Can someone help me understand the duel braking system on these baitcasters. When are the centrifugal and magnetic brakes applied? Is one for beginning and the other

for the middle of the cast?

 

I have an abu Garcia black max and it just has magnetic. Pretty simple to set up. 
 

I believe it is similar to Abu Garcia's (Doyo) Infini system.

 

 

 

4 minutes ago, FishTank said:

I believe it is similar to Abu Garcia's (Doyo) Infini system.

 

 

 

Hey that’s pretty simple to understand. I like the video and how it shows what they are doing. 
 

thanks for finding that. 

10 hours ago, FishTank said:

I believe it is similar to Abu Garcia's (Doyo) Infini system.

 

 

 

Similar is putting it politely, but yes. 

I get a kick out of the quote "This is a very unique braking system"

 

Ummm...there's a number of other manufacturers who have the dual system...my Pflueger Patriarch has it for example.

I set the centrifugal brakes for casting with a heavy wind to my back.  Then, I adjust the magnetic brakes to compensate for either no wind, or a head wind.  Since there's always a pretty stiff wind around here, I use the magnetic brakes to control for that since they're so easy to adjust.  

 

The only time I mess with the centrifugal brakes is when I switch from casting to pitching.  

2 hours ago, Delaware Valley Tackle said:

Similar is putting it politely, but yes. 

 

I had the displeasure of working on one of these reels over my winter break.  It was not a fun project but the reel had been abused and the owner was expecting it to be an everyday workhorse, tournament type reel.   I did what I could and made it better by just cleaning it but it needed parts which would have cost more than the reel itself.  The owner was not happy. 

 

 

58 minutes ago, Bankc said:

I set the centrifugal brakes for casting with a heavy wind to my back.  Then, I adjust the magnetic brakes to compensate for either no wind, or a head wind.  Since there's always a pretty stiff wind around here, I use the magnetic brakes to control for that since they're so easy to adjust.  

 

The only time I mess with the centrifugal brakes is when I switch from casting to pitching.  

I assume when pitching that all the breaks on the centrifugal are turned off? Magnetic turned down lower as you progress?

I’ve had 3 of those reels (2 plus a warranty replacement) and wasn’t too impressed with any of them. Perhaps I need to mess with the braking system on them more, but I never could get the distance out of them that I could with any other reels. 

2 hours ago, K1500 said:

I’ve had 3 of those reels (2 plus a warranty replacement) and wasn’t too impressed with any of them. Perhaps I need to mess with the braking system on them more, but I never could get the distance out of them that I could with any other reels. 

 

I have a Revo Winch Gen 4 with this braking system and casting is pretty good but not the best.  Where it does well is in varying conditions (medium wind, rain, etc).  You can actually feather a cast with the magnetic brakes and get a nice and easy presentation.   Also, a 1/2oz crank is where this reel shines.  Overall, I like this system.

 

4 hours ago, BaitFinesse said:

Use the centrifugal brakes as the primary brakes and keep the magnets off if you want a long casting reel with a very free spool.  If you want to cast into the wind or shorten your casts working the shoreline then bring in some magnetic brakes in addition to the centrifugal.  If you want to skip you can max the magnets and add in some spool tension too.  I used to have the last gen BPS Pro Q.  The Doyo dual brake is a fine braking system.

help me understand the skip method. “Max magnets”. Is that say max on side magnets and max on inside centrifugal? Or do you leave centrifugal at the normal?

27 minutes ago, BaitFinesse said:

When I skipped with mine I left the central alone, increased the mag brake to maximum and also brought up the spool tension.  I also skipped jigs and other heavy easy to skip baits.

What’s minimum weight you would use?