avet sx 5.3

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#1 Post by **fishinmidget** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 9:40 pm

anyone know anything about these reels. am getting one soon.

[url]http://www.tackledirect.com/avet-sx-reels.html[/url]

its the green one im getting

#2 Post by **rapalajoe** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 10:35 pm

I got one....the old version....a tank...easiest reel to maintain..throw in a bucket of water after each used and give them a crank....nice free spool.....can be magged for casting.....no brake at all...lever drag....unfortunately only single drag which will make cranking a bit heavy after reaching 20lbs amount of drag (if not mistaken).....ratchet sound on cranking....nice loud alarm/clicker....not sure with the new models.....mine got no IAR....so theres backplay on the crank.....the new models got nice crank handle....in swept.....hence more stable/less wobble while cranking....the new models also come with 2 speed.I remember cranking a 35 kg of ray in south africa a few years back with 50lb braided...not a problem.....a true winch.....good choice of reel......

Rockhopper · #3 Post by **Rockhopper** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 12:29 am

I have the SX and the MX (in silver, because I'm not a tart like you

) they are everything Joe has just said...pleasure to use and own.

I magged both of mine...it takes all of 10 minutes.

Should be an excellent Tope reel from either boat or beach!

BTW Alex...reason I got the silver ones....they stay looking newer for longer..the anodized ones can show scratches easy.

Tom.

#4 Post by **rapalajoe** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 1:14 am

Just in case u need it....or just to have a peek in the beast guts....all metal..
[url]http://www.tackletour.com/articlereelmaintenanceavetsx.html[/url]

#5 Post by **Tanglerat** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 11:27 am

Top quality reel. I loves my sx so much, it's displace my tld 5 and 10s in my affection.

I'm a true tackle tart, fickle in my affections.

#6 Post by **fishinmidget** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 7:00 pm

thanks guys. yep you guessed it tom, am only going for the green one as i am a tart(tackle tart , that is) and it looks so cool. i hadn't realized the sx was so small though

the line amount seems to suggest a larger reel but i ain't complaining. this reel will be for the times i just want to bring 1 reel and one rod, so in case i ever get round to catching a big fish i will be safe in the knowledge my tackle can handle it.

anyone else go anything to add?

Alex.

Rockhopper · #7 Post by **Rockhopper** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 7:17 pm

Alex,

Let me know when you want to mag it....I will email you the diagrams.

btw...sat mine on the table when I first got it..spun the spool...after about 6 minutes I got sick of waiting for it to stop

...nice to watch but not that nice when you want to cast it unmagged

Tom.

#8 Post by **fishinmidget** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 7:31 pm

lol..how long does your magged sx spin for?

Rockhopper · #9 Post by **Rockhopper** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 9:53 pm

2 magnets tame it quite well

Tom.