My Conquest 201 had a seized bearing(the one on the pinion) so i decided to fully replace all the bearings with those fully white ceramics from aliexpress, total cost about SGD60. now the reel is unstoppable. But i still prefer hybrid bearings for my spools. How noisy is it? And any particular reas...

My Conquest 201 had a seized bearing(the one on the pinion) so i decided to fully replace all the bearings with those fully white ceramics from aliexpress, total cost about SGD60. now the reel is unstoppable. But i still prefer hybrid bearings for my spools.

All my casting reels are premodded and preserviced with ZPI bearings and my prefer grease blend. They end up smooth cranking but with little resistance (spin for days on freeload) and i have 5 of such *reels all except for my Antares Mgl. -*Reels - Bantam MGL 14 Conquest 16 Zillion HLC Zillion JDre...

All my casting reels are premodded and preserviced with ZPI bearings and my prefer grease blend. They end up smooth cranking but with little resistance (spin for days on freeload) and i have 5 of such *reels all except for my Antares Mgl. -*Reels - Bantam MGL 14 Conquest 16 Zillion HLC Zillion JDrea...

I’m also not a big fan of the 2015 Met DC. Fished mine for two seasons hard and also felt that it was nothing to write home about. Besides the cool DC whine, I don’t think it offers any real world advantages over a regular Met. My current favorite is the Bantam MGL. Now that’s a solid performer tha...

Had the MET DC, it was inconsistant in casting. i even compared it with another unit from a friend of mine. It thinks it knows what to do based on how fast the spool spins (= how hard you swing. However, there are many types of casts required in my fishing. etc long distance, short disc or underhand...

DirtyD64 wrote:

j2015 wrote:Dropped in the avail shallow spool and the thing is a pitching machine!

How does that spool toss light lures???

I threw a 4g jig head fully stock mgl spool and bearings loaded with 20lbs firewire crystal on a MH rod.
It blew my mate's mind who was on a full BFS set up.

My Brake settings are 1 inner block activated, 2.5 / 6 on the side plate.
Works well for most lures i throw.
at 2 / 6, the line starts to get really unstable even with 2 inner blocks activated.

By the way the (Stock) bearings were dipped in acetone with 1 drip of Hedge hog alchemy ultralight oil.

http://www.hedgehog-studio.com/product-list/635

I just made an order for the Teal in colour.

Hey yo, I've owned an used the 16 Zillion HLC for a year now, and i find that it works perfectly when casting lures that's heavier than 1oz, in fact it outcasts other reels when in casting within that lure range. I wouldn't recommend casting anything lighter than 0.4oz (12grams), they become inconsi...