Quantum smoke reels good,bad or otherwise

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Quantum smoke reels good,bad or otherwise

Post by Nightwish » Tue Jun 26, 2018 12:21 pm

l was looking at these reels Quantum Smoke SL30 PTIA Spinning Reel on ebay and was wondering if anyone had any experience with them.
They are $80 delivered,normally they are around $150 l think they have been discontinued
l was wanting to use it for estuary and lake fishing.

Cheers Tony

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Post by hornet » Tue Jun 26, 2018 1:21 pm

I think DougieK has had some hands on with these reels ? he'll probably give his opinion when he reads this thread.
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Post by one2three » Tue Jun 26, 2018 3:50 pm

Nightwish wrote:l was looking at these reels Quantum Smoke SL30 PTIA Spinning Reel on ebay and was wondering if anyone had any experience with them.
They are $80 delivered,normally they are around $150 l think they have been discontinued
l was wanting to use it for estuary and lake fishing.

Cheers Tony

Have you got the ebay link?
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Re: Quantum smoke reels good,bad or otherwise

Post by Nightwish » Tue Jun 26, 2018 5:12 pm

this is the link,l hope it works

https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Quantum-Smo ... 1438.l2649

Cheers

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Post by 4liters » Tue Jun 26, 2018 6:35 pm

I've got a few different Smoke reels, can't fault any of them. My Smoke Speedfreak just needed a little fresh grease after a season of spinning for salmon but I think that it pretty standard given it would have done well over a thousand casts and retrieves.

Dinga will suck your **** if anything goes wrong with the reel too so you can buy pretty much anything from them with a fair degree of confidence.

I think the new ones will be unveiled at AFTA: http://www.quantumfishing.com/reels/spi ... shore.html
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Post by smile0784 » Tue Jun 26, 2018 6:51 pm

They look good

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Post by one2three » Wed Jun 27, 2018 11:45 am

Nightwish wrote:this is the link,l hope it works

https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Quantum-Smo ... 1438.l2649

Cheers

Thanks, Nice reel.
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Post by Lightningx » Wed Jun 27, 2018 11:52 am

Nightwish wrote:this is the link,l hope it works

https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Quantum-Smo ... 1438.l2649

Cheers
I don’t own one but they do look alright.

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Re: Quantum smoke reels good,bad or otherwise

Post by DougieK » Wed Jun 27, 2018 12:08 pm

I've got a Cabo 40 which is heavy but really really nice reel to use.

Also a Speedfreak 30 on my squid rod. I woudl take a similar priced shimano any day of the week (ci4 strad) but this one came to me for a very good price.

There is nothing wrong with the speedfreak I just dont' have the same confidence in it. Although it comfortably handled a 1.5kg salmon off a beach in NSW recently, and it's lightweight is ideal for squidding and highspeed retrieve makes working metals really easy.
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Re: Quantum smoke reels good,bad or otherwise

Post by CarlG » Wed Jun 27, 2018 1:14 pm

Got a couple of quantum smokes on casting outfits on my mates boat. They were very good on the last Portland tuna trip, pretty impressed with the drag on them.

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