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Customer Reviews for Browning Browning® Fishing Citori® Baitcast Reels
Browning Browning® Fishing Citori® Baitcast Reels
Tough, one-piece aluminum frame Machined-aluminum drilled V spool Eight-bearing system with Powerlock instant anti-reverse Radial Tuned Braking centrifugal cast control Magnum Drag six-disc carbon-Teflon/stainless steel drag One of the great names in the outdoors, Browning has quietly been crafting superior fishing gear for a long time. Dedicated anglers know they can trust established brands like Citori. This latest reel line has been expanded, the body design has been adjusted to make the reel more compact, and the top features that make Citori so popular have been carried over. Features include a tough one-piece aluminum frame with machined-aluminum drilled V-spool, smooth eight-bearing system with double-shielded stainless steel spool bearings and Powerlock™ instant anti-reverse, externally-adjustable Radial Tuned Braking centrifugal cast control, Magnum Drag six-disc carbon-Teflon®/stainless steel drag, Ti-coated line guide, and double-anodized drilled aluminum recurved handle with soft rubber knob.
Average Customer Rating:
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39 of 43(91%)customers would recommend this product to a friend.
Customer Reviews for Browning® Fishing Citori® Baitcast Reels
Review 1 for Browning® Fishing Citori® Baitcast Reels
Overall Rating:
Great Reel
,February 20, 2012
By ky1997le
from VA, USA
Advantages: Ease of use, Style/Design, Performs well, Value for money, Quality
Disadvantages: makes grinding sounds
"My dad got this reel for me a year and a half ago and i have to say this is one of the best reels that i have used the reason i gave it a 4 star review is that the spool button does not function properly sometimes but very rarely. when it happens the button either does not go all the way down or when you engage the reel the button will not come all the way up. when the button does not go all the way down it causes it to make a grinding sound when i cast. when the button does not come all the way up it lets the handle slip. every thing else works great esp the drag it is very smooth and strong. it does not backlash very much only if you fling it right into the ground once u get it dialed in."
What is your favorite type of fishing? Freshwater
How many times a month do you fish on average? 2
Do you own a boat? No
Would you recommend this product as a gift? Yes
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Review 2 for Browning® Fishing Citori® Baitcast Reels
Overall Rating:
ok reel for the price
,January 25, 2012
By RAVEN87
from southern Ohio
Advantages: Ease of use, Style/Design, Value for money
Disadvantages: a bit of a buzzing sound when casting
"This reel is ok for beginners, it does have a bit of a "buzz" when casting, but that may be due to the way the spool is designed. But if you want the same reel under the Bass Pro name, and no casting "buzz" get the Bass Pro Shops Nitro Tournament Z, these two reels are identical, just a little different color, no buzz when casting it, and the BPS Nitro Z is now $20 cheaper ($59.99) than the Browning. Compare the two and try to find a difference other than cosmedic and the name. I have both reels, bought the BPS from a friend used and the Browning from a friend unused, and the BPS is the better of the two.....for some odd reason."
What is your favorite type of fishing? Freshwater
How many times a month do you fish on average? 5+
Do you own a boat? No
Would you recommend this product as a gift? Yes
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.
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Review 3 for Browning® Fishing Citori® Baitcast Reels
Overall Rating:
For beginners
,January 21, 2012
By Rhino0225
Advantages: Ease of use, Performs well
Disadvantages: not very good for the price
"I have this reel but mine also has a flipping switch.the switch is very cheaply made would not recommend
That you use the switch but overall I landed a bunch of good fish with it won a tournament with it but I'm still not impressed with the price for the quality of the reel hope this was helpfull"
That you use the switch but overall I landed a bunch of good fish with it won a tournament with it but I'm still not impressed with the price for the quality of the reel hope this was helpfull"
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Review 4 for Browning® Fishing Citori® Baitcast Reels
Overall Rating:
I dont think so
,October 8, 2011
By dovans
from Lancaster, Ohio
Disadvantages: Performance, Durability
"used this real for about an hour and it started sticking. Started making a loud buzzing noise upon casting. Once you started reeling it in the reel would stick, and if you shook the reel it would start operating smoothly again. I will be returning this reel and exchanging it for another reel."
