Chronarch MG50 or Curado 100D

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I have grown to truely appreciate a light reel   and the bait monkey is loving it!  Anyone ever fish both of these reels?  Is the 50 bucks worth the 1.5oz? I have done a bit of research online and no one says anything BAD about either and the only thing I have read even remote is on tackletour says the 100 is more reliable.. whatever that means... I want DATA or at least to hear it straight from someone that has fished both... conjecture and opinion is great... but until you pick up one of these reels you can't be sure which is better...  The profile is basically exactly the same... bearing count is the same... gear ratio is the same... I would not like to buy a 100 and think .. MAN I like my MG so much better I wish I had just spent the extra $50 and gotten that one...

thanks for any input

AL

[Raul]

I say that one and a half ounce less in weight is worth every penny of the 50 bux difference. But you 're not paying 50 more for 1.5 ounces less, you are paying 50 more for 4 ARBs vs 4 stainless steel sealed bearings.

I 've fished with both ( a friend of mine has a CU100D ), it 's great reel but not like the Chronarch.

[KU_Bassmaster.]

I would not like to buy a 100 and think .. MAN I like my MG so much better I wish I had just spent the extra $50 and gotten that one...

thanks for any input

AL

That's something I ALWAYS ask myself when buying something.  When you start putting that $50 in perspective .... it's really nothing when you think about how many times and how many years you will use that reel.  I just got my Scorpion 1000 Mg in the mail no longer than an hour ago.  I've played around with the 50 Mg at Cabelas and always thought it was one SWEEEEETTTTT reel, but it's nothing compared to the feeling you have when you actually own one.  I haven't even fished with it yet, but I have pretty much made up my mind that I will probably convert all my reels to the 50 Mg over the next few years.  I'm sticking with the domestic only so I can send them into ReelMech for service and cleaning.  The only down side I see with the MG is you have to be a little more careful with it because of the finish.

[Raul]

That 's a good point KU:

When you start putting that $50 in perspective .... it's really nothing when you think about how many times and how many years you will use that reel.

For ex. when I purchased my first good reel, the Abu 521 XLT Plus, it cost me a good ammount of dough back then, about 90 dollars ( 1985 ), all my friends thought I was insane about spending "so much money" in a reel, they all purchased other least expensive reels.

Well, I still have that old fart and 20+ years of use and abuse without any problems prove that it was a good purchase, do the math: 90 / 20 = 4.5 dollars PER YEAR of use. Heck, I spend more in Cokes in a week. Ask my friends how many time they have purchased reels in those 20 years to substitute the ones they bought.

[Alpster]

That 's a good point KU:

When you start putting that $50 in perspective .... it's really nothing when you think about how many times and how many years you will use that reel.

Well, I still have that old fart and 20+ years of use and abuse without any problems prove that it was a good purchase, do the math: 90 / 20 = 4.5 dollars PER YEAR of use.

Hey Raul,

I still have a Shimano Bantam Mag 10XSG that is nearly 30 years old and I paid about $75 in 1977 or 1978 and it still fishes great. 75/30 = 2.5 dollars PER YEAR of use. You said it, if you fish with them year in and year out, you will always get your $ worth. JMHO

Ronnie

[flechero]

Is the 50 bucks worth the 1.5oz

 

Every day of the week!  (of course that's just me.)  1.5 oz is a big difference... but even if the weight was the same, I like the 50MG better.

I still have a Shimano Bantam Mag 10XSG

Ronnie,

Those were my first 2 baitcasters!!  Great memories!