What’s up with the Mach Nation reels?

[Ryanralston07]

I saw some yesterday at Sportsmans Warehouse, and although they are light and smooth, I noticed they have a graphite frame and are more expensive than a lot of aluminum framed reels. What makes these reels worth the price tag they have, and why would someone want them instead of an aluminum framed reel like the cheaper LFS, or close-to-price, Tournament MP?

[FishTank]

If it's the same company that makes Mach Lures, it's Rather Outdoors which also owns Lews. It probably another spin off of a Doyo factory reel.

[galyonj]

Easier to think of them as another model from Lew's. They just spun all the Mach hardware out into another brand.

[MediumMouthBass]

All the Mach series are graphite frames and more expensive then the other models with better components, i thought the Mach stuff was cool and i wanted to buy the Mach 2 combo for awhile. Went to a local store and they had it on sale, picked it up and then put it back on the rack, i now know what all the people in the reviews on several different websites were talking about. The rod was made like it could snap just by throwing a weightless fluke. The reel felt cheaper than my Abu Black Max.

(If you check the reviews the rods are some of the weakest on the market with how many of them break).

These combos are super hyped up by their youtube "influencers", after this it made me not want to buy Lews, because i couldve bought a great reel from Daiwa or Shimano for the same price or a couple dollars less.

But since then i gave Lews another try and bought several of their better made rods/reels totaling over $1000, my mind has now changed 100% and they are now my 3rd favorite brand (behind Daiwa and Shimano). Their BB1 Pro is an amazing reel for the money and one of my favorites (in between my Zillion and SLX MGL 70). The BB1 Pro is only a bit more than the Mach's btw.

But its ridiculous the price they charge for anything with the Mach name on it, cheap rods/reels without quality or durability but sold at a insane price because of how many guys on youtube claim its the best combo ever made. You could get a really nice Lews combo with good components, quality/durability and an aluminum framed reel that has great reviews for the same price (or around $20 over/under).

[Ryanralston07]

1 hour ago, MediumMouthBass said:

All the Mach series are graphite frames and more expensive then the other models with better components, i thought the Mach stuff was cool and i wanted to buy the Mach 2 combo for awhile. Went to a local store and they had it on sale, picked it up and then put it back on the rack, i now know what all the people in the reviews on several different websites were talking about. The rod was made like it could snap just by throwing a weightless fluke. The reel felt cheaper than my Abu Black Max.

(If you check the reviews the rods are some of the weakest on the market with how many of them break).

These combos are super hyped up by their youtube "influencers", after this it made me not want to buy Lews, because i couldve bought a great reel from Daiwa or Shimano for the same price or a couple dollars less.

But since then i gave Lews another try and bought several of their better made rods/reels totaling over $1000, my mind has now changed 100% and they are now my 3rd favorite brand (behind Daiwa and Shimano). Their BB1 Pro is an amazing reel for the money and one of my favorites (in between my Zillion and SLX MGL 70). The BB1 Pro is only a bit more than the Mach's btw.

But its ridiculous the price they charge for anything with the Mach name on it, cheap rods/reels without quality or durability but sold at a insane price because of how many guys on youtube claim its the best combo ever made. You could get a really nice Lews combo with good components, quality/durability and an aluminum framed reel that has great reviews for the same price (or around $20 over/under).

 

See, those were my thoughts. When I looked at the specs online, nothing really screamed at me that the price they charged for those reels was competitive with other brands' products. I did like the larger knobs on the reel, but even reeling the same model on different rods in store, the qc wasn't there - some felt heavy to reel, some were super smooth, some made noises, and some were gritty. Now, the colors were 'cool,' but nothing that made me really want to buy the reel any more than any other color reel. How in the world these are going to sell is beyond me when there are so many other great options on the market for reels.

[MediumMouthBass]

They sell alot of their Mach series, suprisingly.

They market them to target new people to fishing, give them some bright colors and make them cool,

the people go on youtube and have dozens of people talk about how "everyone in tournaments uses them and they are great, worth atleast twice the cost" they then go to the store and buy them.

(not knowing they can get more for less, but they are extremely over hyped)

[dodgeguy]

I'm a Lew's man but the Mach stuff sucks