Do you happen to have the Megajaws Elite Spinning Reel (Black and Purple)? If so, what are your thoughts? I just bought one and am waiting for it to arrive at my doorstep!
@@asharpiesniffer7553 yes they are still working like the day I bought them. Matter of a fact I have bought 2 of their bfs zephyr reels and 2 of the regular zephyr reels. So as of now I own 16 kast king reels. All bait casters
I have the Royale legend pro Celestial both spinning and casting combos. They are great to fish with and haven’t had any problems. Also have megatron 6000(spinning) and 200(casting) reels. Kastking is amazing for the price range. Highly recommend
First off, nice fish, secondly, thanks for an honest review and video of real world fishing, not just some guy in the backyard reviewing a setup. I was looking at maybe purchasing a kastking bait caster, so thanks for the video.
I picked up a 3000 size carbon fiber KastKing Zephyr reel with 22 lbs of drag, 10 2 1 so I had to be aware of how fast I reeled. Overall I am satisfied with how it performed. I have it paired with a St Croix bass mojo medium fast that my adult kids bought me.
I happen to know for a fact the perigee II rod is the best rod for the money in fishing. The royal legend elite series is one of my faves. Zephyr is a decent bfs reel for a beginner😊
I like their reels, but not rods. I have the Kastking Megatron 5000, that reel is a beast for such awesome price. I also have the Centron 3000 which I use for freshwater.
I have 4 3000 valiant eagle KK reels paired with their 6'6 Crixus medium fast rods. I'd say from personal experience in the kayak that the tip of those rods seem too fragile for my liking. 1 of the scenarios for sure was understandable, but the second scenario I questioned. Most likely I'll test out another brand. I'd say some of their rods may not be as strongly made, but one has to be careful with fishing rods in general. They are not indestructible.
The rods I'm not too keen on but all the reels I've bought were spinning reels and I've never really had any issues with them the megatron and centrem reels really they are just rebranded the teben gts and gts 3 reels. The problem with megatron reel is the foot the metal coating flakes off so I just sanded it and painted it black no more issues. But I won't be buying the megatron as I said the teben gts 3 is the same and cheaper I fish almost every week for 24hrs straight saltwater and I never ever had an issue with kastking .reels but I only use spinning reels. As long as you clean them up well oiled.
Most of Kastkings reels are just rebranded Chinese Tsurinoya products. While Kastking likes to say its a US based company, pretty much all they do is rebrand chinese products. As for Tsurinoya (also sold as Sougayilang), they are mixed bag they have some decent reels and some absolute garbage ones.
Not impressed by Kastking. Bought 1 megatron spinning and 1 baitcast can't remember which one, and after 1 marsh fishing trip without dunking the spinning seized up and the baitcast just felt grainy. So back to lews bc and Shimano spinning. 👊🏼 💯
I wasn't very happy with my kastking reel and rod, i bought the megatron 5000 to be paired with a kasnake mh rod. Terrible cast distance, the reel has a weird gimmick where the bail closes on its own, the guides on the rod are too slow, the power is weaker than a typical medium heavy, and the rod has this lure hook where my line likes to get snagged on mod cast.
I just ran across your video and I am looking into purchasing a KastKing rod and reel combo. After a year now, do you still feel the same about this setup?
hi hello I want to ask I have Kastking Rod Max Steel 198 ML M SPINNING Which Kastking reel should I use? What is the name ? And what size should it be?
Best cheap rod on the market is the Ugly stick Gx-2 for $39.000 Best cheap reel is the Daiwa Laguna same price $39.99. See the You Tube on this reel with the review. Kast king wise. You bought a disposable razor grade reel that fails. K king made knock off look alike reels and you can feel right away how cheap and flimsy they are. Gears don't stay in line on K king as the supportive parts to hold gears in line are missing. K King is a young company that uses cheap Chinese material and labor but make look alike reels to major brand names which fools lots of folks because of the price.
@@FishingWithHeath You can hear the reel having issues on the nice red . Cheap reel wise check out the You tube by tackle Advisor regarding the Laguna. Its not a world class reel but where talking $40.00 range
I haven't had any issues either with kastking. I have the kastking zephyr bfs reel on a sougayilang ultralight casting rod.......a China made rod. No problems so far. I have a Kastking Sharky 2 spinning reel that I've had for over two years it's great. It's a 1000 size I use it for trout fishing. It's smooth and has more than enough drag for the big ones . It is on a 6' Ugly stick pro lite. Awesome setup. Again I have 2 ultralight Sougayilang spinning reels for close to 4 years. One is on a Fenwick the other is on a Shakespeare micro. Zero problems with the reels. People buy kastking flouro coated line, braid , and fly line quite a bit. I heard it's just as good and better than much of the stuff out there. If you wanna stick good ol Shimano, Diawa or whatever because it's made in.....well sh$$ it's made in China mostly....lol. The very high end Shimanos may be made in Japan? I could talk forever about this and my mind couldn't be changed about the quality of the "Chinese made " reels. They have have at least 2 times the bearings and quite often twice the drag if not more. My kastking sharky 1000 has 33 pounds of drag. Is that claim true? It could be . I've horsed in big ones with it. No corrosion problems at all. I do grease and oil every now and then, but not like anyone should. Keep buying Shimano or Lews if that makes you feel better. I do have Lews patriot camo reel it's decent,but it gets left behind a lot. I almost forgot about it honestly. 😅
@@davidarwood6264 KK has only been around for a few years and has already rebranded 3 times increasing prices each time. This Company has lied from the get go. want to . Chinese grade wise same company can make .40 cent bearings and $10,000 dollar bearings NASA uses. Drag wise what matter is the line size your using not max drag capacity. its pointless to have 33 lbs of drag on a 1000 size reel .
