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Favorite replacement handles for high gear ratio reels?

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Hey all, I am in love with the Daiwa Zillion 10.0 TW. Looking for better handles to replace it with though. Any good suggestions?

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Avail and ZPI make lightweight and very good 105- and 107-mm length handles.  

 

This is Avail STi-2 (Avail A knobs) on Zillion

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This is ZPI SSRC Carbon handle (sold w/o knobs) on Silver Wolf, but on Zillion 10, I'd be looking hard at ZPI Jignist (sold w/ knobs).  

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Gomexus offers even longer, 120 mm handles, but won't have knobs as light as the examples above (or Ti spindles, etc).  

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On 4/12/2023 at 7:13 AM, bulldog1935 said:

Avail and ZPI make lightweight and very good 105- and 107-mm length handles.  

 

This is Avail STi-2 (Avail A knobs) on Zillion

u9Rlgny.jpg?1 pfevdbX.jpg?1

 

This is ZPI SSRC Carbon handle (sold w/o knobs) on Silver Wolf, but on Zillion 10, I'd be looking hard at ZPI Jignist.  

adJIDZY.jpg QDEqdjY.jpg

 

Gomexus offers even longer, 120 mm handles, but won't have knobs as light as the examples above (or Ti spindles, etc).  

You know if Avail has a 90mm that would fit a 20 Met?

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@GetFishorDieTryin

Sent a pm with the Avail link.  

But my favorite 88-mm handle on lower-geared reels is Studio Composite, and I sent links for that, as well.  

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Hawgtech has you covered. Give Mike or Robert a call if you have any unanswered questions. 

Handle or knobs?  I would just get a gomexus handle with TPE knobs in either barrel or paddle types.  You can get big machined aluminum handles with power knobs or their carbon handle with skinner TPE knobs.  On the low end there is the EKFan brand that sells on AE.  They have some decent looking stuff but their carbon and TPE paring is 130mm.  I would get a 110mm gomexus to slow that 10:1 insane ratio.  

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