Abu Garcia Revo Winch

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Received the Winch one fishing trip ago. Used on fresh water lake for bass.



First impression was that though like the STX and the top of the line Premier, all of which have the same 11 bearings, the Winch was more free running.



They all share the same centrifigal braking system to avoid back lashes, but the STX and Premier also have magnetic brakes for use when throwing into a cross or head wind. Even with the magnetic set to Zero, it may be that there is still an influence on the freedom of the spool.



The Winch also has the longer handle, like the Skeet Reese model, and some of the salt water reels.....it hauls line beautifully with no fatigue.



Super product at a very reasonable price. Highly recommended. Abu Garcia Revo Fishing Reel (WNCH, 12/175)

I bought this reel at Bass Pro Shops. I also have a ABU Revo S ($130). The Winch is a better-built reel than the S.. it's smoother and more solid feeling; it has more bearings too. I also fish Shimano Curado reels and they too are a very good reel and I think the REVO line is comparable and offer more options (price-wise). I also wrote an original review, but have since revised it after use and wear. This is a very good reel.



This is a very well-built reel - solid and smooth. I love the action and smoothness of it. However, I do have a few quibbles before I can sing the remaining praises.. First of all, this reel is not the sexiest reel in the REVO line-up (it has too many different colors and finishes - doesn't look good by itself; but is doesn't look too bad on a rod). The "Winch" logo looks like it came from an 80's airbrush artist. Also, there is lack of a side adjustable brake unless you remove the side-plate; just a preference for me - It has the internal pin-style adjustment (which is easy to use, but old-school to me). So, for my $200, I want a side-adjustable reel (without having to remove the side-plate - so, a magnetic design should be employed instead of the centrifugal one on the the current Winch). Recently, I had trouble casting this reel due to lubrication issues (or lack thereof).. The spool/gear actually/somehow came out of cog, because of my lack of lubing it up; and it wouldn't barely cast 30 feet.. So, I took the spool out and followed the spec lube instructions in the manual. Like any other reel, the Winch needs a regular lube job (with high grade reel oil - not W-D 40 or spray style lubes). After oiling all parts/spool and lubing the worm gears, this reel casts a mile. The screw to remove the side-plate is deceiving, in that it seems like it's part of the construct of the reel; rather than being an actual release. However, this is not the case; the screw is a spring-release for the side plate (and it's on the opposite side). This is actually a good back-up design, which would keep you from losing the side-plate in the lake, if you improperly re-attach it. Lastly, the gear ratio at 5.4.1 is a slower ratio compared to many modern bait casters, and the paddle handle is pretty large; both of these things make it feel kinda funny when your trying to reel a fish in and your spinning the large handle so fast.. It just takes some time to adjust to and get used to it. This reel is great for long casting, and deep cranking applications - so it shines for large deep-divers - you'll be much less tired using the Winch for this application. Additionally, it has a TON of power to horse in fish from long distances where lots of line is out. This is an excellent slower presentation reel, and after use and proper maintenance, I've really come to love the Abu Garcia Winch.



Overall, and as stated before, this is a very well-built, and a very smooth reel. It has versatile capabilities, and it's slower 5:4:1 gear-ratio will have it's place in your arsenal. Perhaps, winter bass fishing with jerkbaits, or slow rolling spinner bait in the early spring; or slow working, or swimming a jig in the heat of summer in the depths; or working a large swimbait post-spawn; or deep cranking. These are some of the slower strategies I use and the Winch The REVO line of reels offer the S, Winch, SX, and TORO series. Each offer more bearings than the Shimano Curado series reels. And, more bearings generally mean a smoother, longer casting reel. I've heard the Shimano use the finest bearings in the world, so perhaps more may not mean better/best. Anyway, as for the REVO's, I think these are game competitors (perhaps better than Shimano). The Winch, has 24 pounds of brake (nearly 2x that of a Curado or most other reels out there), so you can really turn that up if your using a 12 pound mono for your application. If using braid, then you can back off the drag (as to not tear the hood straight through the fishes mouth. Just a preference for me, but the colors need to be updated on this reel - can't go wrong with silver or black. Some tournament guys (who fish in a hurry) may not prefer this reel for flipping or pitching. So, I would go with the REVO SX in a higher gear ratio (7:1:1) for flipping and pitching applications. The higher gear ratio will enable you to burn the lure back if no fish are next to that stump or hole in the grass. The Winch will surely get the bait back to you, but wouldn't be as efficient and take more of your time to get the lure through neutral water coming back to the boat. This is subjective, but I would gladly use this in very heavy cover, or with braid in flipping/pitching apps. This ugly duckling is really a beautiful swan and a professional quality reel!'

