Just Curious

[JerseyFisher]

Does anyone know why Shimano only makes the Curado e5 in right hand retrieve? I think it would just be common sense to make a reel both RH and LH, but I guess Shimano has to have some reasoning behind it. Can they not achieve that 5.0:1 gear ratio when the handle is on the left side?

[Tavery5]

Originally Posted by JerseyFisher

Does anyone know why Shimano only makes the Curado e5 in right hand retrieve? I think it would just be common sense to make a reel both RH and LH, but I guess Shimano has to have some reasoning behind it. Can they not achieve that 5.0:1 gear ratio when the handle is on the left side?

Not sure why they never released the LH version is the states. They do however have a JDM version of the Curado, the Scorpion XT 1501 that comes in a 5.1 LH version. Little higher price but basically the same reel.

[Raul]

They say that the sales of left handed reels in those gear ratios are not enough to justify the cost of manufacturing them.

There´s no such thing as a Scorpion XT1500 with 5:1 gear ratio, the XT1500 is a 6.3:1, that version is vailable in both, righty and lefty.

Actually, there are no ( and since I can remember ) 5:1 JDM Shimano reels, the 5:1 GR it´s only available for the overseas market ( outside Japan ).