This is off another site Steve, why put up the specs of a Commodore/Falcon priced reel like a Catalina, Twin Power or Saragosa, but compare it's pricing with a 'Ferrari'.
"new range tuff tackle..Diablo 9000
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I see tuff tackle have a new range of eggbeaters with a 10 year warranty.
Would be interesting to see if it would stand up to H/duty use.
It's a big claim they have but yah never know.
Tuff Tackle. Australia.
Not $1000 to $1500 like Stella or Dogfight reels
Features: - 24kg rated with 44lb of drag (100 - 150lb sharks, tuna, marlin with ease)
- Gear box lubrication port.
- Al-Si-Cu Aluminium body, and rotor, bail arm assembly.
- (NO GRAPHITE).
- All sintered bronze gears.
- Non reversible LARGE one-way bearing (permanent one-way).
- Stainless steel, Anit reverse Gear Ratchet
- Positive lock Screw in crank handle ( Left or right handed).
- Ball bearing spool (for high speed drag runs).
- Stainless steel, and carbon fibre composite drag washers.
- Fully sealed Drag.
- Patented handle and knob, with lubrication points.
- Bearing line level pulley.
- 3mm bail wire.
- Line capacity 20lb-280yds 16lb 310yds 28lb 200yds 0.37mm-320m 0.4mm 300m 0.5mm-220m.
- Linear bearing race for internal slide plate.
- All Stainless 316 alloy for all metal components (Marine).
- All Aluminium alloy Al-Si-Cu (Marine).
- Gear ratio 4.4:1.
- Weight 800grams.
- Suits 10 - 37 kg spinning, jig, and game rods.
- Requires reels seats # 22mm or bigger (Most rods over 10kg are #22mm - #25mm)
With 2 years of research and developement
########## has come up with the PERFECT
reel, suitable for snapper to tuna to mako shark fishing,
and also suitable for suf fishing, one reel to cover most fishing types,
deck out the boat with 5 reels for the price of one of the competitions similarly rated products."
