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Location: Elkhart, IN | Here's a pretty good article on quality of bearings versus number of bearings. I've seen comment a few times about people thinking a reel is good because of how many bearings it has in it, but truly quality of bearings is even more important. Anyway here's the article. http://www.outdoorlife.com/outdoor/fishing/article/0,19912,726239,0... |
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Location: Rockland County, New York | The ball bearing race (no pun intended) certainly helped put companies like Tica and Okuma on the map. But all the ball bearings in the world can't make up for a reel with poor fit and finish (although it helps mask these defects somewhat). Look at Shimano spinners; except for the Stella, most of even their higher end reels rarely contain more than 4 BB's. Yet they are some of the smoothest reels available. And Daiwa makes their low end Samurai (app. $35) with something like 7 or 8 BB's, yet their mid-high end Ondine only has 3. And guess which is smoother? And the fact that some companies can stick 8 BB's (plus the cost & labor of the other parts)in a $30 reel and still turn a profit should tell you something about the quality of bearings used. |
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Location: Waukesha & Land O Lakes, WI | Shimano has been whooping the competition using up to only 5 bearing systems in thier spinning reels. You can take a Symetry at 5 and put it up against almost any spinning reel with 10 and it's no contest.
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Location: Elkhart, IN | Great points. Its amazing how many people are impressed when they see something like 10 bearings in a reel, but the true factor is what kind of quality the bearings are. Give me 4 good bearings over 10 so so bearings any day of the week. |
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