Abu Garcia BMAX3 vs Lew's Mach Crush MC1SH

Buy the Abu Garcia Black Max, manufacturer part BMAX3, ASIN B0188HWT32, when you want the low-profile baitcaster whose catalog line for this part prints a 6.4:1 gear ratio, five bearings as four plus one, 7.3 ounces, 18 pounds of max drag, 26 inches of retrieve per turn, mono capacity of 12-pound line at 145 yards, braid capacity of 30-pound line at 140 yards, MagTrax brake language, a Power Disk drag, and Duragear brass gearing. Buy the Lew's Mach Crush SLP, model MC1SH on the title of this page and the MCR1SHA path in the slug, ASIN B074PHQTMZ, when you want the baitcaster whose card prints a ten-bearing system, a 7.5:1 gear ratio, 30 inches of retrieve per turn, 20 pounds of drag, and a mono capacity of 12-pound line at 110 yards. Match the ASIN before you match a Mach Crush suffix from a different year.

Short version. A Shimano STC3000XGFL and a Daiwa FGLT3000D-C are spinning reels, not these baitcasters. A St. Croix TSR70MF and a Fenwick EA66M-FS-2 are the blanks under a reel seat. Sufix 660-020G and Daiwa J-Braid JBGD8U20 are braid spools, not the capacity printed on a reel card. A Shimano Nasci NAS2500HGFC and a Daiwa Revros REVLT2500 are the other spinning conversation. A Shimano SLX 150 and a Lew's Speed Spool are the other baitcaster pair on this site. This page is BMAX3 and the Mach Crush on B074PHQTMZ.

Who should buy the Black Max, and who should buy the Mach Crush?

Buy BMAX3 if you want part BMAX3, ASIN B0188HWT32, the 6.4:1 ratio, the five-bearing count printed as four plus one, the 7.3-ounce weight, the 18-pound Power Disk drag, MagTrax brake language, Duragear brass gearing, and the mono and braid capacities that sit on the Black Max line for this part. Buy the Mach Crush on B074PHQTMZ if you want the card that prints ten bearings, 7.5:1, 30 inches of retrieve per turn, 20 pounds of drag, and mono at 12-pound test for 110 yards, and if you will keep the title model MC1SH and the slug path mcr1sha attached to that ASIN instead of shopping a different Crush suffix by photograph alone.

Buy neither if you wanted a spinning reel. The Stradic and Fuego page, the Nasci and Revros page, and the rod pages are already written for that seat. Buy neither if you wanted the Shimano SLX 150 versus Lew's Speed Spool fight. That is a different pair of ASINs. Buy neither if you needed a gear ratio the card has already written with a colon and you refuse to read the cell that actually shipped.

What is BMAX3 actually for?

This card is an Abu Garcia Black Max baitcasting reel, model BMAX3, ASIN B0188HWT32. The catalog line that travels with this part prints a 6.4:1 gear ratio, a five-bearing system written as four stainless ball bearings plus one roller bearing, a reel weight of 7.3 ounces, a maximum drag of 18 pounds, a retrieve of 26 inches per turn, mono capacity of 12-pound line at 145 yards, and braid capacity of 30-pound line at 140 yards. The brake language on the Black Max family for this part is MagTrax. The drag language is Power Disk. The gear language is Duragear brass. Those names are marketing cells. They are not a cast distance and they are not a salt rating.

Six point four to one is slower than the Mach Crush card's 7.5:1. Twenty-six inches per turn is shorter than the Mach Crush card's 30 inches. That is the retrieve split. It is not a verdict about which reel throws farther. Neither Amazon cell on this page prints a casting distance in feet. MagTrax is a magnetic brake system on the Black Max language. It is not a pin brake from a different Abu family, and it is not the Lew's brake dial on the other card. Power Disk is the drag pad language. Eighteen pounds is the max drag number on the Black Max line for this part. Do not raise it to twenty because the other reel's card says twenty.

The mono capacity of 12/145 and the braid capacity of 30/140 are Black Max numbers for BMAX3. They are not the Mach Crush mono cell of 110 yards of 12-pound line. Filling either spool from a named braid article on this site still means you stop when the spool looks full. Sufix 660-020G and Daiwa J-Braid are 150-meter spools in their own comparisons. They do not rewrite a reel card.

What is the Mach Crush on B074PHQTMZ actually for?

This card is a Lew's Mach Crush SLP baitcasting reel on ASIN B074PHQTMZ. The title on this page uses model MC1SH. The URL slug for the comparison uses mcr1sha. Those two strings are how this site names the fight. The shopping rule is still the ASIN. If a seller gallery mixes Crush generations, match B074PHQTMZ before you match a photograph of a paddle or a side plate color. The card print that belongs to this comparison lists a ten-bearing system, a 7.5:1 gear ratio, 30 inches of retrieve per turn, 20 pounds of drag, and a mono capacity of 12-pound line at 110 yards.

