KastKing MegaTron Baitcasting Reels, High Capacity or High Speed Low Profile Casting Reel, 7+1 Double Shielded Stainless Steel BB, 8-Button Magnetic Brakes, Powerful Drag, Freshwater & Inshore Fishing

This reel is great. I have brought in over 20 fish all being around 2-3 pounds with this reel and have had it for about three months. I have done everything from top water, to chatterbaits to crankbaits and it has done it all. The braking system is second to none. I haven’t had to use any more than the number 2 spot on the brakes. The drag as well has never slipped. Even with braid. The quality is outstanding for the price. My cousin owns an slx and he said that this for 30 less dollars was comparable to his shimono. It’s smooth, quiet, and light. The gear ration is perfect for all techniques and is suited well for most all fishing. And it looks great, the black with cork handles is beautiful. The line capacity is good as well. I have about 150 yards of 17 pound mono and it is just fine. If you want a great reel for the price than this is one of your best options.

These Megatron 200 reels are very good, high quality reels at a very reasonable price. I own 2 now, and have a third in my cart! I really appreciate the single black color and cork knobs. They match up well with my Fenwick HMX casting rods. They are lightweight, smooth, user friendly, and problem-free. Both of mine sling great distances without backlash. The star drag, tension knob, and brake dial all provide audible and tactile clicks. They are really easy to dial in, whether throwing a half ounce spinner or 3-4 ounces of spawn sac, sinker, and float....as I mentioned, they are very user friendly. The drag system has a wide range and very powerful top end capable of stopping big fish. I have one loaded with approximately 110 yards of 80 lb. Power Pro braid, which successfully battled 3 King salmon this summer in rivers, with the other loaded up with 30 lb. Kastking Extremus braid which will be going after Kenai River coho salmon in a couple weeks.I can't speak for long-term durability yet, but I also own/use a few Kastking Royale Legend II 200-series bait cast reels which have been problem-free for 3 seasons. These Megatron 200 reels are the real deal, and from a functionality perspective, are the equals of my Lew's and Abu Garcia bait casters!

I just rec'd this real and it is really nice. So far I have only set it up and thrown it around my yard some. The spool has a larger line capacity than my other casting reals, it was easy to dial in, and it casts pretty smoothly. I have several freshwater casting reels, but I wanted a casting setup for inshore saltwater & brackish water fishing. Trying to find a saltwater capable baitcasting reel in left hand (I am a righty who uses a left handed baitcaster, because it just makes more sense) crank is not easy. This reel (per KastKing's website) is rated for saltwater & freshwater and has 28.6lb drag; which is quite strong for baitcasting reel. The price was pretty good since I caught it on a little sale. If this reel proves to be durable and long lasting, I'll come upgrade my rating to five stars.

I got this reel to make a big swim bait combo and it works perfect. It handles a 7in glide bait perfectly. The quality of this reel is really nice and it seems very well made. It reels very smooth with 20 pound mono. I highly recommend this reel if you’re looking for a good budget swim bait reel.

Wonderful reel for the price. I would put it up against my Abu's. Handles 6 in swim baits no problem. Plenty of drag and line capacity.

this is my second one, absolutely love this reel! smooth casting. light weight reel,

Purchased this on a whim. Wanted a larger baitcaster for my crankbait rod and figured that, for the price, the Megatron might be worth a try. I had previously purchased the Centron baitcaster from Kastking and was not terribly impressed; the Centron is usable, but it's very much worth about $35 and no more. Smooth out of the box...but rapidly started feeling geary and hollow after one day of use. You can feel the Centron flexing under load. Not bad, but I don't expect it to hold up for a year.The Megatron, on the other hand, is completely bonkers. My personal comparison of the Megatron is against a Daiwa T3 and a heavily customized Shimano Citica E. The only area in which either of those reels performs noticeably better than the Megatron is in the casting department. Which, given that each of those reels cost over three times what the Megatron costs, is hardly surprising. And anyway, the Megatron (no clue how they avoid copyright claims with the name, BTW) is fairly large for a modern low-profile baitcaster and has a deep, heavy spool. The T3 is a much smaller reel with one of the most impressive magnetic braking systems ever put in a fishing reel, and the Citica has centrifugal brakes...'nuff said. The Megatron does just fine, especially throwing lures in the 1/2 - 3/4oz weight range. Mine is paired with a 7'11" fiberglass crankbait rod, and it'll cast a country mile.Overall, I'm blown away with how good the Megatron is. I've only been using it for a couple weeks so there's still a chance I may have to modify my review if it doesn't hold up over the long haul. So far the Megatron is holding up beautifully. The retrieve is like butter, the drag is quite smooth with power to boot, and it's in a very affordable package. And while both the Centron and the Megatron are built with composite frames rather than using aluminum, the Megatron has none of the frame flex that hurts the Centron. One thing I check on any composite-frame reel is to try to flex the reel foot and the thumb bar by hand. The Centron can be flexed visibly without much effort, and that reel started feeling rougher and almost hollow after only a few casts. The Megatron, on the other hand, feels rock-solid and doesn't distort even a little bit under pressure; in that regard it feels almost identical to my Daiwa T3, which was one of the first reels with a carbon frame and which has performed well for me for years. The Megatron still feels brand-new after multiple outings of heavy use.The only minor things to mention are that the drag sometimes sticks slightly on startup, and the thumb bar has a pointy corner that may be a tad uncomfortable depending on how you grip the reel while casting. That said, I'm extremely nit-picky with my reel drags and the Megatron's drag is very good, in fact better than the drag on any other baitcaster I've used at this price point. And the thumb bar thing really isn't a problem, especially after getting more used to the reel and adjusting how I position my thumb when pressing the bar.The Megatron isn't perfect. But for what you pay, it's close.

It’s got great line capacity, genuinely difficult to backlash, and is good for throwing bigger lures