Spec looks about right and price is fair for the features, Ben. Might be worth a punt...
Id agree that the specs look good, but for the price it's amazing value. Way above anything else Daiwa do for the same money - from a Saltwater point of view. CRBB bearings throughout and the waterproof drag. You'd have to pay £300+ to get that on any of their UK reels. In fact, only the Branzino has all CRBB.
Seems as though the majority of the US reels are made for saltwater, whereas here, pretty much none of them really are - not solely. I thought until today that the likes of the Tierra and Advantage-A were exactly the same reels as the TD-R and Caldia X over here. They're not. The previous 2 are cheaper in the US than we'd pay for our 2 here, but specs wise they're well above. Not a rant as such, but another example of Daiwa UK not selling what is already available (that they already produce), and what we need. Gets more obvious when you look in to it that their market in the UK is freshwater based. As an ex-freshwater angler, its sad to know that the vast, vast majority of freshwater anglers are happy paying over the odds for what they're being offered. There's probably a reason the reels are expensive here for what you get (compared to the US), but its still sad that it's happening.
The Coastal (and Certate - rated well above other UK Daiwa's!) is pretty much the only US reel that seems to be available here, and as a result, it knocks spots off our UK models, especially when you compare stats and price.
