KastKing Centron & Centron Lite Spinning Reels, Size 500 is Perfect for Ice Fishing, Up to 17.5 Max Drag, 5.2:1 Gear Ratio, Ultra Smooth Powerful, CNC Aluminum Spool, 9+1 BB Light Weight

Love KastKing! This reel is super smooth and performs great, I caught my PB with this!I wouldn't say it's super lightweight, but for the cost I don't mind biting the bullet.

Great reel, less than 30 dollars for a smooth silent lightweight reel. Good feel, very lightweight and a smooth drag. Love it!

Surprisingly a pretty good reel. Bought it for a cheap saltwater option and it’s held up so far. For durability, took it to the salt about 7 times, didn’t wash it. Still going strong. Drag system also is pretty good, can pull in 20 pound bat rays without too much issue. Pretty smooth reel as well especially for the price. Color fits well with a ton of surf rods since lot of them are blue and white. In comparison to a high end reel, in my experience it gets 7.5/10. You can’t say it’s bad anywhere, and its durability stands for now.

Got the 500 size black and blue. Nearly identical to the Piscifun Flame 1000. Same weight, handle, knob, bail and overall feel, just slightly different frame accents and graphics along with ever so slightly deeper spool. It was very smooth and spooled up well right out of the box. So far the Flame has held up well. We'll see if KastKing can match.

Great for the price! Got the 500 size for ultra light fishing. Put some 2lb line on and paired it with an ultralight rod, works great. Reeling is smooth, solid drag system and build feels good quality. I've used it on a 15+ fishing trips, caught lots of small to medium sized fish and have had 0 issues. Would certainly buy again!

Was skeptical about this reel but it seems to be solid and well built. Normally use shimano or penn reels but this one has won me over. Nice, light and well balanced

Bought this along with white kastking 7ft rod for my wife and she loves it.Of course I had to test it first on the surf. Reeled in a 14lbs ray with no issues. Smooth drag and feels more like a higher end brand reels.No regrets here.

Read this review and go verify what I am about to write!! I bought this reel and at first the reel delivered but we had little technical issues, Kastking stepped up and replace my reel at no cost!! Take the time to go look at all the bad reviews KastKing went and reached out to all their unhappy customers to make sure they could make it up to them... I don't know about you, but as for me that's the type of company I want to do business with!!August 2016I bought this in June and used it a few times this summer... at first it was doing well, but after a month of use it doesn't cast really good and the line guard is already jamming. the paint is pealing in between the part of the line guards creating junk and jamming the 2 parts.(Sept 8 2016) After posting this review a member of Kastking called me directly to see what was wrong and to talk to me about the reel. After a short conversation he saw that they might just be something wrong with the reel I got... so he offer to send me a new one. This is what makes the difference between a ok company and a great company, they stand behind their product. This is a 20$ reel but they sale it and back it like it's a 60$ reel!! I will send back my reel and come back to update on my experience with the reel. I did bring the star rating up to 4 because they reached out to me to make it right.(October 24 2016) I got my new reel within 2 days it looks great and works awesome. Caught lots of trouts and other fish with this reel! Awesome quality and customer service for the price you pay Kast King and their team outshine the big names of fishing equipment!!(September 7 2017) The reel still works like a brand new one, now I am the type of guy that fish every chance he as, I keep my pole in my car at all time. I put a lot of mileage on my gear and my summer spinning reel as been a trooper. I have put some nicks and dings on my spool and decided to call Kastking to see if they had a trick to smooth out those nicks, Paul said yes I do!! They are sending me a new spool I love this company and the service they give to their customer!!I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THAT YOU BUY FROM THEM AWESOME QUALITY PRICE WITH OUTSTANDING CUSTOMER SERVICE!!!