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Gaijin
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I must say I think this was designed by a 7 year old boy after playing with slime… 

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change my mind… lol 


   
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Definitely not gonna try to change your mind…

Just my opinion…Chalking these up as a…..


Fail Black And White GIF

 


   
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@rise they really missed the mark on these in my opinion. I’ve never had a problem with a star drag, why does it need to be grippy? I don’t eat extra buttery popcorn while fishing.. lol


   
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I like the high grip knobs though!

 


   
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@blitzdr high grip knobs make sense. Ever slipped on the star drag though? lol


   
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Call me crazy but I dig these, that black with colored accent on the underside tips looks great without having to have the entire star be a solid color. I know rays and SLP had the two tone stars that had the black end points with the colored circular centers and those were neat but I think these look better. I am stoked to get a few. They would look dead sexy on black frame reel. They would even look good on other reels with some black accents or a CF handle. 

Agreed on the extra grip material not being necessary. I think most folks would just prefer solid aluminum for the entire star


   
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Got some Transformers toys feel to these.


   
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@kickerfish1 the metal base is clean, I’ll give you that. And the added color is a nice touch. But the “grip” looks like toys with sticky parts from the 90s. lol instead of this they should have done a run a moon star drags. lol much better!


   
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Posted by: @kickerfish1


Call me crazy but I dig these, that black with colored accent on the underside tips looks great without having to have the entire star be a solid color. I know rays and SLP had the two tone stars that had the black end points with the colored circular centers and those were neat but I think these look better. I am stoked to get a few. They would look dead sexy on black frame reel. They would even look good on other reels with some black accents or a CF handle. 

Agreed on the extra grip material not being necessary. I think most folks would just prefer solid aluminum for the entire star

You are crazy, but that’s besides the point…😉

That grippy material just cheapens the overall look to my eyes, but yes…a two-tone with more high end/refined materials in place would be a winner. I see the aesthetic potential and I’m also happy to see something “new-ish”, but….Sad that even SLP would move in this, what I deem a “lesser quality” direction. 

 


   
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@gaijin agreed


   
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@rise I agree on the newness. Maybe I shouldn’t complain too much as I feel it’s been a while since something new has come from a reputable reel tuning company rather than some Chinese knockoff company. The metal base with the plastic/zion star bit is a nice touch. Carbon has been welcomed and in a way become cheap to produce now so it’s nice to see some good machining.


   
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I'd be much more inclined to be interested if the star drag material was metal.


   
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@dragon1 the base is metal. But the star isn’t…


   
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@gaijin 

Yeppers, I gathered that and I'm not a fan of Zaion or Ci4+ on most things, aside perhaps reel seats and spinning reel arbors...this said, I like metal for my reel accessories, the exception being CF handles.


   
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@dragon1 yeah, I’m with you there! I love metal and carbon. It feels so good in the hands. Especially aluminum… except in the winter. lol 😂


   
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