I 100% agree. My 22 JDM Stella showed up today as well. The startup on the Vanquish is a fraction of the Stella's, but so is my Certate.
Some FYIs:
Startup Inertia - 23 Vanquish > 19 Vanquish > 19 Certate > 21 Exsence >>> 22 Stella
(Stella out of box impressions low, needs broken in tho)
Weight in hand - 23 Vanquish > 19 Vanquish > 21 Exsence > 19 Certate > 22 Stella
(To be expected as I didn't buy it for weight)
Smoothness - 23 Vanquish = 22 Stella > 19 Certate > 19 Vanquish = 21 Exsence
(This is very subjective, but end of day they all smooth)
Under load - 19 Certate > Exsence = 23 Vanquish > 19 Vanquish
(Wont add Stella to this yet until fully broken in, but I'm sure it's going to smash the competition)
I will be using this Stella the entire St Clair trip at end of month, hopefully break her in a bit.
But if I had to recommend a reel(s) based off current performance and experience so far...
Either buy a 23 Vanquish or 19 Certate (Especially Certate if you need weight for balance) These two are big wins for price to performance