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Dry Erase Board - dry erase boards, whiteboard

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The product is as advertised. It's a basic 11x14 dry erase board. It includes magnetic and double-sided tape mounting options, which is nice since it's a pain to get something that isn't mountable out-of-the-box. The included dry erase marker is a fine-tip, and will probably need to be replaced quickly with regular use. There is no board eraser included. My only complaint is that the marker leaves dark traces after erasing, so you'll need to clean the board often. This size is good for quick notes and lists for placement in smaller areas like narrow walls and refrigerators. Board Dudes 11 x 14-Inch Metalix Magnetic Dry Erase Board, Colors May Vary (45000UA-4)

You can see the quality as soon as you pull the dry erase board out of the box. We ordered ours more than two months ago and it continues to work perfectly. Our board is mounted on the refrigerator door and we use it for shopping lists, errands and to-do lists.



We can go a couple weeks between cleanings. Like all dry erase boards, eventually you will need to clean the surface to remove ghost lines.



The product is a great value for the price. We are thinking about buying a couple more before Christmas for our sons' room.



In summary, excellent quality and price; what more can you ask for in a dry erase board? Rating: Five stars.

Great size for kids working on math problems.

Save LOTS of paper.

Can be easily taken to anywhere (even school).

After I bought them for my kids, and they take it to school, the teachers have asked every student to get one too. Everyone saves paper.

Great for students.

I have this board on the outside of my door at school, and I love it! It's a good size, seems sturdy, and it gets the job done just fine. I was not a huge fan of the mounting materials provided, though. I ended up buying some 3M command strips and using those instead, which worked perfectly but it wasn't ideal. I had hoped the mounting materials provided would be adequate but for sticking to the outside of a dorm door, not so much.

Doubts I had & the answers for it:



Quality of magnet - Pretty good

Quality of board - Good

Quality of marker - Not bad

Quality of silver metal - Fancy (not useful for me)



How the board is been used personally:

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- Keep track of the vegetables, fruits bought and the order to use them

- Keep track of left over dishes

- Keep track of coupons and their expiration date

- Keep track of groceries/essential items to be bought

- Keep track of bills to be paid

Fits perfectly on fridge. Marker works great, magnets small but useable.

Previous reviewers stated it didn't fit right and that you should put foam pieces between board and magnets.......it came with the foam pieces!!!!!

All in all, just what I was looking for!

Our 2 boards are warped and don't lay flat, so when they are on the fridge if we put pressure on a corner that isn't laying flat against the fridge the whole board flies off the fridge and falls the the floor. Very annoying. - Magnetic Dry Erase Board - Whiteboard - Dry Erase Boards - Dry Erase Board'

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Brad Paisley

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Well, I have to agree with this song title- this IS country music.



Brad Paisley has done what no other person has done in country music. He has avoided the love-song plague, and has wrote thought-provoking, creative, and comical lyrics in a failing genre. This song is nothing different of his previous work. I like the beginning line "you can't say cancer in a song". I think I know why he says that. But, the one thing I don't like about this song is how he says song titles of familiar songs such as, "He Stopped Loving Her Today", "A Country Boy Can Survive", et cetera. Feels like it's been done already by other people. Other than that flaw, this song is a masterpiece, and perfectly exemplifies why I think Brad is the best country musician ever.



Rating: 5 stars/5 stars This Is Country Music'

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Halloween Party

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The negative reviews I've read so far are trashing the book because it wasn't what they expected it to be: a nostalgic, easy-reading book that tickled the toes and the spine while the reader sips hot cider. The book doesn't present itself as such and is clearly an academic and scholarly survey of the holiday, from its origins, through its break into popular North American culture, to contemporary practices. If you're not looking for that kind of treatment, don't read this book. But don't slam it because it didn't do what you wanted it to do. (If you don't get the connection between this paragraph and the title, look up "straw man argument.")



