Hope I like it

I know I just ordered an Abu Garcia Beast , but I’m thinking I should have put that money toward what I really wanted .
A lightweight JDM reel to become my “go to” reel .
I’m constantly searching and researching, that how I found the deal on the Beast .
With Father’s Day coming up in a few weeks and with a birthday too , I found what I think is a deal on a Daiwa 21 Presso 1000S-P .
Specs:
Gear ratio: 4.9 / Winding length (cm/handle rotation): 60 / Maximum drag force (kg): 5
Weight: 5.0 oz (145 g)
Standard winding weight: Nylon (lb-m): 2.5-100, PE (No. -m) 0.3-200
Bearing (ball/roller): 12/1
Handle Length: 1.6 inches (40 mm)

This will be what I think is a true JDM reel .

Presso is a great reel I have both the 2018 and 2021. As Randy would say the low inertia star up is great. Be careful though the rabbit hole is DEEP. Scott

Do you have the revo mgx theta S1000? It’s my favorite reel and I own the 21 presso. Drag is superb on the revo I’m looking to pick up a couple more if I find a deal.

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Do you have the revo mgx theta S1000? It’s my favorite reel and I own the 21 presso. Drag is superb on the revo I’m looking to pick up a couple more if I find a deal.

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No I don’t .
I got worried about spending that much money on a reel and was afraid it wouldn’t be $160 better than what I already own .
I watched a video on the Presso that said it didn’t have Mag Seal , my Fuego has Mag Seal .
I’m going to wait on my Beast to get here and hopefully I won’t have any regrets about canceling my order .

The Presso is a fine reel. I have caught a lot of fish with it. I like the Beast and it is a very good reel and it will get a lot of use chasing big trout. But it could just as well be a good bluegill reel. The Presso…Luvias 20….Zenon….Ballistic FW are all light reels and are a hoot to fish with. I think for those of us who fish these light reels we fall in love with them. The Theta is also a nice feel and while not as light it is still pretty light. The Presso is very low inertia…and I really like the low inertia reels. I just don’t see how one can go wrong with the Presso.

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Thanks Randy for your input .
I’ll be keeping the Presso in my wish list and if the price attempts me closer to my birthday I may get one . My daughter usually gives me a gift card for my birthday and that’ll soften the price .
Meanwhile I need to get the Abu Garcia Beast and break it in on a few gills or maybe a few spotted bass.

Sounds like you will have a great setup when you get it together

Sounds like you are over half there, gill. Life is short. Get one if you can.
Bob

I’m hoping you like the combo and have no remorse. I know nothing outside of Randy’s review and I think another I saw on you tube. I’m very close to pulling the trigger on a Presso myself. I need one like…….well you know. I’ve handled a Shimano that’s the mid $500’s and super light and I’m sure the Presso would impress me just as much. It would also prompt me to build a nice 7’ ul rod to go with it. Or maybe just buy the combo. As I teeter on the edge of that rabbit hole……….

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I’m hoping you like the combo and have no remorse. I know nothing outside of Randy’s review and I think another I saw on you tube. I’m very close to pulling the trigger on a Presso myself. I need one like…….well you know. I’ve handled a Shimano that’s the mid $500’s and super light and I’m sure the Presso would impress me just as much. It would also prompt me to build a nice 7’ ul rod to go with it. Or maybe just buy the combo. As I teeter on the edge of that rabbit hole……….

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I’m holding off on the Presso until I’ve received and tried out the Abu Garcia Beast I ordered.
I’d love to fish a 5 oz 1000 size reel for a couple hours. It’d probably spoil me and I wouldn’t touch my other reels . :)
It’s hard to imagine a reel being that much better.
I feel You can buy a reel for a $100 today that would have cost three or four times as much ten years ago.

I see your point, but I’m a sucker for super light and effortless start up gets my attention. I’ve had one that really impressed me, and I still have the second one like it. I wore out and dropped the first one. The one I still have is 20 years old. It ain’t gonna last forever, and neither am I. The rods I’ve built outperform my expectations and if I have a higher end rod, I’ll buy a better blank and build it myself. I held a Phoenix blank today that had me weak but it was a 1-5 class rod, and weighed nothing. I told myself not yet.

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I’m holding off on the Presso until I’ve received and tried out the Abu Garcia Beast I ordered.
I’d love to fish a 5 oz 1000 size reel for a couple hours. It’d probably spoil me and I wouldn’t touch my other reels . :)
It’s hard to imagine a reel being that much better.
I feel You can buy a reel for a $100 today that would have cost three or four times as much ten years ago.

