ABU is overpriced Posted March 8 Posted March 8 What y'all think of this brand? To me they're slowly becoming the Holosun of the fishing industry. Quote
little giant Posted March 8 Posted March 8 I have their bfs spool for my tat 80, works well, no complaints..... Quote
Super User bulldog1935 Posted March 9 Super User Posted March 9 Great $15 carbon jigging handle., able to install at exact pitch I wanted here. Threw away the 40-g pot-metal knob and swapped-on a 14-g Livre Ti-shell knob found a just-right-72-mm double handle (36-mm pitch), $24, for a low-geared Stradic 1000S - also swapped it onto a Livre handle base (Avail knobs). Have also thrown in a couple of hex-shaft-screw spinning reel stands along the way. They were smart building their business by copying Livre, and handy they copied them so exactly the parts interchange - though Gomexus quality has never reached as high, they got the look. I noticed from a quick peruse on their website, they're copying Studio Composite now, also. 2 Quote
MRQturbo Posted March 9 Posted March 9 I've changed all my handles and drag stars to gomexus products... 2 Quote
Super User FishTank Posted March 9 Super User Posted March 9 I have a few and they're great. I really like the ones I have on my Daiwa spinning reels. I purchased the double handles and they really help balance them out. 1 Quote
Super User webertime Posted March 9 Super User Posted March 9 Spinning reel stands are great. 2 Quote
Super User bulldog1935 Posted March 9 Super User Posted March 9 @webertime - the coolest I've found is Tsubaki, with both a stack of o-rings to grab your line, and a rotating hook-keeper. 2 Quote
Jaybert Posted Sunday at 12:42 PM Posted Sunday at 12:42 PM Ordered the double bearing line roller kit to upgrade the bushing in my Nasci. Ordering was easy and price is fair. First impression it looks professional and reasonable quality. Will report back once I have a chance to put it to work. But so far has been a good experience buying from them 2 Quote
Super User bulldog1935 Posted Sunday at 02:49 PM Super User Posted Sunday at 02:49 PM @Jaybert smart choice - that's something new for them also - covered several Japan aftermarket makers for that part here: Also noticed Gomexus has added a Florida warehouse and reel repair service. 1 Quote
Jaybert Posted Monday at 12:58 AM Posted Monday at 12:58 AM 10 hours ago, bulldog1935 said: @Jaybert smart choice - that's something new for them also - covered several Japan aftermarket makers for that part here: Also noticed Gomexus has added a Florida warehouse and reel repair service. Hey thanks that is a good read in that thread and I’m hopeful the Gomexus version of this dual bearing roller concept will work well. The bushing supported roller was my only reservation about the Nasci when I bought it, so this kit seemed worth a try. The dual bearing concept makes sense to me when I look at it. If the Gomexus bearings turn out to be junk or something I’m sure I could measure and replace them with another brand bearing. Did you grease or oil anything when you installed these roller kits ? But back to the thread I was impressed Gomexus had a solution for me here at a reasonable cost and so far seems a decent brand. Eying up their cork handle knobs next and if the roller kit works well I may be ordering a couple more of them for my Stradics. 1 Quote
Super User bulldog1935 Posted Monday at 01:33 AM Super User Posted Monday at 01:33 AM 35 minutes ago, Jaybert said: ...Did you grease or oil anything when you installed these roller kits ?... The aftermarket line rollers come with 740Z bearings, the same size used in Shimano and Daiwa handle knobs. Most are shielded and oiled, and that's what you want in freshwater. The MTCW I use in the salt come with unshielded bearings, so they're very easy to flush, and a drop of oil every spring and fall takes care of them. . Grease is the last thing you would want - you want your line roller to spin fast. If you want to test your bearings, take a few inches of mono, loop it over the installed roller, pull back and forth on each end, and see how freely it spins. 1 Quote
Super User Darren. Posted Monday at 01:41 AM Super User Posted Monday at 01:41 AM Love their spinning reel handles. 1 Quote
JHoss Posted Monday at 02:20 PM Posted Monday at 02:20 PM On 3/8/2025 at 8:30 PM, bulldog1935 said: Great $15 carbon jigging handle., able to install at exact pitch I wanted here. Threw away the 40-g pot-metal knob and swapped-on a 14-g Livre Ti-shell knob found a just-right-72-mm double handle (36-mm pitch), $24, for a low-geared Stradic 1000S - also swapped it onto a Livre handle base (Avail knobs). @bulldog1935 what's up with the yellow cord on your reels here? 1 Quote
Super User bulldog1935 Posted Monday at 02:23 PM Super User Posted Monday at 02:23 PM @JHoss - kayak rod keeper - quick-release rod leash regards 2 Quote
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