Daiwa Saltiga vs. Shimano Stella

[jiggawhat]

i have been reading about the two and read more stories of the saltiga breaking or locking up more than the stella. Anyone have any breakage problems?

[tmd]

check out Alan Hawk's reviews:

Shimano Stella SW : The Review - SurfTalk

WOW!! thank you vy much for the link

[SteelingHeads]

Thank you very much for the input Guys. I am leaning towards the Stella SW, but not commited at this point. Alan Hawk's link was a very good read by the way. Quite thorough.

[ksong]

i have been reading about the two and read more stories of the saltiga breaking or locking up more than the stella. Anyone have any breakage problems?

I have Stella 20000 and 8000 and both have to be sent to Shimano for repairs.

[Jason4606]

i have been reading about the two and read more stories of the saltiga breaking or locking up more than the stella. Anyone have any breakage problems?

Think most issues have been due to stickiness, high starting drag, etc. of stock drag washers. Guessing that many could have been prevented with a set of Carbontex.

It really is a tough call, and don't think you can go wrong either way.

Stella SW is beautiful, it's the latest and greatest, and it has good support and a good following in US.

But I really, really like the solid, simple Saltiga too... (6000GT has unreal cranking power for a hi speed reel.) Just wish Daiwa would announce a sexy new model too!

[Eastern Tackle]

Whats up with the expedition anyone give it a try?

I have one and its very nice. $250 less than SW off ebay. I am very satisfied, but don't use it a lot. If they had been priced the same, I would have considered both. But for that much less, I couldn't justify it. If I only used spinners, there may have been other considerations. With the round handle that comes stock, you actually hold it straight up when fighting a fish, almost like rowing a boat, instead of from the side of the handle.

[jiggawhat]

Eastern i sent you a pm.

[BretABaker]

I have one and its very nice. $250 less than SW off ebay. .

i wouldve made this choice with these two options as well. i just got the deal of the century on a 20000 FA though

i would really like to try the expedition or dogfight just to be able to compare side by side.

[jiggawhat]

Are there any other deals for 20k available?

[BretABaker]

FA or SW? ive seen some SWs pop up for under 800 which is a good deal. as far as FA i have no idea i stumbled onto this by chance.