Do you still replace your spool bearings to ceramic hybrids?

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4 minutes ago, newapti5 said:

I use all sorts of brands' and manufacturers', including cheaper Chinese ones and more expensive hedgehog ones, but once debris gets in, it doesn't matter what brand it is. My fishing river and creeks could get quite muddy with debris and weed the current brings, especially during spring times, that's why I always leave the bearing shields on, otherwise I'll have to clean them on weekly basis.

For sure, but i am just not too certain how debris get in this easily. I most often fish in real dirty rivers where you'd see tampons and condoms floating around (no joke btw😕), and unless i get the reel submerged, which i usually don't do, they never get noisy in a season.

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24 minutes ago, ABU is overpriced said:

For sure, but i am just not too certain how debris get in this easily. I most often fish in real dirty rivers where you'd see tampons and condoms floating around (no joke btw😕), and unless i get the reel submerged, which i usually don't do, they never get noisy in a season.

 

Different people fish differently. Maybe it's the way we hold the rods, maybe it's from the water from different fishing lines, maybe it's the lures and fishing methods we used... My buddy and I bought a Bantam at the same time, and his was way geary than mine. We finally figured out the culprit : he held his rods with a slightly higher angle. My point is, I wouldn't dwell into it too much; this isn't one size fits all. 

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5 hours ago, GRiver said:

I did not know this, I thought higher the number of abec the tighter the clearance internal and quality of materials…. Everything. Looks like I’m going to have to do some studying 

This is why a quality ABEC 1 bearing spins better than a Chinese ABEC 7 bearing.  A quality bearing manufacturer can machine ABEC 5, or even ABEC 7 tolerances without much effort at all.  It's essentially a marketing tool these days.  A good ABEC 1 bearing will remain stable at a RPM far beyond what a spool will see.  These are the bearings you see in high speed machine tools, aircraft instrument panels, and even dentistry tools.

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1 hour ago, ABU is overpriced said:

For sure, but i am just not too certain how debris get in this easily. I most often fish in real dirty rivers where you'd see tampons and condoms floating around (no joke btw😕), and unless i get the reel submerged, which i usually don't do, they never get noisy in a season.

Whoa!  That's downright filthy.  I only saw plastic water bottles and foam coffee cups...as a general rule...in the river I used to fish.  Definitely neither of those items.

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22 minutes ago, new2BC4bass said:

Whoa!  That's downright filthy.  I only saw plastic water bottles and foam coffee cups...as a general rule...in the river I used to fish.  Definitely neither of those items.

Its depressing, but smallies, musky and walleye fishery is pretty good in Spring and Fall. Summer is completely dead like they all moved to another country, tho.