faker Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 (edited) Guys i was look at some reels between daiwa, penn and shimano Saltwater reels. While daiwa and shimano are pretty consistent with each other. A Penn 4500 feels like a daiwa/shimano between 5000 and 6000 for line capacity. Is this normal and is their a guideline for picking equivalents? Edited July 5 by faker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james Cutler Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 As I said on another post the Penn slammer 4 4500hs will stop a Mack truck. One of the best reels I have ever owned & I have plenty of reels Bought Daiwa once, never again. The only Shimano that is any good at the moment is the Stradic 5000 FM. (IMO ) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faker Posted July 5 Author Share Posted July 5 1 hour ago, james Cutler said: As I said on another post the Penn slammer 4 4500hs will stop a Mack truck. One of the best reels I have ever owned & I have plenty of reels Bought Daiwa once, never again. The only Shimano that is any good at the moment is the Stradic 5000 FM. (IMO ) Yea but i need to know line capacity equivalents. Really hard to work out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lhan Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 all this three manufacturers have well documented reels line capacity on their site. For Penn I reckon to check mono/mm for the capacity (find the corresponding mm for PE Gouw). For example slammer 4500 claims to accompany 290m 0.28mm mono. PE3 is 0.285 in diameter so I would say it could spool 250-290m STANDARD PE3 braid. It's roughly the same line capacity as Shimano SW 6000 (I just recently spooled a spheros sw 6000 and it's officially claimed to have capacity of 300m PE3) Honestly I think Penn slammer is very underrated, but at the same price point I'll simply go for the Saragossa. Or if you don't wanna spend that much, a spheros is cheaper but not much striped. If you don't care about fully sealed, the normal Daiwa bg/Penn battle iii is great value 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james Cutler Posted July 6 Share Posted July 6 I have A Penn Battle 3. The Penn slammer 4 is a much better reel. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thehairynurse Posted July 6 Share Posted July 6 I have 300m of kariki 4 30lb on my 4500hs slammer4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faker Posted July 9 Author Share Posted July 9 On 7/5/2024 at 11:44 PM, lhan said: all this three manufacturers have well documented reels line capacity on their site. For Penn I reckon to check mono/mm for the capacity (find the corresponding mm for PE Gouw). For example slammer 4500 claims to accompany 290m 0.28mm mono. PE3 is 0.285 in diameter so I would say it could spool 250-290m STANDARD PE3 braid. It's roughly the same line capacity as Shimano SW 6000 (I just recently spooled a spheros sw 6000 and it's officially claimed to have capacity of 300m PE3) Honestly I think Penn slammer is very underrated, but at the same price point I'll simply go for the Saragossa. Or if you don't wanna spend that much, a spheros is cheaper but not much striped. If you don't care about fully sealed, the normal Daiwa bg/Penn battle iii is great value is the spheros a metal body or something else ? not sure how well it handles shore jigging Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lhan Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 (edited) 1 hour ago, faker said: is the spheros a metal body or something else ? not sure how well it handles shore jigging it's metal body&spool but plastic rotor&side plate from what I can tell. It's a serious saltwater reel inherited a lot from saragossa so I think for the normal Sydney-wise shore jigging it's very capable. I heard its drag system isn't good enough for what you would expect when size >=8000 and targeting meter-ish stuff. But for ordinary shore jigging I think it's actually overkill for bonitos and rats. I wouldn't use drag > 5kg anyway for a 6000 size reel when paring with mh/h shore jigging rod Edited July 9 by lhan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faker Posted July 13 Author Share Posted July 13 On 7/9/2024 at 1:54 PM, lhan said: it's metal body&spool but plastic rotor&side plate from what I can tell. It's a serious saltwater reel inherited a lot from saragossa so I think for the normal Sydney-wise shore jigging it's very capable. I heard its drag system isn't good enough for what you would expect when size >=8000 and targeting meter-ish stuff. But for ordinary shore jigging I think it's actually overkill for bonitos and rats. I wouldn't use drag > 5kg anyway for a 6000 size reel when paring with mh/h shore jigging rod Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now