£165 Nash Scope reel v £30 KastKing Mela II

[@Delamerefencing]

Mate, it's £135 cheaper.. I repeat £135. Far better reels out there than the Nash, especially at the ridiculous price

[@markmason13]

I would take my £165 and get a shimano or daiwa reel and still have change and a way better reel than the nash ones.

[@rebeccacooksey112]

If he got the website right not aliexpress its Alibaba he need to go to it's all made I'm the same factory another thing g he got wrong the nash rell just has a better quality checks in place and the Body of the nash reel is painted again in a mat black not a gloss black

[@Tjw1]

@@rebeccacooksey112 all Chinese factories offer the same product in different finish level for varying market and price points. T

[@trakkerdaz]

Fox Fx11 or Fx9s spot on reels had them since release neve had a prob & I boat rigs out 180yrds+ with my Fx11s heavy duty work horses!

[@chipnroll]

100% better if with 2 diawa ss2600s for them same price as one of these dno what nash is thinking with these madness i think there fishing more for the angler lol

[@targetcarptackle5137]

Sonik reels are not bad for the price!;) I like Nash , they do have history in carp fishing but their prices are just no right, just like RidgeMonkey! To buy a bivvy off them you’ll need to apply for a mortgage 🏠!!!😂😂😂

[@colinwilliams1799]

So the line lay was tapered on the KastKing - ever heard of shims? The question should be 'is the Nash worth £130 extra?' simply put NO!

[@hristonenkov4084]

The line lay can be improved by just adding more washers under the spool

[@peterp4223]

You should do a test between Nash reel and NGT profile 60 reel

[@joso157]

No Ta, I'll take my Shimano Ultregas at 60 quid cheaper a reel and will probably last me 30 years or more like my original 8010 GT's which are still as smooth as the day they came out the factory!

[@cjjuddaustralianartist]

£165 eh? I hear the "gnashing" of teeth LOL

[@Offcut55]

Good honest vid. Everything has its place if a very good reel is to high a price then you have to fit your budget. Always worth looking at what is out there that fits your needs,

[@Jaystars]

I have the mela 2 with 12lb diawa sensor I haven't had any line lay issues. I've used this reel solidly on my Sonik xtractor for a year with no problems. I also have two kast king centrons that are 5000 size and have no problems with them. Great reels in my opinion

[@rebeccacooksey112]

Get your self on Alibaba mate cit out the uk robbing carp companies

[@mandismith89]

most of this trendy fishing gear comes from china and they just slap their name on

[@MrFiscality]

Tbh im pretty surprised with the X2 Combat Baitrunners, 40 eur reels. But seem to be able to hold up too their counterparts like basic shimanos or nashs

[@targetcarptackle5137]

TSURINOYA Fishing Reel TSP 4000 not Kastking... I’m wondering how much Nash paid you ?😂😂😂

[@lazycarper7925]

right, that cheap reel just needed a washer,for the line lay, but yet he doesnt mention that, he sucks nash off

[@mastodonseven]

Working for furture free gear and sponsorship

[@Wapo-mz7tf]

Be fair and compare the Nash Scope reel with a Tsurinoya TSP reel, they both are exactly the same reel.

[@Matto8827]

Sure they are👍🤣

[@hixyhicks]

We are supposed to not laugh at this? Ive just bought a nash dawf 9 foot rod. Any recommendations for a reel to put on it.About £50 .Ta

[@riccochet704]

Something I wish you would have touched on is Kastking's misleading marketing. They claim 10+1 bearings. I own a Mela II. There are not 10+1 bearings in it. Not even 10. I counted 7, and 3 of those are stacked up on the spool arm rendering them completely useless sitting there since the spool does not rotate unless under drag. And more expensive reels from Shimano and Daiwa make due with an oil sintered brass bushing here. And lets be honest here, neither the Nash or Kastking are worth what they charge. For $100 the Daiwa's come with brass gearing, better drag systems, ball bearings where they are needed and an overall better build.

