Van Staal RIP OFF

[Mike P]

Originally Posted by piemma

I think one of the main things it comes down to is "how you fish". If you are on the rocks all the time be it the Ditch, Narragansett, the Block, etc and don't "wetsuit" then you don't NEED an $800 reel. If you are one of the "young guns" who wetsuit and have your reel constantly submerged then you NEED a tank for a reel. Note the operative word here is "NEED".

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I disagree slightly. Every hardcore guy needs a dependable tank. The reason I decided to buy a Saltiga (direct from Japan for $550 when the exchange rate was favorable) is because I had a Mitchell Nautill %$%$%$%$ the bed on me with a 25# on in the canal--the spool came detatched from the base, and I had no drag. The fish got around a bridge abutment, got itself hung up, and I had to listen to Slip and Mac crack my nuts about not knowing how to fight a fish for the 20 minutes it took me to somehow get the fish to move off the snag, and then palm the spool the whole time cranking it around the bridge and into the rocks. We had to keep the fish because it couldn't be revived.

[WESTPORTMAFIA]

I don't think a VS is just for swimming. If your in the rocks and in the surf its not bad to have one. I will rock hop waist to chest high and not worry about the reel going in the water and can use the rod with the reel submerged to find holes. And when I do fall or set up in heavy surf. I'm more worried about falling and my safety and not concentrating on trying to save my reel. I beat the CRAP out of my 250 last year and had no problems I washed it down maybe 25% of my outings. When I opened it it was clean as a whistle. If it last a couple more years of heavy abuse I would say it was worth the $.

[luds]

I wish Daiwa would bring this reel to the American market. They don't make any decent smaller higher end spinning reels for the salt from what I can tell.

DAIWA SALTIGA GAME 3500

I'd already have one if I had a place to get it serviced.

[Back Beach]

Originally Posted by luds

I wish Daiwa would bring this reel to the American market. They don't make any decent smaller higher end spinning reels for the salt from what I can tell.

DAIWA SALTIGA GAME 3500

I'd already have one if I had a place to get it serviced.

They'll service it at the San Diego heaquarters, I'm sure. Both of my reels came from a vendor in Japan with japanese instructions and I still have mine serviced in SD. Some folks mentioned they wouldn't service it in the US, but that was BS. If its a Daiwa product they'll service it, I'm sure.

Why don't you sell me your Z and buy the new game 3500? You know you want it and now there's no excuse... Besides, they don't need expensive weekly service...its not a VS, you know...

I'm keeping an eye on the BST forum.

[luds]

Originally Posted by Back Beach

They'll service it at the San Diego heaquarters, I'm sure. Both of my reels came from a vendor in Japan with japanese instructions and I still have mine serviced in SD. Some folks mentioned they wouldn't service it in the US, but that was BS. If its a Daiwa product they'll service it, I'm sure.

Why don't you sell me your Z and buy the new game 3500? You know you want it and now there's no excuse...

It's all about who you talk to like anything else. I called Daiwa myself and they told me no. I'm sure the next person would give me another answer. Maybe I'll send them an e-mail and give it another try. At least that way I could send in the documentation with the reel.

My Z isn't going anywhere. Neither are the VS's. I should have my new gold bling 275 any day.

[Back Beach]

Originally Posted by luds

My Z isn't going anywhere. Neither are the VS's. I should have my new gold bling 275 any day.

You are a certified reel whore, or a CRW...

[Mike P]

Originally Posted by Back Beach

They'll service it at the San Diego heaquarters, I'm sure. Both of my reels came from a vendor in Japan with japanese instructions and I still have mine serviced in SD. Some folks mentioned they wouldn't service it in the US, but that was BS. If its a Daiwa product they'll service it, I'm sure.

Why don't you sell me your Z and buy the new game 3500? You know you want it and now there's no excuse... Besides, they don't need expensive weekly service...its not a VS, you know...

I'm keeping an eye on the BST forum.

Every Saltiga I ever heard about came with a Japanese language manual. There's no way to tell a US market Saltiga from a JDM Saltiga. The reel graphics are in English, but all the paperwork in the box is in Japanese. If Daiwa sells the reel in the US market, they will service it.

[BassDawg]

and i still haven't found out where

to get my Chinese VS ripoff??? same technology, same alloys
smeared serial ###'s, for about 350 on the black market!!!!

C'MAWWWN China, i thought you were better than that!