Anyone with first hand experience with this company's ABE7 reel bearings?  I'm thinking of upgrading the bearings on an older reel, but can't justify the cost of a set of Bocas on a reel that I only spent $100 on.  I saw these for about half the cost of the Bocas, but am a little leary about pulling the trigger on them as I have no experience with this company's products.

I have 2 sets of stainless steel ABEC7 bearings from them and no problems. They are quality bearings. Not much difference between them and the stock bearings that I flushed from my Shimano reels though.

I don't know HP specifically, but counterfeit bearings do exist. My suggestion would be Boca ABEC5 Lightning bearings. The performance is there and the cost is less. I assume you've flushed and oiled the stock bearings?

Take a look at Hawgtech bearings instead.

I got a set of abec7 ceramic bearings from mikes reel repair that I think are just as good or better than bocas abec7 ceramics, and about half the price.

Hedgehog studios also has some good bearings that are worth looking into.

I recommend BigGreenFish.com for really nice top of the line SS ABEC 7 bearings.  I have several of them.

I recommend BigGreenFish.com for really nice top of the line SS ABEC 7 bearings.  I have several of them.

 

I agree completely

Big green fish sells quality SS bearing at a great price, and is very well known, I prefer SS over the Ceramic anyway, I have always had to run ceramics wet to tolerate them, so no real advantage.

Big green fish sells quality SS bearing at a great price, and is very well known, I prefer SS over the Ceramic anyway, I have always had to run ceramics wet to tolerate them, so no real advantage.

 I agree with this as well. Can't stand the sound of ceramics.

Hp bearings are shield less fwiw. Not sure how that effects performance but makes cleaning easier.

all are shield less,,,,,once I remove the shields....   that has nothing to do with quality, the best bearings I can buy come with shields.