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The 6500ss are good reels and penn has never claimed them to be anything they're not. There are 2 parts that you will have to replace every year (the brass hexagon and anti-reverse) but they are less than $5 for the two of them. When a reel is under high strain something has to give, so better these two cheap parts than something major. For a reel just over $100 they aren't a bad reel at all, and can take a beating, get dunked every outing and still never need to be washed off. Parts are easy to find and they can be easily repaired by yourself.
It all depends on your expectations and how much money you are willing to spend. Every reel in the penns price range has some sort of problem with it. You just have to find what problems will bother you the least.
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