Pointless Abusive Van Staal-Bashing Thread

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Every fishing board has to have one.

Come on, let's hear your gripes - we can't let other sites take the lead on this hot topic.

Any woeful tales of oil-leaking reels, sideplates that fall off in the middle of a fight, drag knobs coming lose and falling into the water, or just general reel grumpiness? And huge warranty repair bills?

How 'bout some after "self-servicing" horror stories, like how ______ (a VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE member here) serviced his best buddy's gold VS150, and upon attempting to re-assemble the thing misaligned the doohickey thingy with the thingamabob and ended up destroying the reel (through no fault of his own?)?


Does anyone want to see what a .300 winchester magnum will do to a pair of VS pliers?

Van Staal reels suck and only wankers like Barfmaster fish with them.