Wow for once I agree with PHOTOZ I have many shimano reels and havn't really had any problems with them, even my lowley sahara gets the snot worked out of it and never gives up. once or twice a year I clean them with reel magic and i feel confident in there performance, same with rods never had an issue, broke a compre once and had it back in two weeks. shimano excells in customer service, i have 7 shimano spinning right now- sedona, sahara, symmetry, stradic and stella and have no issues with any of them just clean and fish, baitcasters the same chronarchs and curado no issues