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Kevin Perkins * CLXXX *
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Infomative as ever, and plenty of good advice. One thing that puzzles me is how much input (if any) the manufacturers require from real (pun!)anglers.
As you say far more reels are designed down to a price, than up to a specification. In order to keep unit costs down they are shipped over by the container load and dumped on the market.
Although these reels appear to be getting ever more sophisticated, they are also getting (relatively) cheaper, and whilst we wont quite get down to the 18 ball bearing/?1.50 model, are we getting near to it now?
The factories will only continue to churn out these reels if we keep on buying them, and if they keep on improving the quality, where is the obselescence, or do we just throw away perfectly good reels on a fashion whim in future?
As you say far more reels are designed down to a price, than up to a specification. In order to keep unit costs down they are shipped over by the container load and dumped on the market.
Although these reels appear to be getting ever more sophisticated, they are also getting (relatively) cheaper, and whilst we wont quite get down to the 18 ball bearing/?1.50 model, are we getting near to it now?
The factories will only continue to churn out these reels if we keep on buying them, and if they keep on improving the quality, where is the obselescence, or do we just throw away perfectly good reels on a fashion whim in future?