It a beautiful made reel at least for my purpose fishing. With 0.2pe & 1.0 lead can deliver my 2g lure near 30m effortlessly. To my knowledge & I have both Kestrel elite & Kestrel.The later reel is a non-magnesium body. Both reels are basically identical other than the said material difference. The later reel cost about $130 & silver coloured instead of gunmetal color.
Hi! How did you calculate the distance from the handle turns? If you used kastking’s IPT the. The distance is incorrect. They over-exaggerate the distance by around 12-14%. I have found the kestrel to be very underwhelming for the price that is being asked. The quality control is quite bad and the reel is very over brakes… =\
I calculate the distance by measuring the diameter of the spool line myself, so I do not use the IPT announced by Kastking. It's true that the brakes tend to be too strong, but as a result, I can cast light lures, so it's not a problem for me personally. I don't know about individual differences because I only bought one.
@@lurecafe that’s great to hear that you don’t use the manufacture listed IPT. I found that they use the outer diameter of the spool to calculate their IPT. While the reel casts light lures it is not very accurate and because the brakes are so strong the lure tends to fly to the left on my LH reel. The star drag and star drag clicker are quite bad as well. The amount of force needed to increase the drag becomes very high and you can barely hear the star drag clicker sound. The reel frame is very nice and it is an easy to cast reel but I have found so many downsides to this reel that I do not believe it is worth their asking price. I would much rather use a dark wolf ultra or Acura reel than this reel… Anyhow, thank you for the review. I very much enjoyed it!
My kestrel also has a small star drag clicker sound. I wasn't very dissatisfied with this reel, but my friend's kestrel had symptoms such as hard grease and heavy handle rotation, so there may be variations in quality. The price is high, so I would like to see more thorough quality control, but first of all, I would like to evaluate their willingness to take on challenges and look forward to future improvements. Thank you for your viewing.
@@lurecafe yes I commend them on moving their designs forward. However, their price is quite steep, their quality control is not good, and their design is somewhat questionable. They made one step forward but two steps back… I hope they get better in the future.