[beamie]

When is the seat breaking for you guys? That Deluxe seat is one of the better to use. It has the metal ring on the screw part for extra strength.

I assume it is breaking when you go to change the reel and not in use as your fishing.

One the type of reel your using are the feet fitting into the hood good enough. I assume your tightening the piss out of it to make it snug and it later breaks.

I'm not a big time surf rod guy but I remember on one of my spinning reels a few year ago I filed the shape of the reel feet different to make it fit nicer in the hood.