KastKing Kestrel Elite BFS
Re: KastKing Kestrel Elite BFS
Its funny how this company chases what's supposed to attract the clueless. The "fastest reel on the market" and now "the lighest reel on the market". A brand created to milk the clueless teenager and his dad that fishes one Sunday per month.
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Re: KastKing Kestrel Elite BFS
The JDM Zillions are now under $250 from Digitaka with free shipping.Johnny A wrote: ↑Mon Aug 01, 2022 9:54 amaddendum:Johnny A wrote: ↑Mon Aug 01, 2022 9:50 amDuring the American Civil War, quite a few people with wealth or claimed wealth were able to mass produce “items and food”, get government contracts and supply soldiers with basically “crap”. It was known as the “Age Of Shoddy”. I think today is basically the same thing. Cheap labor, poor design, mass production and a dozen other attributes have allowed inferior products to live in the marketplace and it’s only going to get worse.LowRange wrote: ↑Mon Aug 01, 2022 9:25 amThey were just rebranded Chinease Aliexpress reels. Some still are but they use other platforms too.Johnny A wrote: ↑Mon Aug 01, 2022 5:14 amI’d “heard”, Kast King was a crowd-sourced tackle venture so I did a little bit of investigating to see what was hat and what was cattle. I couldn’t find anything about crowd-sourcing but I found the parent company of KastKing, ePoisedon(? spelling) was started by MBA students from Syracuse University.
If I understand correctly, they wanted to skip layers of R & D to bring anglers ideas direct to consumers, among other thoughts. Here’s the link to their website, let them tell the tale.
https://kastking.com/pages/our-story-view-more
This is the real “Age of Shoddy”.
The new Daiwa Zillions can be head between $300 and $400 USD, actual Japan Zillions. You have made in Korea reels running for more than that. It’s all profit for the pocket.
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Re: KastKing Kestrel Elite BFS
Kinda like ordering a crappy local micro brew for the same price of a known quality premium bear...ya drink it anyway regardless that it tastes terrible.
That's the fastest way to get it out of your system, I suppose. The faster down the gullet, the faster one can get it out of their system.
So, those that buy at full price at introduction will likely be the ones to take it to the urinal first for lowball resale?!?
That's the fastest way to get it out of your system, I suppose. The faster down the gullet, the faster one can get it out of their system.
So, those that buy at full price at introduction will likely be the ones to take it to the urinal first for lowball resale?!?
"It is like a finger pointing away to the Moon...don't concentrate on the finger, or you will miss all of that heavenly glory."
Re: KastKing Kestrel Elite BFS
This type of hype and sale of crappola goods, services, leadership, etc., has been around for generations and even Eons...fishing gear is just another product in the tool box.
"It is like a finger pointing away to the Moon...don't concentrate on the finger, or you will miss all of that heavenly glory."
Re: KastKing Kestrel Elite BFS
My favorite Aliexpress fishing reel name was "worlds lightest fishing reel". That was the name of the reel.
Re: KastKing Kestrel Elite BFS
Awesome name for Aliexpress reel
The Reel Test casts KastKing Kestrel Elite BFS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fXXAX3WkIY It casts good! I expected little better with 1.2 g lure, but have to keep on mind that was full spool of 4 lb Fluorocarbon, which is not ideal. And bearings might be worth to be flushed as someone commented on Youtube. (Or replaced to ceramic hybrid.) Also someone commented that reel seems sitting high on rod, and I think same. If that's true, I don't understand why they have done that like that. But in The Reel Test it was nicely palmed anyway.
In my opinion reel looks more appealing in raWr Fishing's video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84gIlepFrt8 And no, it's not high sitting, it's low reel.
Re: KastKing Kestrel Elite BFS
Hoping that tilting fixing arm for magnets is pivoted correctly also in LH model
http://www.tackletour.net/viewtopic.php ... 03#p715003
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fh56wxgo-ME&t=115s
http://www.tackletour.net/viewtopic.php ... 03#p715003
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fh56wxgo-ME&t=115s
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Re: KastKing Kestrel Elite BFS
I like the Kestrel. I know one of the above channels has a relationship with KastKing and the opinion may be skewed. Regardless of what people say, it's a pretty nice BFS reel.jvelth74 wrote: ↑Tue Aug 09, 2022 2:54 amAwesome name for Aliexpress reel
The Reel Test casts KastKing Kestrel Elite BFS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fXXAX3WkIY It casts good! I expected little better with 1.2 g lure, but have to keep on mind that was full spool of 4 lb Fluorocarbon, which is not ideal. And bearings might be worth to be flushed as someone commented on Youtube. (Or replaced to ceramic hybrid.) Also someone commented that reel seems sitting high on rod, and I think same. If that's true, I don't understand why they have done that like that. But in The Reel Test it was nicely palmed anyway.
In my opinion reel looks more appealing in raWr Fishing's video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84gIlepFrt8 And no, it's not high sitting, it's low reel.
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Re: KastKing Kestrel Elite BFS
I believe it's very good in operating characteristics and also ergonomics, but I think it's just too pricey as KK reel, for me Btv, is magnet arm in correct way in LH Kestrel reel?Hobie-Wan Kenobi wrote: ↑Thu Nov 10, 2022 7:46 pmI like the Kestrel. I know one of the above channels has a relationship with KastKing and the opinion may be skewed. Regardless of what people say, it's a pretty nice BFS reel.