, like Tsurinoya's SF50 and SpiritFox and the Fishband GH100, perform as well or better than some of the JDM originals. How long they'll keep performing is still a question... I have a KastKing Zephyr on the way. All five of these Chinese BFS reels cost less than one decent US domestic market reel, so it's a cheap way to play. It's just that I thought it was something electronic because of the name. I get it. I bought 5 or 6 of the KastKing reels back when they came out with the Assassin. I used one of them for maybe an hour and the rest are unused to this day. Pretty much junk in my opinion. But, there are plenty of guys here that like to play around with the cheap Chinese stuff and some of it they say is better than you'd expect given the price. Many people have raved about the Teton rods in particular. I have 4 PX68s, an SV 103, couple of SS SV and a bunch of old OG Steez and TD-z reels and love them, but as much as I hate to say it everything Daiwa makes these days seems pretty much like a Tatula, which is a decent reel, but when I spend $300-500 on a reel I expect more than a smoother Tat so lately I've been checking out what Shimano has to offer and so far have bought a Scorpion, some Metaniums and Bantams and may now be as much of a Shimano guy as I am an old Diawa guy. I am really impressed with the whole Monocoque Aluminum and Magnesium frames. Lots of stuff out there and nothing wrong with checking it all out if you feel like it. 1 Quote
CrankFate Posted June 18, 2021 Posted June 18, 2021 I use these reels for fun. I had one knockoff daiwa SS air in white plastic that was like $19. I happened to hook a 6-7lb blue fish with it and a second after the hookset, the AR bearing failed and the handle was spinning backwards at high speeds. I landed the fish, but the AR was permanently destroyed after that. Quote
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