Maxel reel reviews full#

Thank you very much for the kokelar handle for my alutecnos gorilla, alan, that you send to Aachen. The good thing is, that here in europe the price of the osl is 269€ whereas pe4 ist priced at 489€.Īnd even the bearings seems to be from the same manufacturer Is there a connection too between JM, maxel and studio ocean mark? Here the main difference seems to be, that blue heaven is using a double anti reverse ball bearing instead of the combination of double dog and one anti reverse bearing. Is the JM a common development of JM and maxel? Who knows the whole story?Īnother fact is that the JM internally looks very near to the blue heaven L120 (google for the review from Alan Tani), which was first buildt in 2006, so far as I know. The pictures are from 2009, the time JM goes with it's reels to US market and show some prototypes (on another reel there is written 'jigging master tested'). On the 5th picture you can see on the left side a reel on that is written 'maxel'. But then someone detects the picture on sportfisherman forum: The only important difference is that the lever of the crank is 80mm vs 90mm for pe4.īecause JM is well known, but maxel (a joint venture of chinese and american people, located at Hongkong) is not, the majority suppose that the maxel is the clone and JM is the original.īut there are doubts, because maxel produces reels since 2003 and JM since 2009 and there are reels from 2007, that looks a bit like the JM's.

Maxel reel reviews full#

Even the linearity of drag pressure from free to full is the same. I measure a drag capability of 45lbs with only a minor binding effect.

A neat touch is the positive thumb bar free spool with automatic re-engagement in less than a quarter of a turn. Spool capacity is 300 metres of PE2 braid. Small, light and powerful, it has a 6.0:1 gear ratio and 13kg drag. Both reels have the same dual drag and the combination of a double dog and anti reverse ball bearing. The Hybrid is a true multi-task, star-drag reel for jigging and bottom fishing. The osl has the same dimensions as the pe4, this is true even for the bearings, gears and the spool shaft. Look for the reel to be included eventually.I'm in the same german forum as miwidomi and I have had the opportunity to compare a osl06d and a pe6.īeside the fact, that the pe6 is the bigger reel (a correct comparision would be between the osl06d and pe4) the reels are more or less equal. The 60 was yet to be included on Maxel’s website at press time. That’s about all the info that’s available currently. Maxel previously introduced a smaller Rage jigging reel named the 25H. Here’s an article from Sport Fishing Magazine that describes. What’s the equivalent in feet? someone asked in the Facebook post from The Reel Seat.Ī customer filled the reel with 625 yards of Sufix 832, The Reel Seat answered. The reel holds 1,200 meters of PE2 braid, Maxel’s literature says. This single-speed reel, in either version, features a 5.3: 1 gear ratio for fast line retrieve, a longer handle and a T-bar for power, dual drag for more precise, gradual and smooth drag and “M-Power Torsion Mechanics” for improved cranking torque. The 60H has begun to arrive in the United States, including at The Reel Seat, after being sold in Japan first.Ī left-handed version named the 60HL is also available. The jigging originated in Japan and then Australia. That’s because the store is a local pioneer at stocking different jigs, rods, reels and lines for this angling that’s becoming popular here for nearly any bottom fish like sea bass but also other catches.

The folks at that Brielle, N.J., tackle shop would know. If a better reel for slow-pitch jigging exists, we haven’t found it! a post said about Maxel’s 60H on The Reel Seat’s Facebook page.