Remember when fishing reels came with a bottle of oil .

[scaleface]

They need to start that again . I use to keep those handy little bottles of abu oil in my tackle box . I remembered this the last time fishing when one of my reels was feeling a little "geary". I use to put a  drop or two   on the bearings and worm gear and that would take care of the problem . I searched through all my garage stuff trying to find a little bottle but to no avail . I keep oil at home of course but would like some of those little plastic bottles again ,.

[Kenny Yi]

that's another reason why I love Shimano reels, they still put those in the reel boxes, I've got a bunch of them

[Mobasser]

Yes, my old 4600c reels both came with a bottle of oil. I always thought the ABU reel.oil was good stuff

[new2BC4bass]

2 minutes ago, Kenny Yi said:

that's another reason why I love Shimano reels, they still put those in the reel boxes, I've got a bunch of them

Yup.  My Scorpion MGL came with a small plastic bottle of oil.  My Lew's, Daiwa and Quantum didn't.

 

OP.  Know what your problem is?  You didn't buy enough reels before they quit putting oil in the box.    Pretty sure I have enough to last my grandson's lifetime. 

[TnRiver46]

I always keep those in my tacklebox also. And they always spill all over my tacklebox 

[Born 2 fish]

All my Lews tournament pro lfs came with oil.

[Captain Phil]

I still have a Mitchell 300 that I have had for many years.  Came with an extra spool and a tube of oil.

 

 

 

 

[Big Hands]

The new Shimano Curado BFS comes with two different types of oil. The regular oil, and the "BFS" oil.

[redmeansdistortion]

5 minutes ago, Big Hands said:

The new Shimano Curado BFS comes with two different types of oil. The regular oil, and the "BFS" oil.

Same with my Calcutta Conquest BFS.  Most of the Ambassadeurs I've bought new also came with oil.  Newest one was purchased a couple years back and came with a vial of Abu oil plus one with Rocket Fuel Red 

[Big Hands]

Any baitcaster that retails for $100 or more should come with oil.

[Hulkster]

my tranx 400A i bought last year still had the oil. 

[The Bassman]

1 hour ago, Captain Phil said:

I still have a Mitchell 300 that I have had for many years.  Came with an extra spool and a tube of oil.

 

 

 

 

The extra spool even had its own container.

[FishTank]

Most of the Shimanos I have purchased have come with oil and a few Daiwas.  I wish they all came with some.   It would encourage the owner to maybe do some basic maintenance or at least to ask the question,  "What's this for?"

[Captain Phil]

I remember when some cars came with tools.  ?

[redmeansdistortion]

42 minutes ago, Captain Phil said:

I remember when some cars came with tools.  ?

At least you get a spare tire, scissor jack, and lug wrench lol

[FishTank]

1 hour ago, Captain Phil said:

I remember when some cars came with tools.  ?

 

My old BMW had a tool kit and a road side assistance safety package.   Both were standard at the time. 

[scaleface]

1 hour ago, Captain Phil said:

I remember when some cars came with tools.  ?

I have several   wrenches  .

[Phatha00]

My last spinning reels from diawa a few years ago didnt have any grease or oil with them.

[gim]

54 minutes ago, redmeansdistortion said:

At least you get a spare tire, scissor jack, and lug wrench lol

But sometimes the lug wrench doesn't fit the lugs on your boat trailer tires...

 

I found that one out the hard way.

[Spankey]

You are actually better off going to CVS or Wally World and picking up one of those small squirt bottles you use for vacation that you load soap or conditioner or some crap like that in. Get a bottle of the liquid Super Lube Synthetic Oil from Grainger. Manufactured by Synco and is good from -40 deg. to 300 deg. Most likely better than anything you are getting in the box. Time proven product in industrial repairs for me over the last 40 years. Never had a failure from using the stuff. I believe they put out like a Sportsman’s version in a dispenser pen type. 

[Darth-Baiter]

I have some Shimano oil. I don’t use it. I like the thin applicator tip on the Lucas oil. the Penn oil I use for my Hobie Pedal drive.  

[redmeansdistortion]

1 hour ago, gimruis said:

But sometimes the lug wrench doesn't fit the lugs on your boat trailer tires...

 

I found that one out the hard way.

Off topic here, but this reminded me of a car I bought a long time ago.  I wanted wheel locks, so the dealer added them plus changed out the lug nuts.  I was up fishing the Thumb here in Michigan and when I got back to my car I had a flat.  Went to change the tire and the lug nuts the dealer installed on delivery were too big for the lug wrench.  To say I was livid was an understatement.  Had to hitch a ride to Walmart and grab a 4-way.

[HaydenS]

10 hours ago, Kenny Yi said:

that's another reason why I love Shimano reels, they still put those in the reel boxes, I've got a bunch of them

The slx I got today came with one!

[CrankFate]

❔❔❔doesn’t almost every reel come with oil ❔❔❔I have little bottles on my desk from just about every reel I can think I got in the past few years ❔❔❔

[MN Fisher]

1 minute ago, CrankFate said:

doesn’t almost every reel come with oil ❔❔❔

None of mine did - 2 Fuegos, 3 Pflueger BCs (4th was used so doesn't count), 4 Pflueger spinners and 4 Mitchell spinners - not one had oil in the box.