Roberto Inzerillo
Contributor
I think I might share my disappointing experience with a reel bought at Aliexpress that may help others buy this stuff knowing its pros and cons beforehand.
I thought a smaller reel would be easyer to store, so I bought this one:
It's being sold at less then 5euros (plus shipping), it has a 5.5cm external diameter, it's 3.5cm wide and the hole diameter is 2.5cm. The overall quality is fine but ... there's really not much room for winding the line :-(
After winding a bit less than 15m of a very fine (veeery fine!) line it did cover the lateral holes almost entirely, so much that there's no room left for attaching a double ender anymore, not even a small one!
So, unless you need a spool reel with less than 10m line, I would stay away from it.
I thought a smaller reel would be easyer to store, so I bought this one:
It's being sold at less then 5euros (plus shipping), it has a 5.5cm external diameter, it's 3.5cm wide and the hole diameter is 2.5cm. The overall quality is fine but ... there's really not much room for winding the line :-(
After winding a bit less than 15m of a very fine (veeery fine!) line it did cover the lateral holes almost entirely, so much that there's no room left for attaching a double ender anymore, not even a small one!
So, unless you need a spool reel with less than 10m line, I would stay away from it.