Bearing oil

[F14A-B]

What do you prefer and why (if possible) 

 

I have several small bottles of Shimano oil including a bottle with a darker green cap vs the normal blue.The darker green bottle came with my Curado BFS reel for use with the micro bearings.
 Seems fine to me, but I also use Lucas oil for fishing reels just not on bearings.  

[A-Jay]

I use ZPI

 

A-Jay 

 

 

[F14A-B]

11 minutes ago, A-Jay said:

I use ZPI

 

A-Jay 

 

 

You getting that stateside A-Jay? 

[A-Jay]

4 minutes ago, F14A-B said:

You getting that stateside A-Jay? 

Used be a TW deal.

That's how I found out about it.

Last couple came from ebay I think.

So propably not state side.

When I find it, I stock up.

But it lasts a while which is good.

A-Jay

 

[Jig Man]

I’ve never seen a reason to use anything other than Shimano oil.

[OkobojiEagle]

I'm a TSI 321 fan for spool bearings

[bulldog1935]

I checked Carolina Tackle, also OOS.  

I'm surprised Tackle Trap lists spools, bearings, and grease, but no oil.  

ZPI F-Zero Nano Finesse is go-to for me. 

 

except, that SiN palm bearing runs dry.  Spool w/ 4-mm shaft end has a custom KTF IXA hybrid bearing and gets lowest-viscosity oil.  

[wvhunt]

I see the youtube guys say to only use oil made specifically for fishing reels, but I use whatever various quality oil I have lying around.  Normally it's a gunoil of some sort.  I think there's a lot of snake oil salesmen in the oil business, both gun and fishing oils.

[FishTank]

I have been using TSI 321 on bearings and Bantam oil on everything else. I also use the BFS oil Shimano supplied with a reel. This stuff is good but can be short lived. 

 

 

[GreenPig]

TSI 321 on all my bearings

[casts_by_fly]

it’s a light oil with a needle applicator that I can get easily and works well. I’ll also use it to lube anything that needs a light thin oil. Door hinges are a good shout. 
 

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005KW7NA8?ref_=ppx_hzsearch_conn_dt_b_fed_asin_title_3

[ike8120]

Look at High Speed Oil from Boca Bearings also Spool Speed SF Lube from Spoolspeed.com