How's your smoke holding up?

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How's your smoke holding up?

Post by chartreuse » Sat Apr 09, 2011 4:54 am

anyone experience any durability issues yet? or potential issues that are insignificant now, but may manifest themselves later?
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Re: How's your smoke holding up?

Post by Big Al » Sat Apr 09, 2011 8:11 am

Last I looked I was down to 3 joints. :lol: Oh, you mean the reel! :big grin:
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Re: How's your smoke holding up?

Post by e_bassfisher » Sat Apr 09, 2011 12:45 pm

:lol: :lol:
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Re: How's your smoke holding up?

Post by NYBASSIN » Sun Apr 10, 2011 3:30 am

Big Al wrote:Last I looked I was down to 3 joints. :lol: Oh, you mean the reel! :big grin:
that is a potentially dangeous problem
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Re: How's your smoke holding up?

Post by Scorpio » Mon Apr 11, 2011 6:34 am

Been out with my Smoke reels over 2 dozen times and no problems whatsoever. Great reel.
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Re: How's your smoke holding up?

Post by brokeneye » Mon Apr 11, 2011 1:02 pm

a much younger curado-loving fishing buddy of mine just bought one of these...he bought it for blades and, so far, he likes it...it does seem a bit smoother overall with blades than the e7.

that said, personally, would not have one...probably a good reel for its price point, but that camel's hump they call the palm plate is awfully uncomfortable to me.

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Re: How's your smoke holding up?

Post by Pen3 » Mon Apr 11, 2011 4:54 pm

brokeneye wrote:but that camel's hump they call the palm plate is awfully uncomfortable to me.
Haha i totally agree :lol: The drive shaft is also either very long or its the hump making it extend. The handle is about 1" further from the spool next to my zillion and just plain uncomfortable.
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Re: How's your smoke holding up?

Post by OhioChamp183 » Tue Apr 12, 2011 3:05 am

Big Al wrote:Last I looked I was down to 3 joints. :lol: Oh, you mean the reel! :big grin:

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Re: How's your smoke holding up?

Post by walleyeguy666 » Tue Apr 12, 2011 11:12 am

:-# \:D/ \:D/ :lol: =D>
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Re: How's your smoke holding up?

Post by BASSLAYER » Tue Apr 12, 2011 3:35 pm

Big Al wrote:Last I looked I was down to 3 joints. :lol: Oh, you mean the reel! :big grin:
haha

I'm down to my last nug of this OG KUsh... :whistle:
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Re: How's your smoke holding up?

Post by Scorpio » Wed Apr 13, 2011 5:36 am

I own 3 of the 150 models, but have only used two (one still in the box). Each used about 2 dozen times. Too soon to tell but no issues whatsoever so far.
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Re: How's your smoke holding up?

Post by ah_long » Wed Apr 13, 2011 9:53 am

not sure about long term issues, but Quantum's customer service has lost me as a customer forever..

make sure you inspect the reel for poor machining job, you could find a thread I started a while ago about my experience with Quantum and the Smoke
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Re: How's your smoke holding up?

Post by taylor5877 » Wed Apr 13, 2011 10:09 am

:-k and on the flipside, they've replaced a reel for free that I messed up and I TOLD THEM that I messed it up when I sent it back...
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Re: How's your smoke holding up?

Post by RWSCHMITZ » Thu Apr 14, 2011 1:40 am

I had a Smoke 150 that had a bad bearing and they paid for returned shipping and I got a new reel back in 5 days !!!!!!
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Re: How's your smoke holding up?

Post by bp182 » Sun Apr 17, 2011 1:54 pm

Have not had any issues with my Smoke so far. Only time will tell if they can hold up with the Tour Editions.
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