Differences in Alphas reels

[froteur]

Would someone please list the main differences between the Alphas reels - 103 (purple one), F, Type R, R tuned, Ito ai, and whatever else I missed?

Thanks.

Perry

[zodiak311]

Would someone please list the main differences between the Alphas reels - 103 (purple one), F, Type R, R tuned, Ito ai, and whatever else I missed?

Thanks.

Perry

I can tell you that the purple 103 has corrosion resistance ball bearings. Check out japan tackle as well, they have all of them listed there.

[TeamDaiwaRick]

Alphas R-edition and Alphas ito are pretty much the same. Both have tuned spool

[Tokugawa]

The 103 and Type F are the same except the Type F has a 4 BB handle as opposed to 2 BB handle for the 103...and of course color.

[rumrunner]

The 103 and Type F are the same except the Type F has a 4 BB handle as opposed to 2 BB handle for the 103...and of course color.

so you're saying the 103 has the "factory tuning" that the type f has?

[raul]

Regular Alphas : CRRBs, no bbs under the knobs, painted purple

Ito: Lexan cover and front, polished aluminum finish, theoretically speaking tuned spool ( don´t know where or how, supposedly it had Typr R+ tunning but later it came out that it did not )

R-Edition: painted bright silver, carbon fiber swept handle, 2 bbs in the knobs, I´ze Spool, cork knobs.

Type F: 2 bbs under the knobs, 1 under each knob, ( not 4 like someone said ). Painted mattè silver

Type R: doesn´t exist

[BARRAMANIAC]

The purple alphas and the r edition are both okayed for saltwater use. the alphas f and ito are freshwater only reels.The Sol is virtually the same reel as the F with a different handle and colour scheme.

[Tokugawa]

The 103 and Type F are the same except the Type F has a 4 BB handle as opposed to 2 BB handle for the 103...and of course color.

so you're saying the 103 has the "factory tuning" that the type f has?

The Type F is not "tuned". Neither is the 103. The R-Edition is tho.

[overdose]

so is there a big difference in the ize spool vs ito spool and the r-edition spool? or are they all the same thing? another question... don't wanna highjack the thread, but could the ito clear side plate improve performance? just wondering...

[froteur]

so is there a big difference in the ize spool vs ito spool and the r-edition spool? or are they all the same thing? another question... don't wanna highjack the thread, but could the ito clear side plate improve performance? just wondering...

Not sure if the side plate can improve performance but it sure is cool.

btw ..... please keep the responses coming.

thanks.

Perry

[Tokugawa]

so is there a big difference in the ize spool vs ito spool and the r-edition spool? or are they all the same thing? another question... don't wanna highjack the thread, but could the ito clear side plate improve performance? just wondering...

All Alphas/Sol spools weight 16g, even with a bit of porting on the tuned versions.

The ize, ito and r-edition have different inductors. The ito spool is a bit more free than the 103/Sol spool.

[rumrunner]

The 103 and Type F are the same except the Type F has a 4 BB handle as opposed to 2 BB handle for the 103...and of course color.

so you're saying the 103 has the "factory tuning" that the type f has?

The Type F is not "tuned". Neither is the 103. The R-Edition is tho.

I have read the f meant factory tuned.And i can see that mine has been polished internally, compared to my sol.i got it used from japan, so i can't garuntee it was factory done, but it sure looked professionally done.the polish ends in a squared off manner, for example instead of haphazardly like somebody did it with sand paper or a dremel.

[raul]

so is there a big difference in the ize spool vs ito spool and the r-edition spool? or are they all the same thing? another question... don't wanna highjack the thread, but could the ito clear side plate improve performance? just wondering...

There is no R-Edition spool, the R-Edition has an I´ze spool. I don´t think the clear side plate has anything to do with the performance, the Itö casts great, the R-Edition casts great too, how much of a difference ? I don´t see or haven´t been able to detect such a significant difference between both and vs the Type F the difference is not THAT great, a foot in casting distance perhaps, but the R and Itö cast more freely, I know it because I have the three of them ( the only one I never purchased was the purple one ), different inductors ( probably ) between the spools, different spool supporting bearings ( probably ) between the reels.

The truth is, I purchased the reels because I like the platform, I can see small differences in performance between them but it´s like trying to split hairs, in the final run I don´t make such a big deal out of a foot in max casting distance because I seldomly cast trying to achieve the max casting distance possible.

[overdose]

There is no R-Edition spool, the R-Edition has an I´ze spool.

sorry raul... i said r-edition spool cause it comes with the r-edition and yes, love the alphas/sol plateform

[Eric Walsh]

I have almost every version as well and agree 100% with Raul.