Bottle or Reel style retriever?

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tonynoriega

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I have had my AMS bottle for about 3 seasons now and after about the first 6 months where I could not keep the **** thing from binding up, it has been smooth...

I have a buddy who has gone through 3 of the reel style retrievers since that time... breaks, busted pieces falling off, the riser would not seat properly...etc...

What do you prefer shooting?
 
I have the ams retriever on both of my bows, and haven't had any major problems. One is around 7 yrs old and the other 3 or 4. When they start to bind up a little, they're usually just a little out of adjustment. Its hard to explain, but it is an easy fix. AMS has a YouTube video on how to adjust the crank and roller, works like a charm. My older reel got to where I could hardly turn the crank to retrieve line, followed the video and no problems now. Works like new. Hope this helps.
 
If you don't shoot huge fish I'm a fan of the AMS. My Pro would smoke any reel styles on retrieve speed. But we have grasscarp and the reel style brings more to the table against them.
 
Bottle all day. I won the muzzy reel at a tournament so I figured I would try it atleast.. used it for 30 minutes and switched back and sold it the next day. Too many buttons, I like the simplicity of the bottle especially when there's 40 fish swimming around you.
 
My brother and I setup a bow 10 years ago with a standard reel and we lost a ton of arrows. I now have an AMS on my new setup.

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