Yes I know and I just bought a pair of 3500b and like them so I have a choice now lol just done tell the MrsThey’ll sit lovely on those ipowers Ray
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Shimano 4000d
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Richard Isaacs
Senior Member & Supporter
Big difference in weight between those reels. You’ll have to have a play and see which ones balance up best.
Joe Winstanley
Senior Member & Supporter
Both cracking reels.
I have 4000ds on my lighter rods, and 3500b's on my heavier rods. Love both for different reasons and I won't be replacing them for many years to come.
I have 4000ds on my lighter rods, and 3500b's on my heavier rods. Love both for different reasons and I won't be replacing them for many years to come.
Richard Isaacs
Senior Member & Supporter
I had a pair of 3500bs that I bought cheap on gumtree. They were the roughest looking pair of reels you’d ever seen. I wish I had a picture. They looked like they’d been through a wood chipper 
They performed amazingly though. I couldn’t think of another reel that could of taken that sort of sheer abuse yet still keep on cranking.
I think I paid around 40 quid a reel. I sold em because I couldn’t balance em up with anything at the time. My heaviest rod was a chimera 2 and they were just a bit heavy for it really. They’d sit lovely on my big rivers I have nowadays.
They performed amazingly though. I couldn’t think of another reel that could of taken that sort of sheer abuse yet still keep on cranking.
I think I paid around 40 quid a reel. I sold em because I couldn’t balance em up with anything at the time. My heaviest rod was a chimera 2 and they were just a bit heavy for it really. They’d sit lovely on my big rivers I have nowadays.
When you say heavier rods what test curve are you talking about and what casting weight will they happily cast and retrieve all day
Joe Winstanley
Senior Member & Supporter
I have them on my Chimera 3's which are 2.25lb TC. No problem cranking in 6oz leads and 5oz feeders. I also use them for piking on 11ft 2.5 tc rods and they deal with it effortlessly.