Stella or new vanquish

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Stella or new vanquish

Post by Gloomis34 » Sat Feb 20, 2016 1:37 pm

I'm looking to get a c2500hgs size feel I don't know if I should get the Stella or the new vanquish any suggestions?
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Re: Stella or new vanquish

Post by TahoeDust » Sun Feb 21, 2016 1:58 pm

Stella.
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Re: Stella or new vanquish

Post by jpmoney » Sun Feb 21, 2016 10:32 pm

Stella hands down.
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Re: Stella or new vanquish

Post by cndbasshunter » Sun Feb 21, 2016 11:18 pm

Stella
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Re: Stella or new vanquish

Post by ScoobyDoo » Mon Feb 22, 2016 12:01 am

I have a few lbs of stellas.....what makes it better?
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Re: Stella or new vanquish

Post by karirick » Mon Feb 22, 2016 8:29 am

ScoobyDoo wrote:I have a few lbs of stellas.....what makes it better?
What makes the Stella better? To me it is much more refined and solid feeling, probably the all metal construction. I get the use of the CI4/Zaion rotors these days, but all metal feels better in my hands every time.

Plus it's a STELLA!!!:)

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Re: Stella or new vanquish

Post by cndbasshunter » Mon Feb 22, 2016 9:13 am

I sold my vq right after I got my Stella's. Just so much more smooth when hooked up
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Re: Stella or new vanquish

Post by Jdmbiggie » Mon Feb 22, 2016 10:09 am

stella all day
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Re: Stella or new vanquish

Post by belippy » Mon Feb 22, 2016 11:23 am

Stella all da way!
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Re: Stella or new vanquish

Post by BARRAMANIAC » Mon Feb 22, 2016 8:23 pm

Well no one can really make a call as i doubt anyone has the new Vanquish yet.
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Re: Stella or new vanquish

Post by Fishinfanatic115 » Tue Feb 23, 2016 10:37 pm

Isn't the new Vanquish marketed as a bottom contact alternative to the Stella? Whereas the Stella is more marketed toward retrieve oriented techniques? I realize they're not exclusive, and I regard the Stella as the best spinning reel on the market, but I think they mentioned something like this in the Japanese 2016 Vanquish promo...
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Re: Stella or new vanquish

Post by karirick » Wed Feb 24, 2016 7:19 am

Fishinfanatic115 wrote:Isn't the new Vanquish marketed as a bottom contact alternative to the Stella? Whereas the Stella is more marketed toward retrieve oriented techniques? I realize they're not exclusive, and I regard the Stella as the best spinning reel on the market, but I think they mentioned something like this in the Japanese 2016 Vanquish promo...
Interesting thought, I would guess the all-metal Stella would be better for bottom contact, but who knows. Bottom line the Stella is almost $200 dollars more for a reason.

I say it is the best on Earth, with only an Opus as a curiousity that I have not beheld to compare.

Great problem to have debating a Vanquish and a Stella:)
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Re: Stella or new vanquish

Post by BRONZEBACK32 » Wed Feb 24, 2016 6:02 pm

I have the 12 vanquish and its been amazing, I would take the stella over it though.

With that said the new vanquish looks pretty damn awesome...

What I like about my 12 is the maintenance port, shimano was dumb getting rid of that feature IMO.
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Re: Stella or new vanquish

Post by karirick » Thu Feb 25, 2016 7:18 am

BRONZEBACK32 wrote:I have the 12 vanquish and its been amazing, I would take the stella over it though.

With that said the new vanquish looks pretty damn awesome...

What I like about my 12 is the maintenance port, shimano was dumb getting rid of that feature IMO.
The extra tall spool of the Stella is the main thing for me that I wish more Shimao spinners would employ, but I get that they want the flagship to have a stand alone feature.

I look forward to 2016 Vanquish reviews when they start showing up. If they made the spool like the Stella, it would vault up my list to try again.
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Re: Stella or new vanquish

Post by Gloomis34 » Wed Mar 02, 2016 5:26 am

I ended up getting the Stella. This size is awesome! It would be great for drop shorting because of its smaller size. I can't wait to test it out hopefully I can try it on small mouth soon or some big Browns!
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