I also have a lew's speed spool tournament and it's actually a very good reel it's super smooth and the drag is great nothin wrong at all with lews but the carbonlite is totally different! I agree the knobs feel somewhat cheap but what do you expect,they're made of foam!

fisherman will always try and guess what company makes what but the fact is you don't really know and some anglers are flat out ignorant example there's a review on this reel that says I bought this reel for my brother last year STOP right there last year?? this reel just came out! so don't knock somethin until you try it!!

I have a JM carbon black and love it....I will buy another the next chance I get. I also have o pro qualifier and like it as well. If I had to choose I would go with the JM everytime.

Those carbon blacks are the real deal. I think they may be closing out the old grey ones because I got one for $130 and didn't see that model in their new catalog. Very smooth, durable, and cast a country mile when you get them set up right.

I think they are holding the carbon blacks until the fishing classic and will sell the remainder of their inventory.

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Hold on to your manuals and schematics. A buddy of mine repairs reels and was attempting to find an online schematic for an older BPS reel without any luck. Due to not being able to find the part, he began talking to another reel repair location/friend and was basically advised to tell the reel owner to trash it and buy from a major manufacturer.