Just purchased an R60 today. It should arrive tomorrow. Come down to KY or TN for some winter fishing! It may get cold but the water doesn't freeze up.

@TheFlattyDaddies

4 жыл бұрын

That's awesome I think you'll like it they're good reels especially for the money. And man I wish I could swing that trip but it's just not in the finances haha. I'll be going to the potomac river in Maryland in November and we can get into some blues down there. Thanks for watching!

I’d like to see a comparison between the mc600 and cl60.

@TheFlattyDaddies

5 жыл бұрын

Well my Catmaxx is on the fritz so I might end up getting the mc600 to replace it. Definitely looks like a better reel than the cl60 but it's double the price.

I took my abu Garcia apart and didn’t feel the same after taking it apart and it’s super rough now, regretted taking it apart. Same thing happened to my avet reel. My Ming yang still works after 7 years

@TheFlattyDaddies

3 жыл бұрын

Sorry to hear that man but at least I'm not the ony one who has that happen to their reels. So far I'm alright with my Abus but the Kastkings and the Ming Yang both got loud after I took them apart. My Ming Yang is still going strong too just caught a 53 lber the other week on it. Not bad for their price at all.

I just got my 60L three days ago so far it’s fine I’m a use it for sturgeon

@TheFlattyDaddies

4 жыл бұрын

That's good to hear! I'm starting to wonder if I screwed mine up somehow when I took it apart. The drag just won't hold anymore no matter how many times I try to fix it. But it was fine before my initial tear down. I hope yours continues to work!

Thank you for the review.With that noise you are refering to would maybe regular servicing /cleaning and a thin smear of quality reel grease on all the gears prevent that.Looks pretty dry in there ,using it for long periods without maintanence/ lubing would fast track wear on even the more expensive brands.There is a guy on you tube that strips cleans and oils his aBU 7000s every 2 months when he is fishing them reguarly.Cheers .

@TheFlattyDaddies

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah I think it would help to clean them more often- they usually only get one cleaning a year and they get used at least once a week. Maintaining gear is important and I definitely neglect mine. Thanks for watching and the advice!

@chepachii

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheFlattyDaddies Hi again,, that grinding noise, I have found a way to quieten it, when you service it get a small paint brush and put a good coating of shimano ace 2 reel grease on the main gear making sure it gets I between the teeth. Has worked for me anyhow for what it's worth. Cheers and gday from Australia!

I bought three rovers and went night fishing. Forgot to click the baitclicker off when i was retrieving some hogs in . Little later figured out that two of the three reels were missing the baitclicker button .Contacted customer service and got the parts but just a warning, cut the baitclicker back off when retrieving

@TheFlattyDaddies

2 жыл бұрын

Some good info thank you! Glad to hear they sent you the parts too. I never had to contact them before but heard mixed things about their service.

That slop in the reel is one of my concerns. Someone else's video had a sloppy rover and a good ming yang so who knows about QC.

@TheFlattyDaddies

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah probably very little for both. I ended up getting 2 Piscifun Chaos reels and I'll never go back to either the Rover or Ming Yang. They are right and feel like a solid reel. I've put them through some serious punishment this year and so far I'm incredibly impressed. Thanks for watching!

Excellent review, I just got subbed to your channel! I just ordered a Rover 70L and I'd like to know what kind of rod can I use with it. I'll be using it for trolling here in Chile. Any recommendation? Thanks!

@TheFlattyDaddies

3 жыл бұрын

fabian gomez hey man I’m sorry somehow I missed this comment. First of all thanks for the kind words! And second, I wish I could help with the rod selection but don’t do much trolling. How are you liking the rover 70? I have one and personally think it’s a beast. It’s a little loud sometimes but with some maintenance and cleaning it’s a solid real. I hope it’s working out for you!

Hello! You know how size spool bearings on the Kastking Rover? Thank's!

@TheFlattyDaddies

5 жыл бұрын

No, unfortunately I don't have mics or anything to measure them.

