Abu Garcia WTF's
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One can always send the R&D for Reel Design at Pure Fishing an email and ask them. It's always nice to go to the source and get an informed reply.
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I thought I'd changed it to no avatar but I flip back and forth between the two. Currently, I'm using Abu spinning and Daiwa casting.Normware wrote:Why is your avatar TEAM DAIWAJohnny A wrote:Revo is a good reel. Call it OEM all day long. Call it a Korea reel all day long. Revo is the Honey Badger of reels. It don't care. If you screw it up, Abu send you a new one.
Gen 1, Gen 2, Gen 3, Gen 4. Solid.
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Guess you wouldn't agree with Cals review on possibly the highest rated reel I've ever seen on TT.
http://tackletour.com/reviewaburevo4X.html
http://tackletour.com/reviewaburevo4X.html
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I don't know. That really makes me want one. Sh*t.domthewon wrote:Guess you wouldn't agree with Cals review on possibly the highest rated reel I've ever seen on TT.
http://tackletour.com/reviewaburevo4X.html
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hah i was just reading the review. Then again, its a $99 reel, may be good for its price range, but certainly not something will ever replace an Alphas, Metanium, etc.domthewon wrote:Guess you wouldn't agree with Cals review on possibly the highest rated reel I've ever seen on TT.
http://tackletour.com/reviewaburevo4X.html
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Expensive items never score as well, because the "price" rating will bring down the average.domthewon wrote:Guess you wouldn't agree with Cals review on possibly the highest rated reel I've ever seen on TT.
http://tackletour.com/reviewaburevo4X.html
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Damn. Just spent $200 on I’ze Light. Should have bought 2 Revos instead.
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Anyone tried the new Gen 4 Premier??? Had a friend with a Gen 3 that he swore casted everything (down to an 1/8) pretty good...
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If its anything like my JDM LV7, its awesome. I know the Premier is on the bigger frame like the X, SX, S, STX.DirtyD64 wrote:Anyone tried the new Gen 4 Premier??? Had a friend with a Gen 3 that he swore casted everything (down to an 1/8) pretty good...
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Agreed! I would take either of those any day.SSS wrote:hah i was just reading the review. Then again, its a $99 reel, may be good for its price range, but certainly not something will ever replace an Alphas, Metanium, etc.domthewon wrote:Guess you wouldn't agree with Cals review on possibly the highest rated reel I've ever seen on TT.
http://tackletour.com/reviewaburevo4X.html
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Yeah I've noticed that in the reviews, also the lack of color options of the reel, and how difficult they are to acquire can score some negative marks. LOLtywithay wrote:Expensive items never score as well, because the "price" rating will bring down the average.domthewon wrote:Guess you wouldn't agree with Cals review on possibly the highest rated reel I've ever seen on TT.
http://tackletour.com/reviewaburevo4X.html
I'm sure it is a good reel for the price point, but if $99 was my budget I would be grabbing a tatula of some sort on the big auction site for reduced price personally.
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Yeah, but you can't get a 5 speed Tatula lefty, and you wouldn't get that monster pinion gear.domthewon wrote:Yeah I've noticed that in the reviews, also the lack of color options of the reel, and how difficult they are to acquire can score some negative marks. LOLtywithay wrote:Expensive items never score as well, because the "price" rating will bring down the average.domthewon wrote:Guess you wouldn't agree with Cals review on possibly the highest rated reel I've ever seen on TT.
http://tackletour.com/reviewaburevo4X.html
I'm sure it is a good reel for the price point, but if $99 was my budget I would be grabbing a tatula of some sort on the big auction site for reduced price personally.
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My first bass baitcaster was an abu and it was pure trash. I bought a ambassador as a back up to my Calcutta 400 for musky fishing. I would used it 5% of the time casting and for soaking suckers(so letting out 8-12ft of line out the back of the boat and reeling a sucker back). within a couple months a piece of plastic popped of the top and a knob came of a handle, then the reel just stopped working all together. The thumbar wouldnt fully disengage the handle and I lost a 15lb musky cause the drag crapped out. My friend bought a vendetta rod for his gf.. Literally the first fish after she handed him the rod so he could try it the tip broke on a hookset. Abu Garcia is a complete joke, don't waste your money. Buy daiwa or shimano.
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Me too i broke a tip on a Vendetta while setting a hook on a 2lb walleye, and that was my 2nd or 3rd time using the rod. One of the worse rods i have ever purchased. The only Abu rod is currently own is the older JDM Hornet Killer Bee, and its great, never had any issues with it.Obz wrote:My first bass baitcaster was an abu and it was pure trash. I bought a ambassador as a back up to my Calcutta 400 for musky fishing. I would used it 5% of the time casting and for soaking suckers(so letting out 8-12ft of line out the back of the boat and reeling a sucker back). within a couple months a piece of plastic popped of the top and a knob came of a handle, then the reel just stopped working all together. The thumbar wouldnt fully disengage the handle and I lost a 15lb musky cause the drag crapped out. My friend bought a vendetta rod for his gf.. Literally the first fish after she handed him the rod so he could try it the tip broke on a hookset. Abu Garcia is a complete joke, don't waste your money. Buy daiwa or shimano.
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All of the lower end Abu rods I've used felt pretty awful. I haven't had any break, but the tapers were terrible. No real tip action at all. Just graphite dowel rods. I do have a couple of Fantasista Regista rods and they actually feel pretty dang good. Maybe jdm Abu has upped the ante? I haven't tried any other Abu rods in a few years, but people seem to like them, so...good on them.SSS wrote:Me too i broke a tip on a Vendetta while setting a hook on a 2lb walleye, and that was my 2nd or 3rd time using the rod. One of the worse rods i have ever purchased. The only Abu rod is currently own is the older JDM Hornet Killer Bee, and its great, never had any issues with it.Obz wrote:My first bass baitcaster was an abu and it was pure trash. I bought a ambassador as a back up to my Calcutta 400 for musky fishing. I would used it 5% of the time casting and for soaking suckers(so letting out 8-12ft of line out the back of the boat and reeling a sucker back). within a couple months a piece of plastic popped of the top and a knob came of a handle, then the reel just stopped working all together. The thumbar wouldnt fully disengage the handle and I lost a 15lb musky cause the drag crapped out. My friend bought a vendetta rod for his gf.. Literally the first fish after she handed him the rod so he could try it the tip broke on a hookset. Abu Garcia is a complete joke, don't waste your money. Buy daiwa or shimano.