Ardent spinning reels

[Eazy]

Was watching that extreme angler show the other day, and the guy was using one of those Ardent Fishouflage reels, of course it seemed pretty nice, and was manufactured in North America which is extremely rare for a reel these days.

 

But, during a bit of research I did, I found the reviews to be very sporadic, One guy thought it was awesome, the other a pile of junk?

 

Anyways, part of me thinks that supporting North American manufactured goods is great,(ie;St. Croix, and Loomis), while the other wants to stick with something more familiar like the higher end reels such as shimano and what have you that are of course made in china, malaysia etc. etc.

 

Any fellow angler have any personal experience to share regarding this product?

[jedimaster]

Pretty happy with my ardent edge baitcaster.

[BillM]

Have heard way too many people complaining about them to ever really consider one.

[ecmilley]

i have used them and there chinese made counterpart evercast the edge is a nice reel worked out well put an hour in with one that had been through 6 tournamnets was still smooth and the drag tracking technology is great, i just feel like a traitor leaving my chronarcs and cores but I'll be picking up 4 or 5 over the winter to give a test