@sdscustom

5 жыл бұрын

OK. And you have the simplest ruler. If you measure the outer diameter, I can understand. Thank's!

@sdscustom

5 жыл бұрын

Are the bearings the same?

@TheFlattyDaddies

5 жыл бұрын

@@sdscustom I believe so. I should have some time tomorrow night while my next video renders to tear apart my real and measure em. I'll let you know.

@sdscustom

5 жыл бұрын

Thank's!!!

How have they held up? Which has been better?

@TheFlattyDaddies

4 жыл бұрын

Definitely the Rover. The Ming Yang's drag doesn't work anymore. It seems real tight but as soon as it slips some line it gets super loose and won't get tight again. I think it's the material used for the drag washers. I really like the Rovers though and they are holding up very well.

The . drag system for this real is 18 lb . On this Ming yang . From Amazon

@TheFlattyDaddies

3 жыл бұрын

That's pretty impressive. I've been using the Ming Yang a lot more this year and it's doing real well. I got to test it on a 31lb flatty and it had no problem with it so I'd believe it has somewhere around 18lbs. Thanks!

@johnmcook1

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheFlattyDaddies send them them reels

@TheFlattyDaddies

3 жыл бұрын

@@johnmcook1 not really sure whatcha mean with that but thanks for watching! Most of my stuff is catfishing but I couldn't get out because the river was frozen over so I made a review video. It's not my calling but I tried.

@johnmcook1

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheFlattyDaddies bro send me them two reels. You dont need em you are big time you tuber.

@johnmcook1

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheFlattyDaddies Im kidding bro. But seriously you should do a sub count give away. Like say when you hit 20k 40k etc Your sub count would go up. And you my friend would start making some youtube money.

I have a okuma critrix and it makes the same noise its a shame the don't make reels in the US !!!!!!!!!

@TheFlattyDaddies

4 жыл бұрын

Good to know these aren't the only ones that do that. It would be cool if they made them here but then I probably wouldn't be able to afford one.

It's the cheap Chinese bearings is why it does that. Measure them get some decent bearings and that noise will go away the metal in the chinese bearings are soft so they make the parts have a little more play. I enjoyed this vid thank you for doing this.

@TheFlattyDaddies

5 жыл бұрын

Hey thanks for the feedback! I'll look into that because I love the Rovers but that noise does bother me. And here's an update on the Ming Yang: don't get that model. The drag is very weak and the company never responded to my questions about it. It seems well built but when I hooked into a decent channel the drag could not keep up.

@drifttrash37

5 жыл бұрын

@@TheFlattyDaddies not a problem I lost my calipers so until I get a new one my rover 60 will have that noise for now. Thank you for the feedback I was looking at some of them a few weeks ago but decided to pick up 2 penn rival 20LW very different then the rovers but the drag feels like you could pull in a boat plus 2 position power handle is nice. I'm now subbed brotha.

@TheFlattyDaddies

5 жыл бұрын

drifttrash37 Thanks for the sub! And you can never go wrong with Penn reels. Have fun out there and I hope you can break those in on some big uns!

@drifttrash37

5 жыл бұрын

@@TheFlattyDaddies Thank you for the awesome vids brotha. I have to go to the border of Kentucky and Ohio to lip them big whisker fish all the fatties around here are around 30lbs max and channels are roughly 15lbs max but I'm gonna try good sir. I'll be watching more of your adventures to come.

@1stevenyarbrough

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheFlattyDaddies Sougayilang is making another reproduction of this. It would appear that KastKing has stopped selling theirs and there's 3-5 companies pumping out reproductions with different colors.

Also know the metal is treated for salt water use

@TheFlattyDaddies

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks that's good to know!

You can lap the gears with toothpaste it makes a huge difference

@TheFlattyDaddies

3 жыл бұрын

Really? That's an awesome tip!

@bsdgffishtuna5186

3 жыл бұрын

what does it do? "lapping"?