Ten bearings is not five bearings. Twenty pounds of drag is not eighteen. Thirty inches of retrieve is not twenty-six. Those three splits are the card. A shop table that adds an ounce weight for a different Crush SKU is a shop table. This article will not invent an ounce number for B074PHQTMZ when the brief for this page does not print one as an Amazon cell. A missing weight is a missing weight. Leave it missing.

Mono at 110 yards of 12-pound test is shorter than the Black Max mono line of 145 yards at the same test. That is a capacity split, not a claim that one spool is safer. Braid yardage is not printed in the Mach Crush card summary used here. Do not paste the Black Max braid cell of 30/140 onto the Crush because both reels are low-profile baitcasters. The Speed Spool comparison on this site is a different Lew's fight. Do not order that ASIN because the brand matched.

How do you read these two baitcaster cards without mixing the spinning pages?

Both technique cells are baitcasting reels. A spinning reel will not replace either of them. The Stradic FL and Fuego LT page, the Nasci and Revros page, and the President and Sedona style fights elsewhere are spinning conversations. Put BMAX3 or the Mach Crush on B074PHQTMZ on a baitcasting rod. The Triumph TSR70MF and the Eagle EA66M-FS-2 are spinning blanks already compared for a spinning seat. A baitcasting blank is a different rod card. The lure window lives on the rod. The line window, when it exists, lives on the reel card you opened.

The Black Max line for BMAX3 gives you mono 12/145 and braid 30/140. The Mach Crush card print used here gives you mono 110/12. Those are the only capacity sentences this comparison will treat as belonging to these parts. A reviewer who filled a Crush spool short of a printed yardage is a reviewer. The feature still says what it says. Sufix and J-Braid articles tell you what is on a spool. They do not tell you the reel will hold every yard printed on a marketing cell.

Gear ratio cells with a colon are the retrieve story. 6.4:1 and 7.5:1 are not interchangeable. A crank bait that wants a slower sweep is not the same job as a reaction bait that wants line back in a hurry. Neither card prints a lure weight window. Do not invent one from a rod page.

What actually fails on these two cards?

The Black Max card fails when 6.4:1 is rewritten as a Mach Crush retrieve without renaming the part. It fails when MagTrax is sold as a waterproof rating. It fails when 18 pounds of drag is rounded up to 20 because the other listing looked similar. It fails when 7.3 ounces is treated as a weight for every Black Max in the store. It fails when a spinning Nasci is ordered because the tab said Abu Garcia and the model cell was not checked. It fails when Duragear brass is read as a promise the gear will never wear.

The Mach Crush card fails when MC1SH, MCR1SHA, and a different Crush year are treated as one ASIN. It fails when ten bearings are sold as a longer cast than five bearings with no other sentence. It fails when 30 inches of retrieve is pasted onto BMAX3. It fails when 110 yards of 12-pound mono is replaced by the Black Max 145-yard cell and the feature is deleted. It fails when the Speed Spool LFS page is opened because Lew's matched and the model did not. It fails when an ounce weight from a different Crush SKU is written into B074PHQTMZ.

What is this comparison not?

This is not a spinning reel comparison. Both cards are baitcasters. This is not every Black Max and every Mach Crush. BMAX3 and ASIN B074PHQTMZ are the cards. A right-hand or left-hand sibling with a different suffix is a different part if the ASIN changes. This is not the SLX 150 versus Speed Spool page. This is not a price quote. The price moves. Use the buttons if you want the live listing. This is not a rod review and it is not a braid review. Those pages are linked above because that is where the blank and the line live.

This is also not a claim that one reel casts farther. Neither card prints a casting distance. A shop sentence about a long cast is a shop sentence. Leave the distance on the water.

So which baitcaster should you buy?

Buy the Abu Garcia if you want part BMAX3, ASIN B0188HWT32, the 6.4:1 ratio, five bearings as four plus one, 7.3 ounces, 18 pounds of Power Disk drag, MagTrax, Duragear, and the mono 12/145 and braid 30/140 line for this part. Buy the Lew's if you want ASIN B074PHQTMZ, the Mach Crush card that prints ten bearings, 7.5:1, 30 inches of retrieve per turn, 20 pounds of drag, and mono at 12-pound test for 110 yards, and if you will keep MC1SH and the mcr1sha slug attached to that ASIN. Buy neither if you wanted a spinning reel, the SLX fight, or a gear ratio the card has already written for a different model.

The clip under this section is a public look at an Abu Garcia Black Max. It is not a Mach Crush review. The title and the footage are Black Max territory. Watch it for the Black Max shape and the MagTrax-side language you can see on camera. Do not watch it as a verdict on ASIN B074PHQTMZ.