cheap reel..... Ha

[rid 05 198]

So how long do you think it holds up?

https://www.temu.com/baitcasting-fis...517180227.html

[pabasshawk]

It probably will stay smooth as long as a Lews

[weiglein4]

The add says "High Performance". You should be ok. Get a couple of them.

[billnorman1]

Well, believe it or not, Chinese people fish too.
It's probably worth what you pay for it.

[BigFishSteve]

It would probably surprise you.

[mdbasser]

I bought 2 spinning reels for hop ons in my boat. Smooth, sturdy. Drags not the greatest. But well worth the price point.

[Grizzly]

It does say "Ideal for Big Fish Catch".

[geodebasser]

If it’s cheap you get what you pay for? I believed that until I started buying H2O Academy Crankbaits that were half the price of namned brand ones. I caught a lot of nice fish on them.
Then they had a sale on their Tac 40 reel for $75.00 . I bought one and five years later it is my go to reel.. I have plenty of high dollar Shimona and Ambassador reels . Now I have five Tac 40s.
You know if you bought that $29.00 reel it might surprise you or it might be a piece of junk. One thing for sure is you will never know until you try.

[cwilt]

It does say "Ideal for Big Fish Catch".

What does this mean...Screenshot_20240210-060509_Chrome.jpg

[CaymasRodney]

I bought a little something here while back from them, now every five minutes I get a text trying to sell me deals.

[ECobb91]

It’s probably a rebadged Banax (Quantum) or Haibo (Ardent/Piscifun) anyways

[bnt55]

What does this mean...Screenshot_20240210-060509_Chrome.jpg

Pretty self explanatory, it means the reel will not allow the line to get hot and combust, usually killing the angler and sinking the bass boat. The Chinese really do care about your health, I wish they made more products we could buy.

[squib]

I was ordering some other crap (socks and gym shorts) off Temu a few weeks ago and saw that exact reel. I was curious and thought for $20 I would order it, look it over, and give it to my nephew. Anyway, it came in last week--and it looked better than expected. I put it on my jerkbait rod and went fishing yesterday. The thing casts great and is as smooth as any non-$200 reel. I am will keep it for at least this jerkbait season and see how it holds up. This is on a rod I use very little but I like to have it in the boat. No sense it seems, putting a nice reel on a rod I use for probably less than 5 hours in a year.

[basscat21]

CDM reels the new JDM....

[BassinPaPaw]

I’m thinking about ordering some for baits that I always want tied, but don’t throw much over the course of day. A spook as an example. I always want one tied on, but I may a go a day and never make a cast with it. May fire it for 10 minutes. I thought these would be perfect for something like this.

[MI bassassassin]

Pretty self explanatory, it means the reel will not allow the line to get hot and combust, usually killing the angler and sinking the bass boat. The Chinese really do care about your health, I wish they made more products we could buy.

Now that’s some funny S**t right there

[squib]

I’m thinking about ordering some for baits that I always want tied, but don’t throw much over the course of day. A spook as an example. I always want one tied on, but I may a go a day and never make a cast with it. May fire it for 10 minutes. I thought these would be perfect for something like this.

The one linked above--the one I bought--is a bit of a BFS option. Shallow spool, etc. I was slinging a light, down-sized jerkbait 35 yards. A standard spook may required a bit of a beefier version of the reel. Good things there are 10,000 of those cheap reels on Temu.

[Rangerdeepv]

You get what you pay for..............

[squib]

You get what you pay for..............

$20....

I'll scavenger then handle off of it and have my $20 worth.

[bilgerat]

CDM reels the new JDM....

You’re old enough to remember when made in Japan meant junk …