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| What the heck?? multiple posts...
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Location: APPLETON, WI | The consensus seems to be that the 5.4:1 gear ratio for the Revo Toro is a great all-around reel. I have this reel that I use for my "all-purpose" set-up and I love it for DCG's, Double 13's, etc, etc.
The 4.6:1 gear ratio is what's currently available on the Revo Toro Winch model... |
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| Maybe the use of larger gears is the momentum F x a = M increases, so you can create the same force with less power ? |
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Location: Hugo, MN | Curlytail has it 100 percent correct. It is simple physics and cannot be argued. Bigger gears are for better durability, period. As far as the two reels in question, the 5.4 will generate approximately 20 percent more speed than the 4.6. To do this you will need to work harder, since the other variable, handle length is the same.
Pikemaster, measure the length of the Trinidad handle. That's where the perceived power comes from. The durability comes from the beefy gears, etc.
- must add that doubling the retrieve speed of a dcg doesn't make it pull twice as hard. If you can retrieve a bait at 20 in per crank with x amount of effort, that doesn't mean that to retrieve that same bait at 40 in per crank, with the same perceived effort, would require a handle twice as long. It may be more like 1.5 times the length, depending on the drag characteristics of the bait, which change with speed.
Having said that, the 4.6 is good for hard pulling baits.
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Location: Latitude 41.3016 Longitude 88.6160 | The Trinidad handle is over 100mm long, that will give you power to turn the gears, The ABU INSHORE reels have a 105 mm long double paddle handle, I have ordered alot of the INSHORE handles from ABU for my customer reels because that Handle will fit a TE, Luna, ABU 5500 & 6500, which has a 90mm as std. |
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| Pikemaster, how does that compare to the handle length of the Revo Toro's (double or power handles)? |
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Edited by nclaker 5/13/2010 10:16 PM
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Edited by Targa01 5/13/2010 8:26 PM
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