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Many of the spinning reels give you a spare spool of inferior quality. The higher end Shimru spinners give you two good quality spools, maybe a few others. But they ain't free, a Sustain costs more than a Daiwa Emblem of the same size, where you get a cheap "graphite" (actually mostly plastic) spare spool on the Daiwa. Put that cheap spool on a conventional and you're asking for problems. A cracked spool on a spinner, the rotor will still turn. A cracked conventional spool would probably jam in the frame on the retrieve.
A spare Calcutta spool runs almost $40, for the 400 size. Depending on the model, an Abu 6500 spool runs $20-$25. Outside of Van Staal---which is another story with a spare spool that costs as much as a Sustain reel--the most expensive spare spool I know of is the Daiwa SS Tournament models---$45 a pop.
Mitchell gives you two spare spools with the Nautils---a plastic one of the same size as the aluminum one, and a stupid, useless "large arbor" spool that holds half the line of the others. I didn't buy a 23 ounce reel to fish 12# or 15# test mono on a light rod.
A spare Calcutta 400/Abu 6500 size reel will fit in the side flap pocket of my bag. Lot easier just to swap reels than fiddle with the side plates on the sand, at night. You have a better shot of flushing the sand out of a spinning reel if you drop it in the sand changing spools, than you would with a conventional if you do the same thing.
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