i just picked up a daiwa 153HSTA last week at cabelas bargain cave for $75. so for price it's my cheapest i use but i wouldn't call it low end. i fished it this weekend and it's one of my favorites right now, smoooooooth! until last wee my lowest end reel was the original revo stx. my two favorite r...

go with the stx if weight isn't an issue. the premiere has one less bearing than the stx. i almost just went through the same thing. i looked at the lew's, revos, and quantums at rogers lures and ended bringing home revo's. they still have a couple original stx reels with the straight finished alumi...

i've tried them before, but didn't like how much weight they added to get rod balanced.

x2 on the finish. It starts to look like hell quick, and not just because of boat rash (I think it looks trashy to begin with...but to each their own). Other than that, I enjoyed mine a lot while I had it. Curious on how they will hold up over the long term, but at the prices they are at now it's a...