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Unfortunately, I wasn't able to hook into anything to really put the REVO Toro Beast's Carbon Matrix Drag system to the test, but nothing with what I did experience led me to doubt what we charted back a the lab. This systemic of everything from line stretch to the line digging in on itself and releasing momentarily so erratic lockdown curves are nothing of which to be concerned.įig 1: The Sweet Drag Performance chart above shows the consistency in drag performance of our Abu Garcia REVO Toro Beast 50/51.

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Most reels we test have very erratic curves at full lockdown. As you can see on the reel's Sweet Drag Performance chart below, at all but full lockdown, that drag is pretty smooth and consistent in performance. Performance Ratings for Abu Garcia REVO Toro Beast 50/51ĭrag: Abu Garcia uses their Carbon Matrix Drag System on the REVO Toro Beast to deliver 29lbs of max drag pressure as tested in our lab. The reel's frame and handle sideplate is made from an aluminum alloy (X-Craftic Alloy) and doesn't flex when under load. The REVO Toro Beast's main gear, like that of the standard REVO Toro benefits from Abu Garcia's Duragear Heavy Duty design - it's a brass main gear that helps contribute to the reel's overall smoothness. The Toro Beast's 110 millimeter handle is a very nice feature. But this means a nice, relatively slow, pace to your bait once you have it out there. Retrieve: The 4.9:1 retrieve ration on the 50 size version of the REVO Toro Beast equates to roughly seven to twenty three and a half inches (7'-23.5') of retrieve with each turn of the handle depending, of course, with how much line you have out on your cast. Loaded with 20lb Sunline Super Natural and ready to go.

Performance: I spooled the REVO Toro Beast 51 with some twenty pound (20lb) Sunline Super Natural monofilament and mounted it on a Fantasista FB79-6 casting rod for some big bait action earlier this year. Quality Ratings for Abu Garcia REVO Toro Beast 50/51 The reel's insanely long 110mm handle does have a little back and forth wiggle to it and the large-ish knobs also move in and out from the handle a little. Otherwise, everything lines up perfectly. The frame and sideplates align almost perfectly but the non-handle sideplate extends beyond the frame at the front of the reel by about half a millimeter. This is a big reel but still feasible to palm. There are anodized blue highlights at the cast control cap, base of the handle, and on the handle and knobs at various spots. This reel is finished in all black with glossy black sideplates and a matte black frame. Specifically, the REVOT2BST51 (Revo Toro 2 Beast 51). We fished the left handed 50 size in standard 4.9:1 retrieve.

Both sizes are available in two different retrieve ratios and all four models are available in left and right hand retrieve. Quality/Construction: Abu Garcia's REVO Toro Beast is available in two sizes - a 50 size and a 60 size.

Here now is our review of Abu Garcia's REVO Toro Beast 51.Ību Garcia REVO Toro Beast 50/51 Specifications Īt ICAST 2015, Abu Garcia introduced us to their new large capacity low profile bait caster that is in fact available in two sizes - big (50) and bigger (60) - both of which come in either 4.9:1 or 6.2:1 and in left or right hand retrieve for all four models! It's the merger of their vaunted Toro baitcasting reel and their built for destruction, REVO Beast. Quantum's EXO 300 comes in a 5.3:1 but it's only available in right hand retrieve and Daiwa has the LEXA 300 with a 5.1:1 retrieve ratio, but once again, only in right hand retrieve.įinally a large capacity reel available with a slow gear ratio AND left hand retrieve. Our recently reviewed Okuma Citrix 364 and Komodo 364 are both '300' sized reels but both come with a 6.4:1 retrieve ratio. The default reel in this category, for years has been the Shimano Curado 300, but this large capacity reel has a gear ratio of 6.2:1 - slow enough, but not exactly ideal for crawling a Huddleston along a submerged point. Introducing Abu Garcia's REVO Toro Beast! Like the ubiquitous triangle of desire, you can usually find two of the three traits, but to have all three in concert - especially if you prefer a left hand retrieve reel - well, that's the unicorn. Introduction: Big, strong, and slow - big bait fisherman are always on the look out for a reel with these three characteristics: big in terms of line capacity with twenty to thirty pound test nylon monofilament strong in terms of power, frame rigidity, and drag slow in terms of gear ratio. Total Score: 7.34 - EDITOR'S CHOICE AWARD Abu Garcia's Unicorn : The REVO Toro Beast!!

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