I found the book to be a slim, well-written text that still manages to cover a wide range of topics and provide tons of interesting facts and figures. Rogers' main thesis is that Halloween, a holiday that continually reinvents itself, continues to provide "a space for transgression and parody," even as it is appropriated to fit the social and political needs of the culture. Rogers explores this thesis by examining the origins of Halloween, its history in Britain and North America, its similarities to Mexico's "Day of the Dead," urban legends and popular reactions to the holiday, its representation in Hollywood, and current trends in its celebration. He ends with a few guesses and questions about the holiday's future. A thorough analysis without getting bogged down in any one aspect. Halloween: From Pagan Ritual to Party Night

Single-subject histories on the likes of salt, codfish and even the color red have become a fashionable lately, and this book is a fine specimen of the genre. It traces the history of the celebration of October 31 from Samhain, the year cycle rite observed by the pagan Celts in Britain, to the many ways it is marked in North America at the time of the new millennium. His central thesis, supported by myriad examples and illustrations, is that Halloween has always been a liminal time, a boundary between autumn and winter, this world and the other world, life and death. Drawing from the theory of anthropologist Victor Turner, he argues that liminal times are also periods of ritual inversion in which the obverse of cultural values, however they are construed, are temporarily allowed to emerge into public consciousness and celebrated before being relegated once again to the cultural closet. Whether these oppositional symbols are spiritual otherworlds, as they were for the ancient Celts, or consist instead of what is disavowed by the dominant cultural paradigm, Halloween provides a framework during which they can be publicly explored and performed. This central feature of Halloween, more than any individual rite or symbol, constitutes the core of the holiday that has endured for over a thousand years. From Celtic Samhain to globalized celebration of consumer culture, Halloween seems to attract to it the oppositional and the carnivalesque. No wonder, then, that is has become a popular target for the invectives of conservative Christian ministers and their congregations, who label it "Satanic" and call for its suppression. But the suppression of culturally contested symbols never successfully eliminates the ideas behind them. In fact, as Turner and French cultural historian Michel Foucault argue, these oppositional images are fertile ground for cultural renewal, and provide alternative ways of envisioning reality: they are cultural countersites where social mores and pretensions can be mocked, parodied, and lampooned with impunity, and an alternative universe can temporarily be imagined.

This excellent book will appeal to a wide range of readers. It reads fluidly and easily, is theoretically well-informed without being jargon-ridden or using theory as a bludgeon, and could easily be adopted for use in large undergraduate courses on cultural history, folkloristics and anthropology.

First let me say that this book is like a history book on the history of halloween. If you are looking for a quick halloween story or costume and party information, then this book is not for you.This book deals with the actual history of this wonderful holiday,where it came from and how it adapted to what it is now.I found this book to be a great source of information on the history of my favorite holiday.I would recommend this book to anyone who wants an in depth read of the history of Halloween.

As other reviews suggest, this is not a ghost story or for those with short attention spans. Dr. Rogers is a professor of history, and he has produced a correspondingly scholarly book of history, including names, dates, argumentation, and references to his source materials. When I found the book, I was mainly interested in the early history of Halloween, and the first part of the book delivers it. And it's an important contribution, contrasting with pop-histories that paste later Christian traditions on to early Celtic celebrations, and basically dismiss a thousand years of Christian development as something like "And then they tried to Christianize it because those darned pagans wouldn't go away". Halloween evolved as the cultures celebrating it evolved, and you can't understand its celebration today through a single slice of time in history.



I was tempted to give it four stars instead of five because I thought the author put too much space into Halloween movies, and not enough into the early American development. But he was bringing us up through its modern celebration in the US and Canada, and movies are an important source and reflection of the culture, so I suppose that serves his intent.



You shouldn't try to learn any subject from a single book. Excellent companion books are "The Pagan Mysteries of Halloween" by Markale, for its early history, and "Halloween: An American Holiday, An American Tradition" by Bannatyne for its American development, if you ignore her pre-American history of it (for reasons which are explained comprehensively in Ronald Hutton's "Triumph of the Moon").'

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Belts

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This belt is well made and looks like it will last for many years so I'm happy with my purchase.



As per the "sizing instructions" link, I ordered this belt one size larger than my waist size and I wish I hadn't. I'm wearing my new belt on the last notch so if it stretches with age, I'll need to cut another hole. I'm guessing that Carhartt belts are generously sized to accommodate cold weather clothing.



