Whats Ceramic Drag For A Spinning Reel?

[MRewis]

I was wondering what it is i purchased a reel with it but not sure what the difference is? between the regular and ceramic drag any help would be appreciated thanks!

[ronaultmtd]

ceramic is much more heat resistant (It is what the Space shuttle tiles are made of) than regular drag materials- ceramic brake pads are used on Indy Race cars

[tufnik]

So you have an Indy Car spinning reel for those high speed fish

[tufnik]

This is actually an interesting question, so I did some research.

Do you mean fishing reels with ceramic bearings and ceramic drags? I found a lot of info on ceramic bearings in fishing reels. Here's what I found:

- The balls and sometimes the races in bearings for reels are ceramic or ceramic coated
- Ceramic bearings (CB) costs more to produce than stainless steel (SS) bearings
- CBs are less prone to corrosion
- CBs are harder than SS bearings, so there's less friction and less wear (lasts longer)
- CBs are smoother
- CBs generate less heat
- CBs are less prone to rotational vibration; can operate at higher speeds

Same ideas apply to ceramic drags - less heat, no corrosion, lasts longer, etc.

[Redfish12]

My cabo's have ceramic drags. In their case Quantum means hard fiber disks vs felt washers or other drag materials. As Ron said, ceramic is more tolerant to heat which makes it a good choice for drag washers. Are they really ceramic? No probably not, just like the TLDs are not actually titanium. Cabos are nice reels, a little heavy, but solid.

[tufnik]

My cabo's have ceramic drags. In their case Quantum means hard fiber disks vs felt washers or other drag materials. As Ron said, ceramic is more tolerant to heat which makes it a good choice for drag washers. Are they really ceramic? No probably not, just like the TLDs are not actually titanium. Cabos are nice reels, a little heavy, but solid.

Yeah, I did find info on ceramic drags.

Ceramic washers are quite thin and brittle. They are more expensive than carbon fiber material, which are already very good material for drags.

Also, I checked, and found out my Quantum Tour Edition TE baitcaster has a ceramic drag system.....didn't know that.....duh....

[MRewis]

Alright well I got my question answered it really appreciated I spent like 30 an hour looking but couldn't come to anything about it appreciate it!

[ronaultmtd]

I used ceramic inserts in my machine tooling to cut extremely hard metals when I worked as an inside machinists- titanium, high carbon steel, 17-4PH heat treatable stainless steel, cast iron, etc.