What is your favorite type of fishing? Freshwater
How many times a month do you fish on average? 5+
Do you own a boat? No
Would you recommend this product as a gift? No
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Review 5 for Browning® Fishing Citori® Baitcast Reels
Overall Rating:
Reel is outstanding
,September 18, 2011
By 1mhkbass
from Trinity NC
Advantages: Ease of use, Style/Design, Performs well, Value for money, Quality, light weight and strong
"I have fished for 40+ years and have used good reels, this reel is the best you can buy for the money. I bought two of these reels first of the year and I will buy two more."
What is your favorite type of fishing? Freshwater
How many times a month do you fish on average? 5+
Do you own a boat? No
Would you recommend this product as a gift? Yes
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Review 6 for Browning® Fishing Citori® Baitcast Reels
Overall Rating:
great reel
,July 28, 2011
By bassassin95
from Southwest va
Advantages: Ease of use, Style/Design, Performs well, Value for money, Quality
"i have had this reel since last fall it does make a funny noise when you cast unless you have the spool tension and the brakes adjusted just right i use it on a 6'6'' med/hev ugly stick and have very few backlash problems over all i am happy with it"
What is your favorite type of fishing? Freshwater
How many times a month do you fish on average? 2
Do you own a boat? No
Would you recommend this product as a gift? Yes
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Review 7 for Browning® Fishing Citori® Baitcast Reels
Overall Rating:
Great reel for swimbaits
,June 25, 2011
By Bassgal
from Escondido, Ca
Advantages: Ease of use, Style/Design, Performs well, Value for money, Quality
"I bought the wide spool version of the Citori to put on a heavy swimbait (Dobyns 806H) rod. It was quick to set up the casting brakes on and casts were really long, even when I used a light lure on it. Pretty nice for a large, low profile reel. Time will tell, but so far I can't find anything to complain about on it. I might just have to try one of the smaller ones as well."
What is your favorite type of fishing? Freshwater
How many times a month do you fish on average? 5+
Do you own a boat? Yes
Would you recommend this product as a gift? Yes
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Review 8 for Browning® Fishing Citori® Baitcast Reels
Overall Rating:
Great
,June 19, 2011
By tubfish
from southren Ontario
Advantages: Ease of use, Performs well, Value for money, Quality, great utility
"this is a great reel i use it for casting but then i turn around and use it for flipping a great buy i would definitely suggest it to anybody."
What is your favorite type of fishing? Freshwater
How many times a month do you fish on average? 5+
Do you own a boat? Yes
Would you recommend this product as a gift? Yes
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Review 9 for Browning® Fishing Citori® Baitcast Reels
Overall Rating:
My fist low profile baitcaster
,June 7, 2011
By havenone
from NJ
Advantages: Ease of use, Style/Design, Performs well, Value for money, Quality
"I first got into BASS in 1974 and fished mainly ABU's.Lew's and Quantom round reels. I wanted to upgrade to the newer low profile style and to catch up with the technology of today's features but I didn't want to break the bank . I chose the Citori over other reels in its class first by its bearing content and gear ratio, and second by its price. In the past, I have had High Speed reels with a 6.2:1 ratio and didn't like the way they felt on retrieve. They had the speed but, not the power.I chose the lowest ratio Citori offered, I think its 4.8:1. I use it for cranks and spinner baits. The value is so great that for the price of the other high end reels, you can get all the gear ratios of the Citori line and still be saving money. And thats my plan, just waiting fora B.P.S. sale to save more .
The reel spool starts quickly and even allowed me to cast a 4' worm on a 1/16 oz. Slider head to my amazement spooled with 17# test Excalibur (old stuff I had laying around) and the reels only rated to use 12# test. I'm an old bass'er that doesn't get to fish as off ten as I use to, and these reels serve the purpose their intended for."
The reel spool starts quickly and even allowed me to cast a 4' worm on a 1/16 oz. Slider head to my amazement spooled with 17# test Excalibur (old stuff I had laying around) and the reels only rated to use 12# test. I'm an old bass'er that doesn't get to fish as off ten as I use to, and these reels serve the purpose their intended for."