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This is the problem with these reels. When you fish the good ones you don’t want to go back down….then the journey begins….LOL. In 2012 I got the Luvias…then a Certate…then a Daiwa Ignis Type R…then a Shimano Twin Power, all made in Japan. I told myself that this is expensive and I went down to the Daiwa Iprimi reel. I immediately got rid of it. Was it a bad reel….nope….it just wasn’t as good as what I was used to. The Presso is one of my favorites. I have 3 reels out in my shop that I’m supposed to do a review on…3 reels worth 1800 dollars. The Stella…Exist and a Vanquish. But they are not mine. A guy wanted to see what I thought of the reels and do reviews on them. I have had these reels since September and I really need to get them back to him. But I sure wish they were mine. The feel you get when one is in your hand is amazing. I have said for years I will buy an Exist someday but never have. The new Exist SF coming out is only 135 grams for the 1000 series. As I have told folks on my YouTube channel since it started…one certainly does not need these reels to catch fish. While many will say they’re overpriced and so on, one can’t deny just how fine a piece of machinery they are. It reminds me of when I did my 3 years in Germany and got to hunt there. I was introduced to the finest shotguns in the world. I was privileged to be able hunt with them. Of course I could not afford those guns but I sure wish I could have.


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Unfortunately Randy, I know about shotguns too. I hold myself into the brownings. I have friends with the Perazzi and Krieghoffs and so on. Wonderful work on those.

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Unfortunately Randy, I know about shotguns too. I hold myself into the brownings. I have friends with the Perazzi and Krieghoffs and so on. Wonderful work on those.

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I used to live within 10 miles of Ottsville PA. where Krieghoffs are built.
I never had the urge to visit the place.
I also know a guy pretty well for a long time who has numerous trap guns.
He has broken 100 straight numerous times, but never 200 straight.
So about 10 years ago he took a trip to NY and got all measured up for a Perazzi.
He has since had it restocked, and had other things done to it as well.
Last i heard the dream still eludes him.
Id be willing to bet that there are some who did that with a Remington, or a Winchester 101.

You guys are costing me a lot of money. Order a presso 1000s from Amazon this morning to pair with my press Air ags rod that arrived last wek.

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You guys are costing me a lot of money. Order a presso 1000s from Amazon this morning to pair with my press Air ags rod that arrived last wek.

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You guys quit buying these . I haven’t made up my mind if I’m going to buy one yet and if y’all keep buying them the price is going to go up. :) .
Just kidding, congrats! Let us know how you like it .

Hopefully when I can give you a report i'll be able to give some insight on the spare spools I also ordered for the reel. Ordered spare SLP Works spools from aliexpress.

I had ordered them for a legalis before with no problems.

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Hopefully when I can give you a report i'll be able to give some insight on the spare spools I also ordered for the reel. Ordered spare SLP Works spools from aliexpress.

I had ordered them for a legalis before with no problems.

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If I could order spools from AliExpress using PayPal without making an account, I would have already ordered shallow spools for my several Fuego LT’s I own and wouldn’t feel the need to buy a Presso .
It took me awhile before I ordered from JDM Tackle Heaven .

It's been about a year since I first ordered from aliexpress, so I don't remember the whole process. I did probably set up some kind of account. I log in using my google account, so I do get a lot of emails from them about differnt products and such, however I don't really use gmail for my main email account. I do use paypal when buying things from them.

Yobuck, look up a guy named D. Lee Braun. He was sponsored by Remington and won everything he entered with out of the box Remington guns. Quite talented.

Chaser, if I get set up with them I’ll let you know and I’ll get what you want added to my order and send em to you. I’m wanting some spools for my regals.

Thank you all for the posting the information on the rod and reels. It also gives me plenty of information to study and decipher while I’m on the injured list.

I ended up cancelling the spools I had ordered from aliexpress. I was doing some looking for which spools were needed for the fuego reels that gillchaser has. A google search for SLP works lead me to amazon where I found the spools for the Presso with quicker shipping and less money than what they were on aliexpress. I ordered one each of the 10000S and 2000SS. As far as I can tell the spool is the only differnce between the 1000 and 2000 reel. At least with Amazon I can send it back if that isn't the case.

I didn't find the spools that fit the fuego or regal on amazon though.