Penn Battle III Review: Pros, Cons, & Updates 

are you sill happy with it now?

@@landendaug6115 yeah. I don't use it as much because I bought more expensive reels that are just nicer but there is absolutely nothing wrong with the Penn

which rod do you pair the penn with, if you don't mind sharing?

@@aflores022 I've had it on a few different rods. I have it on an hmg inshore right now

I fish vintage daiwa reels for stripers and blue fish and prefer them over the new reels. Keep using your penn, I'm sure it served you well over the years

Noted! Thanks for the suggestion!

Most 15lb braids are as thin as 4lb mono.

Either or it's your choice on what type line to use. Weigh the pros and cons for mono or braided and make ur choice, I prefer braid main line always

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Line lay is good better than slammer and spinfisher

Do you know what size the smaller reel was?

@@mannyjr8991 3000

8000

i just bought penn battle 3 5000, should i do this? what type of oil can do this?

You can use even the oil you get from Penn but I wouldn't go as far as fill it with motor oil or any other oil for that matter. It won't hurt it but the reel may lose its smooth cranking due to the thickness. Just grease as usual and occasionally put a few drops of oil in for extra lube. Keep it out of the water.

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The anti-reverse clutch might be open on your reel. Turn the switch on the front of the reel to the other side and it should not move back like that.

I have a BG5000 and 2 battle III DX 6000s. Only issue I’ve had with the BG is the line roller sticking. Had to lube up the bushing a few times. I haven’t had the same fishing time on the battle III, but it feels solid. Clicker is louder. Drag is smooth. Turning the handle is not diawa or Shimano smooth, as said in the video, penn likes to overgrease. You could probably smooth it up some removing excess grease. But since the reel isn’t sealed like a Saragossa I’d leave it. Where the battle III wins is inside. It’s MUCH more simple in design, making it easier to service compared to the BG. If your looking at the battle III spend the extra $10 on the DX (dealer exclusive). You get a brass main gear in all sizes, an extra bearing supporting the spool, and the silver looks sharp.

If your using it solely for heavy salt water then I would go slammer since it’s fully sealed.

Thank you!

A high series would one of their lower series will burn out we got lots of big sharks and beach snook ,jack, etc. down here in Florida I’ve melted more than one penn In my day.

I have several Daiwa Back Bay reels and absolutely love them.

Stradic is the lightest amd super smooth, saltist back bay is the smoothest and most durable. I have 2 back bays and love them

Thanks for the input fellas. It helped a lot.

You need to look into the Toadfish rods, made in Charleston. I put a 2500 Penn Battle with mine...great in the marshes & backwaters of the SC coast.

@@ksmith9050 ty keep up good work

What size reel did you grab?

Love my BG

I’ve been surf fishing with a battle III 6000 for a few months now and it’s a great reel. Will definitely add some more to my collection.

Battle3 Sealed bearings vs BG non sealed bearings, battle 3 is lighter than BG, BG Digigears vs Penn cnc gears, on penn 6000 and higher has brass cnc gears thats way better vs zinc digigears of BG. BG maybe smoother but penns more durable and lighter on paper the question is QC, penn has horrible qc on their battle 2 you gamble if you will have an ok LINE LAY or horrible one if they have better qc now battle 3s are the new best bang for your buck reels.

If your surf fishing id definitely buy a spinfisher vi LC 7500. =)

BG

DX Battle III is the way to go, I have the 3000 and never looked back

@@chrisjones720 i just got my Battle 3 dx 3000. Ill be using it for inshore spinning. What do you use it for? Do you have any tips on maintenance? Preffered braid with it. Any tips oe tricks are welcome!

@@lukaj2224 I use mine for live bait fishing, jigs, flair hawks and swimbaits . Inlets, jetties, bridges and inlets. The snook in my profile photo was caught with the 3000 . So it can handle slabs,

@@chrisjones720 beautiful fish! Thank you very much for the quick response. Do you maybee know some manuals or videos on maintamance? I contacted Penn about the matter but they did not respond yet. I have heard that you should re grease out of the box Pen reel and that their quality control is a bit slacky which I can confirm. The bail arm screw on one side was not tightened to the end so the whole metal part on one side was flimsy. It has a unique sound when turning the knob. Like a little hand coffee grinder.. i have heard that if you re grease well the brass main gear just tunes itself up and the noise reduces. Havent fished my 3000 but I love rhe ergonomycs and the looks. The sound of the drag is crazy beautiful!

@@lukaj2224 I just occasionally once every 5-10 I just do a standard greasing. What problems are you trying to solve ? Are you looking for something that deal more with the internals ?

Definitely big! See the 6k model big already

The Wrath is pretty much the same as the the Pursuit 3

Airball?

@@Kaptainrdean ?

I use both reels bait fishing for Catfish and Striper.the 8000 is quite heavy but it sits in a rod holder..

How’s the 4000 series holding up?

Battle 3 4000?

the slammer has had cnc gears for how many years now? cnc at this price point is impressive

Nice! I have the Penn 3000 Pursuit 3 which I love hauled in a 32” inch snook last year with no problem. I’m picking up the Battle 3 3000 this week. How you like the drag?

@@chrisjones720 Smooth but, not loud enough for me

@@minicopilot1 in what?

I tend to agree but what I’m more interested to learn has to do with the huge step up with the B3 that separates it from the Fierce 3. Im referring to the B3 SEALED BEARINGS ( not shielded like the Fierce 3). For this reason I returned 2 Fierce 3/ series 8000 and replacing them with either B3 and Spinfisher (either 8500 or 9500.)

@@mhyatt82262 alot more separates those two than a single sealed bearing

@@beni7928 Is it just the one bearing that’s sealed? It reads like all bearings are stainless steel sealed bearing system or something like that.

@@mhyatt82262 I think you are right, I reviewed the parts diagrams and the bearings for the battle are common to the conflict, the pursuit and fierce use same bearing. Although they share the AR clutch(common failure point)

@@beni7928 cool !

And look at the price difference.

Yeah exactly. Although this reel is a huge upgrade to the Battle 2 at it's price point I would go with the BG.

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The new Battles are lighter than the BG’s

Plus if you have a problem w a Shimano reel you contact them they actually answer you and tell you to send the reel to a reel maintenance ctr and they fix it..

We will have them available soon. This is an older video, we do apologize for any confusion. Thanks for checking it out!

At first glance I thought to same thing.The matt finish could be glossed maybe.

yeah..i dont like the knob of this reel..plastic..hehhehe

Well you can replace it with a custom Knob

Actually it is not just ordinary plastic. Very strong and hard yet comfortable and soft plastic. Touch it then u can feel the different.