US VS vs Chinese VS

[PurpelNoon]

I always felt that being American made was the sole support for it costing what it does. But to still cost that mcuh and be made in China is insane.
I have a 250 which is about 3 years old and when serviced the last year(Chinese parts) it is the only time I can say the reel isn't performing the same as it did). Anyhow, now that they are made in China, I would no way pay the asking price on another one.

[cheferson]

Anyone know when parts started being manufactured in china? What serial number on the reel starts the made in china VS???

[Raven]

not that i can afford a VS reel but after reading this post

and hearing about the reduced quality from the manufacturing going over to china i'll never buy one...

i've read where certain components were found to be radio active in other products because they just melt down everything all together...

customs made them ship them all back to China...

[cheferson]

Originally Posted by PurpelNoon

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I have a 250 which is about 3 years old and when serviced the last year(Chinese parts) it is the only time I can say the reel isn't performing the same as it did).

How do you know the parts they replaced were made in china?? WHat difference in performance have you noticed?

[ivanputski]

[Pete_G]

Originally Posted by ivanputski

Many reels that have the "new" fixed reel handle are U.S. reels.

It's by no means a reliable way to ID a reel. There was actually a very long overlap where there were both star knobs and fixed handles. It started being seen on the bailed reels and VS275 long before "Made in China" had even hit the Internet rumor mill.