Would a daiwa handle fit? Any other sub $60 handle recommendations?
 

can you buy the daiwa paddle handles and or something similar economically to the ones linked above. ? 
 

https://tackletrap.com/products/daiwa-tatula-100mm-gunmetal-handle-assembly

 

as always, any advice is appreciated 

99% sure it will. "Daiwa" handle shaft is pretty much the industry standard.  I wouldn't mix and match knobs and nut retainers and stick with what comes with the handle you use.

Gomexus... Daiwa shaft  bigger than Shimanos... 

2 minutes ago, MRQturbo said:

Gomexus... Daiwa shaft  bigger than Shimanos... 

I came back to recommend exactly this but a silver gomexus handle with the TPE or cork power knobs.  It would be a crime not to put a machined silver handle on a machined silver reel.

1 minute ago, Bigbox99 said:

I came back to recommend exactly this but a silver gomexus handle with the TPE or cork power knobs.  It would be a crime not to put a machined silver handle on a machined silver reel.

The older tpe knobs are so hard to find now... And they don't sell them separately any more.. I've had to purchase spinning reel setups just to get the colour knobs I liked.. 

17 minutes ago, MRQturbo said:

Gomexus... Daiwa shaft  bigger than Shimanos... 

Do you know which would fit the bates, daiwa or Shimano? 

Those daiwa handles are so ugly. For $35 you can find a much better, and better looking handle on Ali. But to know if daiwa handles fit on those Chinesium brands, you gotta measure the shaft.

47 minutes ago, Bandersnatch said:

Do you know which would fit the bates, daiwa or Shimano? 

Daiwa.  

1 hour ago, MRQturbo said:

Gomexus... Daiwa shaft  bigger than Shimanos... 

I really like the Gomexus handles I have. You can't beat them for the price.  The ones I have ordered for my Daiwa spinning reels really help to balance them out. 

 

26 minutes ago, Bigbox99 said:

Daiwa.  

Daiwa are 8x5..Shimano 7x4

1 hour ago, MRQturbo said:

The older tpe knobs are so hard to find now... And they don't sell them separately any more.. I've had to purchase spinning reel setups just to get the colour knobs I liked.. 

They still sell them on Aliexpress. That's where Gomexus stuff all originally came from.  They want $17 for a knob now.  Last time I ordered just knobs They were around $5 a peice.

9 hours ago, Bigbox99 said:

They still sell them on Aliexpress. That's where Gomexus stuff all originally came from.  They want $17 for a knob now.  Last time I ordered just knobs They were around $5 a peice.

They don't sell them any more...not the ones I want... Newer styles are much too fat fit my liking.. I usually order all my gomexus parts off aliexpress...