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penn torque spin reel

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Sydney Neal:
Has anyone had a play with one of these

Mark Harris:
Had a little play with a Canadian friend's. It was the big model... size 7 I think?

Design and look is fairly horrible - spaceage bling gone mad, and I hated the under-sized knob.

But, had a few jigging drops with it and it handles nicely and feels like a decent quality reel. Unfortunately did not get a fish on.

Can't really add much more than those bare bones I am afraid.

Sydney Neal:
Cheers mark
The reels are half the price of the stellas and saltigas and I agree that they look ugly,
JM probably have a after market handle for it so it might end up as part of my tackle collection. Just wanted to know if it was comparable to the above mentioned reels like smoothness anti-reverse and so on cause I couldn't find any info from that Allan Hawke guy or anyone else

Jamie Moir:
The mistake with the case seal was pretty hilarious. The body o-ring seal goes outside the sideplate screws, so it leaks through the screw-holes.

Penn is represented in Australia by Jarvis Walker, not really an outfit known for top quality sales and support.

Bit odd that neither Alan Hawk or Alan Tani have reviewed it.

Mark Harris:
My main concerns would be:

- how sealed is it really?
- the drag (I have yet to come across any America spinning reel that lays out drag satisfactorily)
- only 7 bearings

A better comparison might be to Twinpowers rather than to Stella and Saltiga.

And you would have to leave the house with something that looks like this:

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