This is a really nice rig. Nicer than most of my last king spinners

This reel is almost effortless to use, it casts and reels like clockwork, the drag setup is easy, the only thing you have to fear is the dreaded bird's nest, but practice will fix that

The reel came in a box with a parts diagram on the box. No instructions of where to write to get replacement parts. One negative in my mind.

The reel is all metal and seems substantial and solid. Black side plates, golden spool, with golden adjustment knobs, (attractive to look at)

Inside most of the parts are brass except dor the levelwind gear and the clicker gear. At $49.95 this is not bad at all especially if you are planning to remove the levelwind altogether to make it a surf casting specialist reel like I am.

The cast control knobs ( 2 of them ) are better and more effective than the Kastking Rover 60s but not as good or effective as those found on an Abu 6500 C. Then again you're talking $49.95 vs $139.95.

The drag advertised 30 lbs which I didn't believe but to my surprize it delivered 37.7 lbs on a pull test. On a 5 lb drag setting it was a little jerky over a 20 yard walk test.

The Abu 6500 only claims 15 lbs and delivers 14.7 so there you go. This reel is $49.95.

I put abiut 350 yards of 65 lb Power Pro line on the reel and added it to a 10 ft medium light surf rod rated for 1oz to 5oz weights and went to the field.

Right out of the box, as is I was able to cast 2 oz & 3 oz sinkers 105 to 111 yards with one breakoff and one bitds nest out of 21 total casts.

Casting it compares favorably to the Abu 6500 out of the box. I will say the levelwind assembly is noisey and robs you of significant distance.

I had to set the spool tension a little higher than I wanted because of the somewhat ineffective centrifugal brake.

Future plans for this reel include removing the levelwind and all gears associated with it. Removing the centrifugal breaks and adding a knobby mag brake.

I may or may not swap out the bushings on the spool for a set of dry run ceramic bearings.

There isn't a lot of roon for a knobby mag.
6mm to 8mm at max. An N52 magnet at this size should do the job.

I fish the surf in the Gulf of Mexico with Redfish, Spotted Sea Trout, and Flounder being my most common target species.

The reel should be able to handle them without any problem but with this high drag strength you will need 50 to 80 lb braid to keep from the heavy but sticky drag.

Over all at $49.95 this is not bad at all

The reel's price is great, I have used it only once and it performed well just have to get use to the locking mechanism kinda old school, but pretty smooth operations so far.
It would make a great Christmas gift for an older person who is are will like the locking mechanism. Strong reel on first day out fishing, just a little concerned about the long term effects.

Works every time I use em