[@piesitococo]

Tengo una Nash Scope 10" 3,25 lb. Me he comprado el GT 4000 Estará equilibrado el conjunto? Gracias

[@infamous7676]

This happens all the time nothing new. A factory will either develop a product themselves and offer it to the buyers for own (white label) branding or develop it with the retailer, brand. This is called off the shelf and is a starting point to build on. Each brand then makes 7 subtle changes, colour, etc etc to make it their own and trademarks this design. However if another buyer comes along they can again change 7 things and its ok for them too. Also once the factory has fulfilled its order, it offers that design out to other purchases as well. This is where the brand places further orders with the factory to keep the design. If a brand moves from a factory it also loses the design and the factory they move from then offers this design out again.. most things actually cost around 25% of the actual RRP price for a brand. So brand pays $5 (always dollars) this equates to £4.20 plus carriage and import 20% 82p now cost is £5.02 landed (this means delivered to UK port) the brand then usually doubles up the price to Trade (retailers) £10.04, then the retailer doubles again £20.08 or usually rounds up £21.99.....this is exactly the same off the shelf with some design tweaks from Nash.

[@char395]

Daiwa whiskers 👌🏼👌🏼

[@vauzt1859]

the cheapest rebranding of this design is called Mela II by Lizard. under US$10 for the 1000 size

[@andy5530]

Have you got one are they any good thinking of getting 3 for a small water setup

[@mickdoddy]

Kastking reels are the dogs danglers and safe for salt water and all mine have a very smooth carbon drag Kastking reels are more for spinning than anything else although I do know they do bait runners but never tried one

[@lukemosley1844]

Iv got a mela II 3000 for my spinning setup and also a 1000 size one for my drop shot LRF, great little reels for the money but unfortunately kastking have discontinued them

[@julieleenaers313]

That kastking reel has a few flaws and for 30£, I'd buy a Shimano Alivio or Catana (or a Siena). Still, with a washer underneath the spool, the line-lay should be near perfect. That Nash reel is expensive (overpriced). For that sort of money, you can buy a reel from daiwa, shimano or okuma. Companies who at least make their own reels. The nash reel is a chinese off the shelf reel.

[@jackroden2942]

Julie Leenaers you are getting ‘line lay’ and ‘line profile’ mixed up buddy 👍🏻 A washer would make the profile more even, but there is no simple fix for that awful line lay!

[@Blupa.]

Wonder how much Nash paid you for that ?

[@rebeccacooksey112]

They pay about 29 quid a reel mate just like scop rods they pay 35 black ops rod they pay 45 we pay 160 or 300 for the black ops

[@CHUNKYCATSFISHING]

Absolutely fantastic video nicely done my friend

[@bgmedia4199]

I'd rather use Nash anytime some of my fishing gear is Nash and I don't mind paying the money

[@welbeckjr3741]

Diawa whisker tournament 2600. Thank me later 😂

[@jonnyrae4405]

Great video mate. Amazing amount of detail.

[@garychesters6994]

The number of bearings +1 refer to the +1 anti reverse roller bearing on spinning reels - think shimano started this trend

[@RunninWithScissors]

Christ £165 for that Nash reel? Why wouldn't you pay about £30 more and get a Ultegra 5500 CI4? #NoBrainer Infact, you could even use a 2018 Daiwa 4012 TDR for around the same money and that is an epic reel.

[@sme70]

Never had any problems with kastking Line lay on my reel but it's the 1000 size. Kasting make some great products at cheap prices .

[@trakkerdaz]

Nash reels are and always will be a con to the unawares angler! Several years ago they released a bloody awful reel selection they were that bad Kev himself apologised on film! All Nash tackle is crap designed to last may be 2 years. I know I was that ripped off angler. The after sales team are rude to say the least!

[@rebeccacooksey112]

Read my comments you will see the price of nash rods dont pay their price on scopes when you can get them at 35 quid from nashs manufacturers cut out the middle man

[@ukr1pp3r99]

I've had two kastking and the quality for the price is great, never had an issue. In fact my smaller 3000 reel I prefer over my Daiwa ninja and it was half the price.

[@chrisandsamlivingthedream]

Good vid .. cheers Chris & Sam

[@YoDawgyyyy]

There’s a lot better reels at around £30, Maver reality 3000 or 4000 still in the £30 price range. Daiwa cross fire 3000 or 4000 again around £30, why you would buy an eBay knock off for the same price as a good beginner reel I don’t know

[@Matto8827]

Because people don’t try and say those reels are “exact” copies of the Nash GT! And to be honest I wouldn’t want to use a daiwa cross fire for 30+ pound fish in a snaggy environment anyway

[@eMHacko]

Why you compare two different reels? Why not to compare Tsurinoya TSP 5000-8000 or Tsurinoya Brown bear reel? These are same.

