Sold!

And if so, is it the older one with the side doubled up, or newer version with just a single thickness on the side of the spool where the little crank knob is?

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Good move. There are only 300 of these in the world. (I have 7 or 8 of them to make sure I am never without them in my working life.) Properly understood and used they are an incredible time saver with a Bigshot.

(Old threads here have good info for anyone interested.)
 
Why? As many answers to that as there are people I would guess.

What I noticed was that people complained the price was high. And I believe that the developer felt under appreciated/valued for his efforts in general.

I would say most people wouldn't see its true value until they used it for a week making lots of high shots and working through learning some of the winders subtle nuances.
 
Ya, I thought they were expensive, too, and they are, but after I bought one of those reels to make my own and thought about the time I'd have in monkeying around and profit I'd need if I made them for anybody else, they don't sound so unreasonable anymore. Probably if someone went to China and had that reel made right off the bat they could cost $30.

I've used these for a few years. I think I pretty quickly saw the value after stuffing throwline into a bucket. You're right, tho, there are a few essential tricks and some techniques that help. And it's no fun when the string catches and the whole thing goes flying.

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I found that inconsistent tension on the throwline as I reeled it in would cause me a tangle or launch the spool. I started running line around my leg and pinching legs together to keep tension the same.

I also pull throwline out of tree and down onto ground in straighter lines or big zig zag rather than a pile prior to reeling up with proper tension.

Another thing that sped up my line installation is the heavy fishing swivel in the middle of the reel I swap out for an identical swivel with a safety pin like closure on one side. Then I put a 6 inch loop on the second end of throwline. Now I can swap ends to even out wear, or more frequently when I have to shoot throw weight into tree in wrong direction for ideal base anchor use of my climb line. Then I just strip remainder of line off spool and pull line in from what would have been spool side. Also this allows me to easily extend line for shots over 100 feet high.

Any tricks you use besides those?
 
Your first, tensioning the line of its way onto the spool is the biggest. Put it between your thighs and cross your legs. Only works with long pants on ;) otherwise you have to get creative, but winding it on with gentle even tension is essential. Also don't want too much tension or the line can dig into previous wraps a d catch when unwinding.

Then, also, as you said, getting creative to not make a mess on the ground when pulling the line back down. In addition to what you mentioned, sometimes if I have room I'll take the throwbag and throw it like a baseball as far as I can into an open area just to straighten out the list e, then drag it back in with the winder.

When shooting the slingshot, it helps to put the winder out in front a bit and spool off some line to start, helps not have it catch and launch the spool

All I can think of for now

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