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From my own experience I fished a Penn Slammer all season, more then 100 trips. I don't know how many waves rolled over it or how many dunks it took while releasing fish but it was a lot. Cleaned the drag every few week and sprayed body with fresh water after every trip. When I opened the body to give it it's end of year cleaning the internals were all in good shape and the grease was OK. Three years on this reel and never a problem. When I first got it I used to break it open monthly now unless something really unusual happens it's once a season.
Prior to using Slammers I used the Penn SS models. With them I used to pack the housing with grease. While this made them a little stiff to reel I never had any real problems with them from dunking.
If your one of the wet suit guys where the reel spends half the time under water that would be a different story. But to me the need for a VS or a Zee is way over stated when your fishing for stripers. 45-years of fishing and I've lost my share of nice fish but I really don't remember the reel ever being the problem.
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