Ultimate Tuner Reel

[bundy]

What reel responds best as far as doing all the mods and ending up with a great performing, lightweight, best bang for the buck reel??? Response could be broken down by manufacturer.

[Lubina]

DR's Alpha F and Pixy

[Nitroman77]

daiwa Pixy
Alphas Ito-ai
Daiwa Sol

[wiper]

I would have to say any of the alphas/sol's.For what you pay for them,they are great right out of the box

[GAMEOVER]

Sol/Alpha and Pixy for sure.

[bundy]

Hmmn, all Daiwa so far. Anyone modding Shimano reels?

[zenbassr]

What reel responds best as far as doing all the mods and ending up with a great performing, lightweight, best bang for the buck reel???

shimano curado 100B or citica 100D
daiwa millionaire cv-x103a

any of these can be found for under $100, new spare parts are easy to get, and there's quite a few choices for upgrades including different spool options (wiffle spool and/or ceramic spools) and bearing-supported handles.

once tuned these reels will keep up w/ the high-end models costing 2-3x more...

[tj1004]

Hmmn, all Daiwa so far. Anyone modding Shimano reels?

Haha, b/c Daiwas need all the mods they can get to be worth a dang!!

J/K, kinda....you can mod Shimano Scorpions, Curados, Chronarchs, Calais, whatever. All reels respond well to mods, but to see a big performance difference it just depends on how well the reel performed before the mods

[just4kix]

Alphas Line/Pixy.

[D.R.]

Most reels will show some improvement with a few mods.

IMO the most improvement shown is with = Alpah , Pixy, TD-X, Sol.

D.R.

[tonym]

Although not lightweight or lowprofile Abu round reels are highly tunable.

[bruce S]

I have one or two old TD-X laying around , what could be to it,

B

[tonym]

I have one or two old TD-X laying around , what could be to it,

B

Depends on how in love you are with the reels.
I have a TD-S 103HL that I absolutely love. It's a little heavy and bulky, but it pitches and flips very well and fits my hand to a T.
Even though it's an older(discontinued), inexpensive reel I upgraded it with ZPI SiC spool bearings and Smooth Drag drag washers and it made a night and day difference. Even more so than doing the same mods to my TD-Z reels.
I think the TD-S and X reels benefit more from these mods because they use lower grade components to begin with.
Now would I spend the extra $$$ to put a ZPI handle on my S reel? The idea of a bearing supported handle is tempting, but the cost is not.