Okuma Vs Model Spinning Reel

[MarlinMadness]

Hi fellow fish raiders,

Great to see this site pumping along and the moderators doing a awesome job and keeping the 'pain in the @ss people out! Well done!

Ok, I was watching a DVD that was attached to the latest Fishing Monthly (Sorry Modern Fishing) and they mentioned the OKUMA VS Spinning reel which had up to 15 ball bearings which must mean this reel would be sweet sweet reel to retrieve with.

Just wondering if anyone has one of these reels etc and if so, how they find the smoothness etc and any other details that would be interesting to know.

Some of the details are:

- ALC: Rigid diecast aluminum frame and rotor

- DFD: Precision Dual Force Drag system

- E2BB and HPB corrosion resistant bearings

- Hydro Block water tight drag seal

- Multi Disk Oil Soaked Felt Drag Washer System

- Patented Elliptical Oscillation System

- Precision machine cut brass pinion gear

- Quick Set Anti Reverse

- Up to 15 stainless steel ball bearings

Look forward to hearing from fellow users of this particular model that OKUMA offer.

Cheers

MarlinMadness

Edited May 21, 2006 by Marlin-Madness

[Blood Knot]

Marlin Madness -

Sorry cant help out with an opinion on that particular Okuma, though they allways seem to give them a bit of flogging (physically and verbally) on those DVD's Guess they are straight out of the box for the film shoot, so may be does not give much insight in to how they perform with some miles on the clock. Hope fully some Okuma users wil have a more informed opinion.

as for me... thought the DVD was the best part of the mag!

John

[caine]

dont know but i think

to many ball bearings = hard to maintain = not long lasting