ceramic bearings vs Xtreme Reel+

[BigT]

I've been playing with ceramic hybrid bearings and I just got hold of some XTreme Reel+. I wanted to see what made the biggest difference to bearing performance in a small baitcaster so I used my Pflueger Trion LP  as a 'test bed'.

A bit of playing around with lubricants and bearing combinations and here's some more results measured in 'freespool time'...

original stainless bearings lubed with TG's Rocket Fuel - 20 seconds
original stainless bearings lubed with ReelX - 22 seconds
original stainless bearings lubed with Xtreme Reel+ - 30 seconds
ceramic hybrid bearings (Boca Ceramic Lightning) out of the box - 35 seconds
ceramic hybrid bearings (Boca Ceramic Lightning) lubed with ReelX - 35 seconds
ceramic hybrid bearings (Boca Ceramic Lightning) lubed with Xtreme Reel+ - 40 seconds

The verdict. Xtreme Reel+ is great but in a small baitcaster that has a relatively light spool like this, ceramic bearings seem to make a much bigger difference. I'll be using a combination of ceramics and Xtreme Reel+ but if you only were going to do one thing to improve a small baitcaster, I'd swap the bearings.


Cheers, BigT

[alantani]

i would be curious to know if it actually made a difference in casting distance.  i'll bet that it does!  alan