What is your favorite type of fishing? Freshwater
How many times a month do you fish on average? 4
Do you own a boat? Yes
Would you recommend this product as a gift? Yes
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Review 10 for Browning® Fishing Citori® Baitcast Reels
Overall Rating:
Excellence
,April 20, 2011
By bigohawghunters
Advantages: Ease of use, Style/Design, Performs well, Value for money, Quality, 18 pound drag
"This new design is phenominal. Smooth as silk and casts like a rocket. The 18 pounds of drag is an added bonus especially fishing in the thickest of jungles on the BIG "O". For the money you can not do better."
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Review 11 for Browning® Fishing Citori® Baitcast Reels
Overall Rating:
WILL BE RETURNING THEM THIS WEEKEND
,April 6, 2011
By RangerZ21225
from VA
Disadvantages: Difficult to use, Performance
"I ordered two of them online when they were on sale for $69.95. I think I know why they were on sale. One of them, right out of the box, made a funny noise every time I made a cast. Both are very difficult to adjust to avoid backlashes and I've been tournament fishing for 16 years. Now I suppose it's possible that because I use 17 lb Trilene 100% fluoro, the stiffness could have something to do with the problem but I practically have to have the brakes and tension knob locked down to cast w/o a backlash and that's with a 3/8 oz lure. I'll be returning them to the Richmond BPS this weekend. I wouldn't give a dime for another one."
What is your favorite type of fishing? Freshwater
How many times a month do you fish on average? 5+
Do you own a boat? Yes
Would you recommend this product as a gift? No
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Review 12 for Browning® Fishing Citori® Baitcast Reels
Overall Rating:
Very Good Reel
,March 17, 2011
By KING4
from Mount Vernon, IL
"This is a very good overall reel and is very smooth. it has good casting distance and smooth drag. The only thing i don't like about the reel is that after you cast the casting button will get stuck half way and as you reel it will make a strange clicking noise, this can be easily fixed easily by pulling the button up and doesn't happen all the time but it does get kinda annoying"
What is your favorite type of fishing? Freshwater
How many times a month do you fish on average? 5+
Do you own a boat? Yes
Would you recommend this product as a gift? Yes
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Review 13 for Browning® Fishing Citori® Baitcast Reels
Overall Rating:
Best reel I've ever owned
,March 15, 2011
By PistolPete54
from Southern Indiana
Advantages: Ease of use, Performs well, Value for money, Quality
"This reel was the smoothest, easiest reel I've ever had. I put it on a 7'6" flippin stick, and it does the job well."
What is your favorite type of fishing? Freshwater
How many times a month do you fish on average? 5+
Do you own a boat? Yes
Would you recommend this product as a gift? Yes
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Review 14 for Browning® Fishing Citori® Baitcast Reels
Overall Rating:
Great purchase
,March 11, 2011
By Reel1
Advantages: Ease of use, Style/Design, Performs well, Value for money, Quality, ergonomics
"I recently purchased this reel based on reviews by others who had used it. I wholeheartedly concur with their positive comments. I used it for three days of bass fishing in a strong wind and it performed perfectly. I own several Curados that cost three times as much and I would compare this one favorably to them. I intend to buy more of these reels. It is light and compact and will throw a Rattletrap a mile. It is also very smooth and has a great drag system."
What is your favorite type of fishing? Saltwater
How many times a month do you fish on average? 4
Do you own a boat? Yes
Would you recommend this product as a gift? Yes
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.
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Review 15 for Browning® Fishing Citori® Baitcast Reels
Overall Rating:
browning citori
,March 11, 2011
By bassreaper123
from minnesota
Advantages: Ease of use, Style/Design, Performs well, Value for money
Disadvantages: Durability
"Nice smooth reel, cast really good don't even need to thumb the spool when it lands if set right. Other than that haven't tried the reel in water because there's only ice where I live right now. But overall I would pick the revo s over this anyday if the citori was not on sale.
But for the price that it was when I bought it I don't regret it..... good reel browing
The only reason I gave it four star was because the reel at times when I engage it doesn't engage all the way feels funny at times."
But for the price that it was when I bought it I don't regret it..... good reel browing
The only reason I gave it four star was because the reel at times when I engage it doesn't engage all the way feels funny at times."
