Mystery of Reef Scuba Reels

[chrisdr2004]

So have a bunch of Reef Scuba aluminum wreck reels and trying to make heads or tails of the differant sizes.
Does anyone have any idea how one would determine the size of a reel.
I cant seam to find any info on Reef Scuba anymore nor much info on these reels
They seam like really nice quality but other than that they are a mystery.
Any info is appreciated

 

[VsubT]

I acquired one of these reels as part of a larger lot of gear, maybe 10 years ago. It needed a couple of things repaired, so I called up the guy who used to make them at Reef Scuba Accessories in the Chesapeake, Virginia area and he fixed them for a small price. No idea if he is still in business, but Piranha still seems to carry these reels and parts.

For line length, the best I can recommend is to tie the end to an object and reel it out over a known distance. Back-and-forth between two posts set at 50 feet apart would be an easy way to do this.

I get the impression that this is more of an old school east coast wreck reel. Interested to see if anyone else knows more about these reels or Reef Scuba.

Lance

 

[chrisdr2004]

I acquired one of these reels as part of a larger lot of gear, maybe 10 years ago. It needed a couple of things repaired, so I called up the guy who used to make them at Reef Scuba Accessories in the Chesapeake, Virginia area and he fixed them for a small price. No idea if he is still in business, but Piranha still seems to carry these reels and parts.

For line length, the best I can recommend is to tie the end to an object and reel it out over a known distance. Back-and-forth between two posts set at 50 feet apart would be an easy way to do this.

I get the impression that this is more of an old school east coast wreck reel. Interested to see if anyone else knows more about these reels or Reef Scuba.

Lance

thanks for the info appreciate it