This is a very nice reel for the price, very smooth and quiet. Its very easy to adjust and dial in. Casts are very easy and consistent.

It was ok for about 5 casts, then things went wrong. Magnetic breaking system locked up, and the line speed dial wouldn't adjust to different lures. It is only good for soft plastics

Good price, smooth cating and retrieve. Light weight and nice looking.

I bought this for my nephew who needs a hobby. I put good line on it and set the casting for about 3/8 onze weight. Man this is awesome. I'm gonna get me one too. The price is great for any gift idea if not spending a lot of money and the reel is just too good for my expectations. I'm impressed. I've got many much more expensive reels, but would use this if i could only pry it from his hands. Cast far, no backlash, easy adjustment, nice big cranck-handle. Set up is so smooth. Very quiet. I'm gelous of his cool gift. Now if he will only use it and get off the sofa.

I was very pleasantly surprised with the quality of this baitcasting reel and with how well it worked. I'm still a noob when it comes to baitcasters, this is only my second one, my first one was a cheap Shakespeare rod and reel combo that cost $30 all together, and this reel is a thousand times better than my Shakespeare setup. It's very smooth, it has great 11 magnet, I think it is, brake, easy to adjust spool tensioner and drag adjuster. I forget the gear ratio for this reel, but they are great to, you have total control in how fast or slow you want to reel, and it is dead silent. The spool is good, nothing super fancy, no ports or holes in the spool, and I had no problems at all spooling 30lbs braided line on it, it didn't slip on me and I was able to get a nice tight spool, and I didn't have to use mono to start spooling. Adjusting the brake and spool tensioner was easy, like I said I'm still new to baitcasters and I only birds nested 3 times the entire week I was there, twice it was my first cast after changing lures, I made the proper adjustments, I just wanted prepared for the difference after loosening the magnets, and the 3rd time my lure got snagged on my back swing on a life jacket that someone hung up on my tower to dry out at the end of the day and forgot to take it down. This reel held up great to, especially for wut I payed, I purchased it on Prime day for like $30 I think and I was leaving for vacation that weekend, shipping was very fast, arrived in 2 days with plenty of time to spare before I left for vacation, a one week trip to Bass Lake, California. If ur not familiar with Bass Lake its near Yosemite and it's where they filmed that movie, The Great Outdoors, fishing is usually great there and this reel held up great. I caught about 10-12 Bass, mainly just 1-2 pounders, nothing special, with my largest catch being a 4-5 lbs large mouth bass. Overall this is a great baitcasting reel for a beginner or an experienced angler, my cousin only uses baitcasters for the past 10+ years and I let him try this one out and he was very impressed with this reel, he said he couldn't tell a difference between this and his Abu Garcia, his Lews, or his shimano baitcaster reels, he said it performed just as good if not better and honestly I think that's probably one of the best compliments you can say about a less expensive "budget" reel like this. I will definitely buy more Sougayilang products, as long as their quality is as good as this reel. I would highly recommend this reel