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Title: newer penn ss reels
Post by: Reel Time on July 08, 2007, 06:06:54 PM

 i just knew it was to good to be true, that the new reels where as good as the old ones. talking about the new graphite reels

 brought moms reel home the other night for maintnence, and found the nut under the spool holding the thingymagigy together loose. tightened it up and good to go.

 today the same nut on steppops reel came loose enough to bind the reel up.

 i own plenty of these reels in thier older models and never had any problems what-so-ever. and a couple of them have to be hitting 7,8 years old. these reels that failed in the past 2days are not more than 2years old >:(

 so in conclusion no more penn ss reels for me, unless they are used and the older models.

Title: Re: newer penn ss reels
Post by: IrishAyes on July 08, 2007, 06:50:04 PM

As with anything else.  The things they make today don't hold up nearly as well as things from the past.  Gotta make em cheaper so they can make more of a profit. 

Title: Re: newer penn ss reels
Post by: hareball on July 08, 2007, 11:56:01 PM

found some old ones on ebay
8500SS
http://cgi.ebay.com/Old-Penn-8500-SS-Fishing-Reel_W0QQitemZ230150143181QQihZ013QQcategoryZ36164QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem (http://cgi.ebay.com/Old-Penn-8500-SS-Fishing-Reel_W0QQitemZ230150143181QQihZ013QQcategoryZ36164QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)

750SS
http://cgi.ebay.com/Old-Penn-750-SS-Fishing-Reel_W0QQitemZ230150143702QQihZ013QQcategoryZ36164QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem (http://cgi.ebay.com/Old-Penn-750-SS-Fishing-Reel_W0QQitemZ230150143702QQihZ013QQcategoryZ36164QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)

450SS
http://cgi.ebay.com/PENN-450-SS-SPINNING-REEL_W0QQitemZ230149691360QQihZ013QQcategoryZ36147QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem (http://cgi.ebay.com/PENN-450-SS-SPINNING-REEL_W0QQitemZ230149691360QQihZ013QQcategoryZ36147QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)

4400SS
http://cgi.ebay.com/PENN-4400SS-SPINNING-REEL-4400-SS-GRAPHITE-HIGH-SPEED_W0QQitemZ170128617364QQihZ007QQcategoryZ36162QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem (http://cgi.ebay.com/PENN-4400SS-SPINNING-REEL-4400-SS-GRAPHITE-HIGH-SPEED_W0QQitemZ170128617364QQihZ007QQcategoryZ36162QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)

Title: Re: newer penn ss reels
Post by: mboy on July 11, 2007, 05:58:41 AM

I stopped buying Penn reels a LONG time ago.

Title: Re: newer penn ss reels
Post by: Luna Sea 5 on July 11, 2007, 06:56:45 AM

I use the Penn SS series, and your correct, the older models are way better... and cheaper.