AVET vs. Accurate - California Fishing

PlatinumHooks · 07-02-2004, 11:47 AM

The on going battle between very serious offshore sport fisherman is what's better; Avet Reels or Accurate Reels?? Accurate has been around a bit longer, they're a very very well made reel, twin lever drag on every model, one and two speed models, and ridiculously over priced!!!
Avet Reels are extremely well made, single titanium frame, all models twin lever drag, One and Two speed models, and very very reasonably priced.

Personally, I replaced almost all my offshore reels(a few various Internationals, and a Penn 15KG, and a couple Diawa Sealine models with all AVET Reels, and couldn't be happier. If you're familiar with these manufactures, tell me what you think?!?!?!

fishinkid · 07-02-2004, 02:05 PM

in my opinion accurate is not over priced i think that they are much better built reels but that is to me is like comparing a bmw to a toyota yes the toyota is a great car but the bmw is better built .but dont get me wrong i do like avets and i am in the planing of geting the 2 speed 20 pound class reel by avet. it is more of you get what you pay for.

PlatinumHooks · 07-02-2004, 03:51 PM

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Originally Posted by fishinkid

in my opinion accurate is not over priced i think that they are much better built reels but that is to me is like comparing a bmw to a toyota yes the toyota is a great car but the bmw is better built .but dont get me wrong i do like avets and i am in the planing of geting the 2 speed 20 pound class reel by avet. it is more of you get what you pay for.

I hear ya Kid. I actually had an article from a magazine, and I'll try to find it and post it, it was a comparison between the two brands, this article totally disected every aspect of each reel even price in ratio to worth. Also I've consulted with so many different hard core sport fishing guys over the months right before I bought my Avets, and it was weird; they as well as the magazine article said the same thing they complemented both brands very nicely, they said that Accurates are a little prettier reel although Avets look really cool too; they said the framing system on the Avets were much better, stronger yet lighter in weight than the Accurate reels, they called the twin titanium drag systems in both brands, equal to one another. The article also accused Accurate of taking advantage of the flashy external engineering and trying to follow price wise in the vein of the Penn Internationals, Meaning they were simply over priced. They said that the Avet reels, although not cheap when it comes to price, are more moderatley priced and worth much more than thier manufacturers price tag. The smallest Accurate reel starts at about, I believe, $280 to $300 where the smallest Avet reel that is comparable to the Accurate is about a hundred bucks cheaper to start( $180-$200). I don't to each his own as long as it;'s not a lower end Newell model, I think we'll all be just fine with what we have. I wouldn't; however, use the the comparison of BMW to Toyota, I think that's a little far off, I would say more along the lines of like BMW and Audi (seeing as they're both high quality german engineering especially lately, and the Audi seems to be beating out the BMW in alot of reviews for the past few years.

jstcrzyengh · 07-02-2004, 04:21 PM

I always really liked the accurates, but to me they are overpriced jigmasters. Now hear me out on this one

Accurate starting out by making their accu frames and plates for all of Penn's reels. Than accurate decided to start making their own reels which they basically took the internals of a 112 and put them in the body, frame, and spool of a accu-sized jigmaster. Now it was more elegant than that, but you get the idea. They have come along way from there, and anyone that knows me knows that I love them, but hard to spend the money. I have taken a jigmaster put a one piece frame on it, converted to wet drags and took some 1500 grade sand paper to contact points along the spool, and a little "snake oil (normally only used for rifles). I guarantee you that will cast as far as an accurate. Now the drags wont NECESSARILY be as big and all and the accurate is all around better produced, but for $85, I got something REAL close.

I have never fished Avet. But I do hear good things.

DementedFish · 07-02-2004, 07:31 PM

I have never heard of the Avet. Personally, I would go to a tackle shop, ask the salesman what you want to do with your reel, and he will suggest which reel to use. That is your best option.

jstcrzyengh · 07-02-2004, 07:40 PM

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Originally Posted by DementedFish

I have never heard of the Avet. Personally, I would go to a tackle shop, ask the salesman what you want to do with your reel, and he will suggest which reel to use. That is your best option.

Being someone that has worked at a tackle shop trust me that is not the best option. They are going to sell you whatever gets them the best commission. I can't tell you how many times I sold someone a 535GS and a Seeker 870 to go fish half day trips. Now that is a great combo, but a bit over kill for half days. Now I never sold crap to them like shakespeare or anything like that, but still it's best to do as much online research as you can before buying. 535GS and a seeker 870 is still an awesome combo for fishing 25lb test.

PlatinumHooks · 07-02-2004, 08:30 PM

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Originally Posted by jstcrzyengh

Being someone that has worked at a tackle shop trust me that is not the best option. They are going to sell you whatever gets them the best commission. I can't tell you how many times I sold someone a 535GS and a Seeker 870 to go fish half day trips. Now that is a great combo, but a bit over kill for half days. Now I never sold crap to them like shakespeare or anything like that, but still it's best to do as much online research as you can before buying. 535GS and a seeker 870 is still an awesome combo for fishing 25lb test.

James you beat me to it, seriously!! Hey DementedFish, James couldn't be more correct, they are there to make money. Not saying everyone is gonna cheat you or give badd advice in a tackle shop, but they are there to do one main thing; sell. Magazines are good resources for reviews, but even sometimes the manufacturer does a little "payola" to the magazine to get the better review for thier product; most magazines reviews are pretty straight, you can tell when they're being overly praiseful of the product then it's more or less a coax by the manufacturer. Internet reviews and research is probably the best way to learn the "real" about a product.

cst · 07-03-2004, 12:07 AM

well, if you frequent the tackle shop and get to know the people working in it, I think you can get away going in blindly and throwing yourself into the hands of the salesman. A lot of times, even if i know what im gonna buy I'll just act dumb just to see what he wants to sell me. Just ask any of the guys who I've talked to from these forums, i ask quite a bit of questions.