[@targetcarptackle5137]

Miroslav Hadrava I just comment it! The TSURINOYA Fishing Reel TSP 4000 5000 is the same!

[@matt-ci6df]

Don’t even put the handle properly on the Nash reel, turning the handle isn’t doing anything lol

[@lostrealist2023]

Just look at the state of nashes previous reels. Bp reels are junk as where their abysmal bait runners they made a few years back. For £135 you could buy x2 dl4000sb's for the price of this that will last decades.

[@marineworld6335]

At least BP reels are cheap, I’ve got some bp6 on nash dwarf rods none of it cost a fortune and they work well and look nice. The scope range though isn’t any better imo but ridiculously priced.

[@lostrealist2023]

I've used 2 nash bp 10 reels and had the shaft wobbling playing a 12lb pasty. The other reel felt a lot heavier than the other even after a strip down and lubricate. I have no problems with cheap gear that does the job but from my own experience these are really poor quality. Maybe you got a different later batch.

[@neilmilner7074]

Buy Daiwa Emcast 59 mi I big pits for under 100 quid. The end. Worlds best reel designer and manufacturer

[@stephenisom6089]

the nash may be better but is it over 5 x better i doubt it ...a cheaper real is just that cheaper,,, an over charged item is a rip off ,but we kid our selves and dig deeper into our pockets to keep in with the in crowed is it.more than 5 x better well no//simple.... so which is the honest buy thats the question paying more gets you more but how much more i would say after seeing your video ,the nash was maybe 3 x better but you pay over 5x more as i say witch is more honest,,5 .5 cheaper reals or 1 nash,real and you have change ,sometimes we need a word with ourselves ,

[@Mikuldat]

Shocking 🤦

[@TheCounterstrikeking]

Mela II allday best shot for the money!

[@lukevirtualgameruk3523]

Shimano or daiwa reels are much better and much cheaper, The cool kids want nash reels lool, Not a hater on Nash, I use the titan hide and use there dwaft rods for day sessions and am happy with them, But there reels suck and well over priced.

[@Hippiehansie]

For that money I would really go for a Shimano or Daiwa. And not for that cheap looking nash crap

[@delwigzieful]

It's absolutely pathetic that spools having a loading capacity of 250-290 yards of line i can't remember any fish taken more than 100 yards ever i have been fishing 35 years reel manufacturers started to reduce line capacity I'm glad i kept my spool spacers ALIEN

[@eMHacko]

You can cast more then 100 yards + you can use boat to get your rig far a lot

[@delwigzieful]

not in to that all the best fish are under your feet lol ALIEN

[@billybass4189]

Tbh I'm looking at spool reducers now for same reasons, if i can't find what i need I'm gonna approach an engineer friend to get something made.

[@delwigzieful]

Exactly bro

[@Matto8827]

@@delwigzieful you sound like you only fish the local pond🤦‍♂️🤣

[@howardrogerson3022]

I remember when Nash brought out the h gun reels they where that bad all the nash lot didn't use them even on film

[@rebeccacooksey112]

Do you know a black ops scope rod they want over 300 quid you can get them for 48 off alibaba lmao

[@rebeccacooksey112]

@REBEL.Ins' pml is that where you go that dog you take with you fishing lmao

[@Sm17hy1]

@@rebeccacooksey112 can you make a link to the black ops please

[@beelzebubbles666]

Fools will always throw cash at expensive gear. I fished with my dad and his friends as a kid in the 70's before the tackle industry filled it with BS tackle trends that NO ONE ever needed. I caught plenty of fish on basic split cane rods including large carp and pike. The tackle is always secondary to finding and getting the fish to feed. Fancy baits and gear exist only for the likes of Kevin Nash et all to earn a fortune out of those niave or dumb enough to believe the latest hype. Carp eat anything and everything. Your magic bait just caught you and drained your wallet.

[@davidmccormack449]

Nice clip.. be a nice stalk rod

[@Fishingwithspecs]

Calling it a lure reel 😂😂 sorry forgot carp superior to any other fish, I would dream of throwing my lures with a reel like that

[@markozivkovic8404]

My shimano ultegra xtd 14000 is better

[@Americasno1917]

Nash reels ain’t worth a wank Daiwa or shimano only don’t settle for any thing less 💯

[@megly9854]

i live in France and i think you lie as i don t understand what s you saying i joke