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I have used, owned, or fished with people that own every conceivable reel. I grew up fishin Penns cause by my dad's theory, if they break, you can get them fixed just about anywhere. They broke all the time.
Now anyone knows that I beat the Shat out of my gear, fish just about everynight, and never wash stuff.
Before the VS's, I was using the Stradic 8000. Awesome, smooth reel, but the drags required too much drag/ drag washer maintenance. If the reel got wet at all, I had to on a regular basis pull the drag washers out, clean them, lube them, and put them back together without breaking them. For me it was a major PIA. Before that used the Shimano 4500 baitrunners. Bullet proof, but heavy. Never once used the bait runner feature. But I loved the water proof drag.
The stardic is the nicest non- water tight reel out there.....BUT, and there is always a BUT, the absolute best bang for your buck is the Spheros 8000. Same size, smootheness, line capacity as the Stradics, cost less, but they have a WATER PROOF DRAG. Maximilius beat the bag out of his, swam and wetsuited with it for a whole season without cleaning it, and it never let him down.
But to each their own.........either way, go with a shimano.
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