Help in feedback Penn Surfmaster 850 & Penn Sargus 7000?

[simplywabs]

Lads, I am looking at adding another reel to the number of reels that I have. Does anyone have experience with Penn Surfmaster 850 & Penn Sargus 7000?

I wanted to know if this is a good buy for its price and if there's any issue with it.

Thanks again!

[Al]

I had the Penn surfmaster 850 and it lasted about 3 months, If you do a search on the site you will see alot of other people have similar issues. I have not used the Sargus though. If you are looking for quality you should probably look at the Shimano range, I use a daiwa emcast and I find them very reliable. JP will probably say otherwise though

[simplywabs]

Hi Al,

Thanks again for the feedback. I got a couple of PM's already with the same feedback as yours on the 750/850. basically Crap! This is the reply I sent.

"Thanks a lot for your feedback. I have a couple of Shimano Spheros 14000 FB and I love its performance. I just saw those 2 Penn ones and are cheap. My son keeps on using my Shimano reels and at times not being handled properly, that's why I am trying to add some not so expensive reels. Thanks again... I'll try to find other ones. "

[fagan]

yeah the 750/850 r crap man def 1 of the worst reel feedback ive ever seen, the mitchell avosurf and the daiwa emcast sport 5500/6000 is the same price range but far better reels, have a look and see what ya think.

[Conger]

Hi Wabs

The 750 and 850 are not the best reels around, have not used the sargus so cannot compare but one of the lads is using a shimano Ultegra reel and it is a great reel, bit on the pricy side but is a beauty of a reel

Regards

Seamus