What is your favorite type of fishing? Freshwater
How many times a month do you fish on average? 5+
Do you own a boat? Yes
Would you recommend this product as a gift? Yes
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Review 16 for Browning® Fishing Citori® Baitcast Reels
Overall Rating:
some problems
,March 7, 2011
By fishbowtome
from Wisconsin
Advantages: Ease of use, Style/Design, Value for money
Disadvantages: just wondering if release will hold up
"When I received this reel was very happy with it looks good its smooth.. I went out side with a practice lure and it casts great.... again it is smooth on the return but then the release mechanism would not re engage unless you manually re engauged it so I did took a few more casts and same thing it wouldn't re engage .....so I returned it and the bass pro associate couldn't duplicate the issue said I can't garentee that new one wouldn't be any better(what a thing to tell a customer)....gave me a hard time about taking my line off and putting it on my exchanged reel !! wasn't sure if this reel would perform but it has haven't had the same issue but release mechanism still feels funny to me"
What is your favorite type of fishing? Freshwater
How many times a month do you fish on average? 5+
Do you own a boat? Yes
Would you recommend this product as a gift? Yes
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Review 17 for Browning® Fishing Citori® Baitcast Reels
Overall Rating:
I RECOMEND IT!
,March 4, 2011
By hydrosam2009
from BOLIVIA, N.C.
Advantages: Ease of use, Style/Design, Performs well, Value for money, Quality
Disadvantages: none
"BUY IT AND TRY IT, YOU WONT GO WRONG! I LOVE MINE, IT'S LIGHT, EASY TO USE, FOR BIG AND SMALL FISH, ITS GREAT!!"
What is your favorite type of fishing? Saltwater
How many times a month do you fish on average? 5+
Do you own a boat? Yes
Would you recommend this product as a gift? Yes
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Review 18 for Browning® Fishing Citori® Baitcast Reels
Overall Rating:
Seems good so far
,March 3, 2011
By Campo32
from Toronto, Ontario
Advantages: Ease of use, Style/Design, Quality
"I have never used a baitcaster but from what I have seen so far, the Citori looks like a well built reel. I haven't had a chance to use it yet but once the snow is gone I will be out turning some heads as I cast into the middle of the street.
The reel is relatively silent while retreiving and seems light enough that it wouldn't affect the balance of the rod. For a beginner reel I think this will be a good choice especially since it was on sale. I have been shopping around for a while now and most of the other reels in this price range felt cheap and were a bit heavier."
What is your favorite type of fishing? Freshwater
How many times a month do you fish on average? 5+
Do you own a boat? No
Would you recommend this product as a gift? Yes
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Review 19 for Browning® Fishing Citori® Baitcast Reels
Overall Rating:
NICE REEL
,March 2, 2011
By DIZZROCKN
Advantages: Ease of use, Style/Design, Performs well, Value for money, Quality
"this is the best 70 dollars ive evr spent in my life! i can kick my self for not buying a couple more of them while they were on sale...this is a very strong smooth reel..."
What is your favorite type of fishing? Freshwater
How many times a month do you fish on average? 5+
Do you own a boat? No
Would you recommend this product as a gift? Yes
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Review 20 for Browning® Fishing Citori® Baitcast Reels
Overall Rating:
Great reel
,March 2, 2011
By TheZooman
from Oakdale, LA
Advantages: Style/Design, Performs well, Value for money, Quality
Disadvantages: noisey, not as smooth as other same price reels
"I like this reel, it casts far, It has a couple things that are minor but I still think it recieves 5 stars. It is a little noisey due to the centrifical brake, also not having the dual braking system, like the midas, its a little harder to "fine tune" your casts. Which basically means its going to birdnest in medium wind conditions. Not bad birdnesting but even so it casts a mile for a 100 dollar reel. Also it's not as smooth as higher end reels but as i said before it deserves 5 stars for the quality vs price. Pick one up on sale and you've really got a bargain."
What is your favorite type of fishing? Freshwater
How many times a month do you fish on average? 4
Do you own a boat? Yes
Would you recommend this product as a gift? Yes
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