Took it on a Mexico trip and it does the job. Very smooth on the casting and reeling the fish in. No complaints.

used my new reel at 200 feet for lingcod off the monterey coast the retrieve speed is excellant. It is lightweight and easy to read depth. I will be purchasing 3 more when able to.

Had mine for a year and so did a friend (bought at the same time). Within the first month had a grinding in the ball bearings. I don't do any beach fishing at all so i assumed that i got salt inside of it and cleaned it to no avail. A week later my friend's reel started doing the same. Now both of these reels were thoroughly cleaned after each use. Luckily another friend of ours knew a Daiwa rep., and we got all of the internals replace for free. Upon receiving it the worked great.....for about a month again..... I went as far as to replace the "sealed" ball bearings inside with ceramic ones i bought online, which did help, but has not totally absolved the issue with their crappy bearings grinding and locking up.

Excellent drag and level wind

excellent reels and delivered on time.

I used the old model for 10 years, but the new model is better�

Good reel for the money really like the line counter feature

Stripped the gears out within 6 months. Stick to shimano