new saltist 20

[big phil 123]

Anyone used the new black ones what there like compared to a penn mag?looking gor new gear for winter and as am saving a fortune being laid up its my excuse to buy lol

[cookie1992]

i havent used the black one but got the silver one best bet is to get it magged been told the craap when normall soposed to over run all the time top reels tho

[big phil 123]

i havent used the black one but got the silver one best bet is to get it magged been told the craap when normall soposed to over run all the time top reels tho

Any reel without mags are crap in my view to much messing about to get them to run right

[cookie1992]

yep if u want to try before you buy give me a shout ill pop down with mine and you can have a few casts

[g-force]

i havent used the black one but got the silver one best bet is to get it magged been told the craap when normall soposed to over run all the time top reels tho

Absolute nonsense, they run absolutely fine as they are. I know a lot of people who've bought magged ones second hand, found the mags horrible and had to pay a fortune to get them put back to original condition. No reason whatsoever to ruin these reels by fitting mags, I wouldn't touch a magged one, but use pretty much nothing but regular 20's & 30's for most of my fishing (only use smaller reels for up to 15lb stuff).

Gary

[shaun]

Magging a saltist will loose abit of its value if you were to sell second hand and theres really no need too IMO, they should run nicely with just 1 red brake block in.

[g-force]

Magging a saltist will loose abit of its value if you were to sell second hand and theres really no need too IMO, they should run nicely with just 1 red brake block in.

Yup, a magged Saltist is a ruined Saltist

Gary

[big phil 123]

yep if u want to try before you buy give me a shout ill pop down with mine and you can have a few casts

I have tried the silver ones mate its the black ones apart from them looking better wanted to know if they are better apart from the paint not falling off in a strong wind lol

[big phil 123]

Magging a saltist will loose abit of its value if you were to sell second hand and theres really no need too IMO, they should run nicely with just 1 red brake block in.

I have had this convo loads of times i have had break blocks and magged reels i like my reels to run slow in general but to get a reel running mint with mags is a doddle now break blocks if one is to fast 2 is to slow you have to mess about with oil thickness a magged reel lets you have more controll fact and also more distance fact so were is the ruined reel?

[john/r]

i wouldnt say magging a saltist is spoiling the reel brake blocks or mags all the same to me i prefer magnets as i keep loosing the brake blocks.

[cod magnet]

get a fathom 15 get it magged up job done

[cookie1992]

some people dont half bite i say magged reels are easyer to control every one has there own choice

[big phil 123]

get a fathom 15 get it magged up job done

I dont like them mate had them before run to noisy and slow

[shaun]

I have had this convo loads of times i have had break blocks and magged reels i like my reels to run slow in general but to get a reel running mint with mags is a doddle now break blocks if one is to fast 2 is to slow you have to mess about with oil thickness a magged reel lets you have more controll fact and also more distance fact so were is the ruined reel?

I wouldnt say the reel is ruined by magging, but imo they are better left as they are, its easy enough to control the reel by thumbing it when needed if theres a side/head wind.

Everyone has there preferances...

Anyway, im pretty sure theres little/no difference between the old silver saltists and the new black ones (accept they stay shiny for longer)

[big phil 123]

I wouldnt say the reel is ruined by magging, but imo they are better left as they are, its easy enough to control the reel by thumbing it when needed if theres a side/head wind.

Everyone has there preferances...

But why thumb it when youcan set it up safely magged lol i cant see why and how break blocks are better in any way