What rod is the reel paired with?

Bout $250-600 reels and $100 reels I prefer $100 reels because I’m reckless with my gear I don’t clean them I leave them in the boat under the elements so reels only last 2years tops with me and I actually find the cheaper ones can take more of a beating

I’ve had mine since 2013 . This is a great reel , I haven’t had any trouble out of mine at all , and this is the reel that I usely pick up when I have a spinning reel application .

I have the earlier model, I bought it right before the newest model like you have came out. I was wondering if you have used the older model and if you have if there is much of a difference. I live in Massachusetts and throw a lot of finesse baits like weightless senkos so I am looking to get another spinning reel. I think mine is awesome by the way, it is so smooth. Thanks, I love your videos, they have helped me a lot.

We’re here with one of the best reels for the price!!! ONLY $699

Hagane, whatever, fake crap. Also that reel is sorely underspooled.

shimano c14 reels are awesome. I have the last model and this newer one both in 3000 size paired with a Phenix Trifecta 8’6″ mh and a Phenix M1 7’8″ m. I fish the southern California surf and these reels are great for it.

If you are thinking of getting one, do not hesitate. You will not regret it. Just be sure you pair it with a nice quality light rod to compliment these reels.

The new Plueger President XT is $80. It has the carbon fiber handle and cork knob, or the Pflueger Supreme XT for $150. I don’t like the looks of the new Stradic CI4, as it looks cheap.

$229 is middle of the road pricing?   Ummm, yeah, right.  Fifty bucks is middle of the road pricing.  Carbon composite is just as strong as aluminum, but it still flexes, and aluminum does not.  Flex wears out gears, and cold forging is simply not important in something like a fishing reel.  It’s a great selling point, but makes no difference at all in quality.  The same is true of the carbon composite material used for the body.  It’s very high tech sounding, it’s a great selling point, but it’s not as good as aluminum, and no better than the body on any other reel.

Titanium does save weight, and it is strong, but a thick steel bail is as strong or stronger, and it takes a LOT to bend one on even a fifty dollar reel. 

Shimano does make excellent reels, but the actual technology involved does not warrant the price.  But this is true of almost every brand of reel that costs much over a hundred dollars.  Reels, and many brands of rods, are among the most overpriced products in the world, if you look at it in terms of how little they actually cost to make, and of  how little real difference there is between very expensive and fairly cheap reels and rods.   Often, the cheaper reels and rods by off brand companies cost more to make, use similar, or even better, material, but cost a fourth as much, or less. 

The funny thing is that cold forging is usually cheaper to manufacture, but you get charged more for it.   It can be worth the price, when used on a piece of equipment that takes tremendous strain, such as a tractor,  but a fishing reel is not such equipment. 

In fairness, I’ve owned only one really expensive reel, but the gears in it wore out, while the gears, and everything else, in a sixty dollar Penn with an aluminum frame are still working after nearly three times as long. 

I used to work in design and marketing, and not once did anyone mention more quality.  The goal, regardless of company, was always higher profit margin, and the strategy was how to use high tech jargon to increase MRP while lowering manufacturing cost.   One of the prime design ploys was to find a cheap product that worked well and sold well, make cosmetic changes, use high tech sounding materials that often made the product weaker, and then market it at a very high MSRP based on those materials. 

Rods are even worse.  Many have heard of planned obsolescence, but “planned breakage” should really be the key phrase with many products.    Once upon a time this was used only for very cheap products, but for he last twenty t thirty years, it’s used in very high end products.  The ideal is to make a product that works very well, so consumers will pay a lot to get it, but build it so it breaks relatively easy.. 

Anyway, sorry to ramble on, but some of the work I’ve done, and much personal experience, has made me extremely pessimistic about many high end products, fishing rods and reels included. 

I know there is some real junk out there, but, again in fairness, while Shimano does make great reels, the prices they, and every other high end reel manufacturer charge, are simply not justified at all by manufacturing cost, by quality level, or material level, above far cheaper products.

You could pair the whole ugly stik species series pretty well. You would end up with a light action crappie spinning rod, 5’6-9′, your choice, 7′ ML and MH striper rods, and a 7 or 8′ catfish rod. They all match in color and are great multipurpose rods all around. The rods would only total $160 and of course you could pick spinning or casting on all of them except the crappie ones. But “they” won’t tell you that…

I stop watching when he said up to 5k………

i have a shimano Sahara.. i think ill put this piece of crap away and buy the ci4 reel..

I bought a the previous version of the Shimano Stradic and I really regret it. The reel felt solid for the first three months and then it’s performance just dropped.

I have a quantum kenetic sp (40) i got it in 2010 and it is much better than this thing. It has 2 large spools allowing for lots of line and higher pound test and line twist is very rare. The retrival is very smooth with 9 titanium ball bearings. The reel is made completely of metal with a beautiful red and black finish. Titanium bail is something ive have never had a problem with. I dont know why people complian about weight but with a completely metal reel it seems to not be light (My opinion not too much of a problem. I really done care) It costs about 80$ on amazon and honestly so worth it. Thank you for reading my random review on a much cheaper spinning alternative.

I know all this technical talk is interesting to design engineers , enjoy.

Why don’t you do a review on other reels like okuma or penn o wait you work for shimano why does shimano make the bail arm so thin I don’t get it they bend real easy garbage

Is the Clarus a good rod?

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Ryobi Zauber . Now thats a good spinning reel.

My new shimano stradic ci4 is making a strange noise, is this normal? a kind of buzzing sound.
This is a video i shoot showing that:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/hp6r34j6o8be3j9/20170725_182349.mp4?dl=0

Yes they are great reels can’t argue that, however I don’t think they are worth more than 150us tops.

I guess money is no problem for you.. ,good!.. But the average guy will spend maybe 50. or 60. bucks for a spinning reel and be happy with it…You are not making videos for pros, you are making them for the average guy..again, the 50. bucks per spin reel type of guy…think about that..

What rod are you using?

For the low low price of 300 dollars