I had brought the reel knowing nothing about the quality of the of the reel or the maker.
After I had placed the order I found lots of reviews online.... all extremely positive.
When the reel arrived I was extremely impressed with it.
It is very well packaged and extremely well make.
You can of course get better reels but they cost two to three times as much and I doubt they're two to three times better.
I definitely give the Kastking Rover 60 10 out of 10 for the price you just can't get a better reel.
So far the reel has been awesome, I use it for cat fishing and have it paired up with an okuma battle cat. The first cast with the rover 60 was amazing and went further than my spinning reel setup for cat fishing. I would love to try the smaller sizes rover 40 / 50
for my smaller casting rods so maybe in the future ill do that but i would recommend this reel to anyone that wants a great reel for a really good price.
Have only just loaded line on the reel, but it seems like a very good product.
Good smooth retrieve and release. like the spool release but it might be hard to use when trolling.
A pretty solid build, smooth, BUT
The handles are not comfortable - I've tried using it for light trolling from a kayak and live bait from a kayak, and when I need to reel back a lot of line (100 feet+), it is just a pain.