Smooth, Far casting with this Beautiful Reel
Style: Battle Reel Kit
Size: 3000
Comes with two good sized spools. There is rubber in the spool to help hold braid in place for spooling. I use it with 30 lb test braid, and so far it works beautifully.
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 10, 2022 by V. B.
great price for the value
Style: Battle Il Reel
Size: 3000
been using since the 70s they still work great but improvement have been made but still working for me
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 14, 2022 by Amazon Customer
Penn battle 6000
Style: Battle Reel
Size: 6000
No complaints works great!
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 14, 2022 by Dan
No anti reverse. That sucks.
Style: Battle Il Reel
Size: 6000
No anti reverse. Can't back reel if needed.
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 6, 2022 by J. T.
Great reel but for the anti-reverse switch
I stripped down the reel upon receiving it. This is what I found. The reel is all non-corrosive metal, very little plastic in this reel. It has simple locomotive gearing and is mostly well designed and made. The reel was missing the washers to the three side plate screws. This caused the reel to be h
arder to crank than it should. Backing off the screws freed up the reel. The reel is now very easy turning and smooth. I put in an order for the washers. I could return it, but its no big deal. Penn puts their blue grease everywhere in this reel. This is generally a good thing. I however removed it from the drive shaft and line bushing and replaced with Penn reel oil. The reel now is easier to turn than it was out of the box. Non-sealed saltwater reels should be easy to take apart and put back together because if you dunk one that is what you will be doing. This is for the most part true of the 2500 Battle. There are no side plate screws hidden under the rotor. You therefore can take off the side plate for service and inspection without taking off the rotor. The screws don’t get boogered up with standard screwdrivers and are easy to take off. However, Penn departed from their easy to service design philosophy on the roller bearing and anti-reverse switch. It’s like they were an after thought. The roller (anti-reverse) bearing is a 10-piece affair that will come apart in your hand when you take it out. Penn added an anti-reverse switch on this smaller model. To activate the A/R, it relies on a tiny spring that looks like it belongs in a watch. Penn really dropped the ball IMO on the design of the roller bearing assembly and anti reverse switch. They are way too difficult to put back together and if the spring corrodes and breaks you have no anti-reverse. The 3000 and up models don’t have an anti reverse switch and look to have a one-piece roller bearing. The reel has a plate to keep the rotor nut from coming loose. The plate is held in with one screw. Penn put two screw holes in the rotor to screw the plate in to. You pick whichever one you need. This extra hole goes uncovered and is an entry point for saltwater to get under the rotor. Come no Penn, what were you all thinking? The reel has a screw in handle. I like this better than a pin type handle that you insert into the reel and screw down with a retaining cap on the other side of the body. The reel feels very solid when you turn the handle with very little play. The Battle has a bushing for the line roller, no bearing here. I prefer this design as it is more reliable and easier to service. This is an area where they saved cost with no decrease in performance. Ditto the reel handle, no bearings here either, again one less bearing to replace from saltwater intrusion. I personally think bearings on the line roller and handle are a sales gimmick with no advantage in a small reel. I like this reel allot. It is all metal and has sealed bearings for less than $100 shipped. However, if you are going to service and repair your reels yourself, can live without the anti-reverse switch and don’t mind a little more weight, I would get the 3000. The 3000 doesn’t have that multi-piece roller bearing and anti-reverse switch. I will keep this reel for my kid’s rod, but will buy 3000 sizes for my other inshore rods. I took off a star for the multi-piece roller bearing assembly and an anti-reverse switch with a tiny spring.
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Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 8, 2015 by Roy Cormack
Cranking line forward???
Style: Battle Il Reel
Size: 5000
Great reel, but not being able to fill a tab it doesn't have to crank some line forward. You have to open the bail. You can only retrieve with the crank, just saying
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 22, 2022 by SoundChoice
QUALITY, LIGHT, RIGID REEL.
Style: Battle Il Reel
Size: 4000
The media could not be loaded. I bought the PENN BATTLE 2 4000 for mostly so.cal. surf fishing. I've been fishing for over 50 years for everything from bluegills to blue fin tuna. I bought it for casting jerk baits, lead heads, and small irons with a Shimano 10' stick. I spooled up with 20lb. braid d
irectly to the reel(no mono backing needed with the rubber gasket on the spool, though some people still like a mono backing) to the top fill line. 30lb. mono leader, and I was very happy with the performance, from the way the bail clicks into place when open and stays there, to how smooth and quite it is. the HT-100 drag system is a reliable, tough and is a long lasting set up. I have not had any wind knots or issues with line coming on and off in a weird way. After fifty or so casts I can really feel the difference with that light weight reel. It's half the weight of my older 4000 size reels. I'm also getting a quicker release when casting with less weight, which translate to way more distance for me. The components of this reel are what set it apart from others in this price range. I looked at others, and they are good as well. I would recommend this reel primarily for the drag system and overall feel over the DAIWA BG for instance. I hope this helped you.
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Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 15, 2020 by tyteline
Perfect!
Style: Battle Il Reel
Size: 5000
Love this pen reel. Have had zero issues with it. Very smooth, heavy duty. Can handle about anything. Put 60lbs braided line on and it’s amazing.
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 25, 2022 by Nick