Avet Reels

[Scotty T]

Anyone own one of these units??? My mate has one and I have to say they are a quality bit of kit, my old fella is looking at buying one as they do a left hand version. I know they havn't been in the UK for that long, hence why i'm wondering if anyone else is a proud/unproud owner. Think they do 2 sizes, the one my mate has is the smaller version, and it is very small. similar to a 6500 size, but with mega gearing and a solid aluminum cage.

 

Scotty

[Sharkbyte]

I bought my old man an SX (6500 size) for Christmas. So impressed i'm going to be getting a couple for myself. Excellent bits of kit in my opinion and very good value really, especially when compared to plastic like reels in the same price band.

[Norm B]

Anyone own one of these units??? My mate has one and I have to say they are a quality bit of kit, my old fella is looking at buying one as they do a left hand version. I know they havn't been in the UK for that long, hence why i'm wondering if anyone else is a proud/unproud owner. Think they do 2 sizes, the one my mate has is the smaller version, and it is very small. similar to a 6500 size, but with mega gearing and a solid aluminum cage.

 

Scotty

Very good quality reels, been around in the states for a while, not heard anything bad about them.

[Happy Dude]

we have a pair of the EX 4/0 2speeds which we use for skate, totally bomb proof, i've heard a couple of reports about drag problems but this was by people using them for BIG tuna etc....

 

the funny thing is that when you pull line off by hand the drag feels rough, but when a fish dives and strips line it is really smooth, just as good as the shimano TLD 30 2 speed we have on the 3rd rod we use

 

hopefully get a proper chance to test the drag on mine in a couple of weeks in kenya

[Scotty T]

Great response, glad to hear they are getting around how. They do look the nuts, and as I said they are much smaller than you would expect, yet extreamly powerfull. And as sharkbyte says the SX is good value.

 

Scotty

Edited February 15, 2006 by Scotty T

[Sharkbyte]

One other thing worth a mention. I used RokMax to supply mine and the service was superb, can't praise them highly enough.

[jabee]

I have an LX (little bigger than a 7000) and it's bomb proof - three years hard use and still as smooth as it was new.

[n4lly]

Avet are the best

[AlderneyBassman]

Fancy the MX size myself with a 6.3 retrieve.

 

Been looking at getting one from here

 

http://www.cabbagekeyrodandreel.com/AvetReels.html

 

They will spool it with braid for anothet 10 bucks.

[Happy Dude]

Fancy the MX size myself with a 6.3 retrieve.

 

Been looking at getting one from here

 

http://www.cabbagekeyrodandreel.com/AvetReels.html

 

They will spool it with braid for anothet 10 bucks.

 

 

 

cabbage key is were i got our 4/0's.

 

i had them sent to my mates daughter in texas and she brought them back in her suitcase so i managed to avoid the usual VAT, duty etc.

 

the guy at cabbage key, i think his name is eddie, is well conversant with UK importing rules and is very helpful in this department

 

my 4/0 cost me £163 inc postage to texas from them, same reel from rokmax is £256 plus postage, not thier fault, rip off britain as usual

 

another place that does them is http://www.charkbait.com/cs/csrAvet.htm

 

they were doing them in different colours inc purple