EDIT: July 9, 2010 As predicted, the belt has stretched so I've made a new notch. Otherwise, I'm still happy with the quality of the product. Carhartt Men's Journeyman Belt- B/T,Black,48

Well made mens belt ideal for outdoors or mens casual dress. heavy duty like you expect from carhart.The leather is not stiff and dry nor is it too soft and not durable. The quality of perfectly tanned leather and excellent craftsmanship is apparent.

Never really go wrong with the quality and craftsmanship of a Carhartt product. This is a real nice made belt, you can change the buckle too if you wish. You just have to buy another buckle. I buy nothing but Carhartt now, great for work and everyday bumming around. Bought my last belt at that K mart store and what a piece of junk compared to this belt. You work hard and deserve better, go buy yourself a nice belt that you will have for years. I like to buy a bigger size belt and use a leather hole punch to make more holes. I got a size bigger that I'm supposed to go, but thats just me. I'm a 44 waist but I order a size 48 belt. This belt for me would have been just fine at 46. But I like my belts a little bigger.



I ordered another Carhartt belt, got to wait to receive it. Very happy with my purchase.

I have bought and used dozens of belts over the years but never seen on delaminate which is what my Carhartt belt is doing after less than 6 months of use. There is a laminated layer on the leather and it is chipping off on both the top and the lower edges of the belt. It reminds me of the cheap shiny belts with a layer of plastic that over time.



I have tanned leather belts that I bought decades ago while in college and they are still intact. It seems harder and harder to get good quality goods and not have corners cut to make short term gains at the expense of customers. Very disappointing considering that Carthartt is supposed to be making clothing for job use which should be more durable than most and instead it is cheap c**p.

I was pleasantly surprised when I saw the belt. It is a full grain (twice as thick and durable) tanned leather belt. It is a full 1-1/4" wide and perfect for jeans. Buckle has a slight double bend that helps the leather belt slide through - a very nice design touch.



It is a "chocolate" brown and not a tan or red-brown like so many of the "brown" belts being sold. The sizes are accurate and Carhartt provides enough length that a 34" belt will fit with a couple holes to spare for use with heavier pants or to leave room for future growth.



Highly recommended.

I didn't have any surprises with this purchase. The belt is of the quailty you'd expect with the Carhatt name. It is tough and well made. I have tried other makers belts and have found them made of thinner and stiffer leather AND their sizing was WAY off (4 sizes smaller). Carhatt might be a bit more expensive, but trust me, you won't be sorry.

I've owned a couple of these belts over the years and the quality has remained the same. They are well built and last, even with me putting knife cases, meter cases and drill hangers on them. I will continue to buy them.'

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Abu Garcia Ambassadeur - abu garcia, abu garcia ambassadeur

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I had my reservations about this reel at first based upon the fact that it is manufactured in China. After scouring the internet I decided to chance it and ordered the reel. It looks and feels great. I could not see a noticeable difference in fit and finish from my abu 6500 which is of Swedish origin. The brake system is awesome for casting and the reel is smooth in the retrieve. So far it has performed flawlessly and has landed 5 channel cats between 5 and 12 pounds. My only complaint is no flatheads yet, but that is not the reels fault. Abu Garcia Ambassadeur CS Pro Rocket Baitcast Reel - Abu Garcia Ambassadeur - Abu Garcia - Reels'

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Multifunction Oscillating Tool

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tool sent with all attachments except that the "head" of the tool could not hold any of them.......there were no "sprockets" on the head to hold the tools.....as a result the tool was useless - sent it back - went to harbor freight and bought one on sale..... NEW! 3-in-1 Multifunction Power Tool with Variable Speed - Sand, Cut, Scrape

I bought the tool for a difficult remodeling project and it performed very well for the first 5 operating hours.

Then it became unreliable by not operating all the way through a cut.

It would switch off and then restart after a few minutes of "rest".

For someone looking for a long life durable machine, look somewhere else.

It's a great example for buying good quality first so you don't have to buy again.

The 90 day warranty should have been the tipoff.

And the warranty applies at their sole discretion.

Stay away!

Yes it is a nameless copy of a tool. having said that it does work. You have to tighten the blade holder as well as the blade from time to time. I cut up some boards around my heater while changing floors. It did the job.'

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