Anyone tried DIY spools? $29-$40 BFS spools!

[SSS]

Tried it, it will not work. The rivet that serves as a spacer is smaller than the inner tube of the diawa knob, so when you fit it in without a bearing, the knob rattles.

[Loafer]

Hello, TT!
Is it new spool for Steez SV/A/Zillion etc: http://ali.pub/54mdtc ?
May be somebody tried it already?

[IlliniDawg01]

That is a pretty fancy spool Loafer. If they make a deeper version I'll have to pick one up.

[adam lancia]

What's the verdict on the AMO ZPI lookalike (34mm)...? Let me know if you have one and which reel you have used it in.
Thanks in advance!

[hoohoorjoo]

Tried it, it will not work. The rivet that serves as a spacer is smaller than the inner tube of the diawa knob, so when you fit it in without a bearing, the knob rattles.

I've had a handle that did that before. Assuming this handle is the same and that bottom part is also shorter than a comparable Daiwa handle, you can sand down a bushing to the appropriate thickness and it will work.

[Dalleinf]

I have just noticed that the Roro spools for CT reels are now with triangular holes instead of round ones as I have in my three Roro spools. Has anyone tried both - noticed any difference?
Thx for any input.

[abbor]

My Roro CT spool has hexagonal holes.

[Loafer]

What's the verdict on the AMO ZPI lookalike (34mm)...? Let me know if you have one and which reel you have used it in.
Thanks in advance!

Hello, Friend!
LowRange wrote about it in my topic about Rays studio spool. Please, check it: viewtopic.php?f=65&t=80168&start=45

[Dalleinf]

My Roro CT spool has hexagonal holes.

Yeah, I may have mistaken some of my roro spools - some have round holes and some hexagonal. None triangular. Wrote the company - reply said slightly lower weight w triangular.

[LowRange]

Hello, TT!
Is it new spool for Steez SV/A/Zillion etc: http://ali.pub/54mdtc ?
May be somebody tried it already?

I have the Tatula version of that spool. The inductor like to stick and the spring is very soft. I haven't fished it yet. The inductor sticks with spool flicks. I would pass.

[LowRange]

What's the verdict on the AMO ZPI lookalike (34mm)...? Let me know if you have one and which reel you have used it in.
Thanks in advance!

Works great in older 103 reels. In my LIN10 1016 there is a fitment issue and the spool bearing is too tall so the spool wont seat all the way in. Works great in my SS SV103/105. Awesome spool for older 103 reels. Can to both power and finesse. Spool bearing is VERY noisy however. The Ray's Long Cast 34mm spools are really fast in older 103 reels so the AMO spool is nice for those reels. Definitely worth picking one up for an older Steez or TD-Z.

[mlgi]

Can someone confirm that AMO deeper spool (zpi looklike) will fit to Zillion SV TW?
Thank you for the feedback.

[adam lancia]

What's the verdict on the AMO ZPI lookalike (34mm)...? Let me know if you have one and which reel you have used it in.
Thanks in advance!

Works great in older 103 reels. In my LIN10 1016 there is a fitment issue and the spool bearing is too tall so the spool wont seat all the way in. Works great in my SS SV103/105. Awesome spool for older 103 reels. Can to both power and finesse. Spool bearing is VERY noisy however. The Ray's Long Cast 34mm spools are really fast in older 103 reels so the AMO spool is nice for those reels. Definitely worth picking one up for an older Steez or TD-Z.

That's exactly what I was looking at using it in, either a TD-Z or an OG Steez. The line capacity looks pretty ideal. Thanks for the input, I really appreciate it!

[minch1o]

What's the verdict on the AMO ZPI lookalike (34mm)...? Let me know if you have one and which reel you have used it in.
Thanks in advance!

Works great in older 103 reels. In my LIN10 1016 there is a fitment issue and the spool bearing is too tall so the spool wont seat all the way in. Works great in my SS SV103/105. Awesome spool for older 103 reels. Can to both power and finesse. Spool bearing is VERY noisy however. The Ray's Long Cast 34mm spools are really fast in older 103 reels so the AMO spool is nice for those reels. Definitely worth picking one up for an older Steez or TD-Z.

have you tried it in newer reels? i was considering buying one for my steez A tw, and use it also in an OG zillion with spacers...

is it more of a controlled spool like for example older zpi rc001 and fixed inductor zillion PE (the only 2 fixed inductor spools i've used) or more on the wild side??

[LowRange]

What's the verdict on the AMO ZPI lookalike (34mm)...? Let me know if you have one and which reel you have used it in.
Thanks in advance!

Works great in older 103 reels. In my LIN10 1016 there is a fitment issue and the spool bearing is too tall so the spool wont seat all the way in. Works great in my SS SV103/105. Awesome spool for older 103 reels. Can to both power and finesse. Spool bearing is VERY noisy however. The Ray's Long Cast 34mm spools are really fast in older 103 reels so the AMO spool is nice for those reels. Definitely worth picking one up for an older Steez or TD-Z.

have you tried it in newer reels? i was considering buying one for my steez A tw, and use it also in an OG zillion with spacers...

is it more of a controlled spool like for example older zpi rc001 and fixed inductor zillion PE (the only 2 fixed inductor spools i've used) or more on the wild side??

I haven't but a user did on page 56. He did some casting with the spool in a 19 morethan PE which is the same platform as the steez A. In my case I have both the 34mm Ray's Long Cast and the 34mm AMO. I find the Ray's ideal in 1016 reels but way too fast in my 103 reels (SS SV103 and Steez LTD). The AMO is great in those reels and doesn't even fit my LIN10 1016 but I have not tried other 1016 reels. I only have the two LIN10s and two T3s for 1016 reels. I do prefer the Ray's in my IS73 despite being a 103 reel because the magnets are so strong that the under braking spools performs very well in those reels. In a megabass IS the Ray's behaves like an AMO in a regular steez 103.