Tempo New Apex Spinning Reel, Ultralight Premium Magnesium Body, Super Smooth Fishing Reel with 10 + 1 BB, Powerful and Durable Reel with Strong 39lb Max Carbon Fiber Drag

Used this reel for a weekend of spotted sea trout fishing. The reel is super light and when paired with a light rod makes for a great rig. The reel casts and retrieves as good any. The drag is easy to manage and works well. The reel seemed to hold up well in the salt water. Only time will tell how it holds up over time. I liked it so much I already ordered another one just like it.

I like these reels they are fairly light, I ordered few different ones, one of them is not as smooth as others. There are some plastic on the spinning arm, one had a crack in it, and the line will go into the crack causing a lot of problems. I don't know it's the bearing seals or not, if you remove the spool on multiple ones you can see each one is not too consistently put together. Another inconsistent is the price, sometimes you can see these for a price kind of high, where I made the nitpicking above, sometimes I got one so cheap I should not complain at all, especially if it is a smooth one, it would be a steal for magnesium reel. Overall they are pretty nice to use, the drag is easy to adjust, I would say you should get the needed range within half a turn, it doesn't suddenly lock up. Also, it doesn't seem to hold as much line as it says, I only got like 70 yards of 30 braid on 3000, when it says it does over 100. That's ok I don't need so much extra line. The 1000 one can hold lot of 10 lb braid.. But I think a heavier braid would be better, since the 10 lb braid does make a big mess if you have any kind of wind knot or tangle, it just flies in the wind onto branches, your other rods. I stopped using 10 lb on a boat.

Very nice and smooth fishing reel. It looks very small but works very good. I was surprised by how much I like it. I put it on my old medium heavy rod and it is great for white bass and it works very well

Look like quality product. But my luck first new series Apex drag not working had to be return. Order a second Apex they ship me a Sphera, return for a replacement they still ship me a Sphera which return again. Saw they have Apex 1000 on sale for ~$25 ordered 2. Received one working well and very smooth. The second Apex seem don’t want to turn. Return for a replacement and got another better spinning but still some resistance. Not sure if these are refurbished? Could be a 4 or 5 if the experience was better w the service and quality control. Maybe for $25 on sale is what you get.

This is a very nice reel and compares favorably with higher priced brands, but do not use it in salt water the magnesium body will get eaten up by the salt faster than aluminum. There is a couple of reviews stating that they had no problems in salt. but give it time after repeated use in salt water it will deteriorate even if you clean it, so don't do it if you want the reel to last.