good

My reel was either defective or very poorly designed. To turn the handle far enough the flip the bale over felt like the handle was going to break in half or bend in a 90º angle. The drag didn't work either. I returned it and the second one that was sent was identical. Very sad. Penn made a name for themselves many decades ago. If the reels they made back then were anything like the two I just received they would not be in business today.

I must admit that I have quite the collection of reels, and like to rotate them. So I might fish with a reel about once a year, depending on where I am going and what species I hope to hook up with. The first time I took this out, I hooked up with what I believe to be a grouper based on the way it fought. About 10 minutes into the fight, the drag broke as I was lifting up on the reel and the reel spooled and the line broke. What was weird is it was allowing drag to go out at the time. Unfortunately it was outside the warranty period even though it had only been used once. I had a local tackle shop do the repair as the guy who owns it has been repairing my gear for years and I've never had any issues with his repairs. This weekend, on the third trip for this reel, it did the same thing. So now I have a $300 paper weight on my desk, and make it a point to tell all my customers about my experience and how I will never buy another Penn reel. It's not the cost of the reel as much as it's the cost of losing a fight to a monster fish that upsets me the most. Unfortunately from other reviews I've read on other websites, this is a common issue with this reel, where the metal grinds together and the reel seizes. You would think that Penn knows this is a defect in the reel and would gladly fix the reel, but no dice.

good as described

Good price and fast shipping