Never had a problem with any of those I've owned.
I used to only use Shimano reels when I was coarse fishing, until the past couple of years when I started using a couple of Caldia's. The TD-R was the more popular reel, but there seemed little point with that type of fishing to spend more since the Caldia's were so good. Couldn't failt them.
At the moment I use a Bradia 2500R, a Steez 2500 and 2 x Fuego-A 2000. I haven't had any of them for more than 6 months, but again, all are faultless really. For general plugging the Bradia is well beyond 'good'. I'd change the handle to a solid one if Daiwa actually had ANY(!) of the RCS parts in this country that they advertise, but the standard handle is fine. Its a damn rugged reel.
The Steez is pretty much perfection. I was worried to start with that it may be a bit fragile in the salt, but the truth is I've actually given it a couple of proper bangs and hardly looked after it, but it's as good as new and it gets used twice as any other reel I have. This reel has actually helped me catch more fish this year. When it comes to winding in slack line when feeling for bites on the drop, in the dark, the smoothness of this reel has made fishing much easier.
The Fuego's I only use for my LRF stuff (even as recently as a quick sesh this evening in a muddy estuary - just one schoolie to show). Again, super smooth, really isn't too much to say about them (ad all of these 3) because they're all so good that talking about them actually becomes more difficult.
The only negative is obviously that these are all reels from the US (although I didn't import them myself - apart from the Bradia). I am still going to run through all of the international Daiwa specs and put together a complete chart of how different models compare in each country.
Also consider the
Tournament Airity in this country, Dave (
http://www.daiwasports.co.uk/products/coarse/reels/625/1/tournament-airity-reels). Like most of the Daiwa reels it's not advertised as a saltwater reel here, but I'm pretty sure it's basically a Fuego-A or Luvias (only the spool materials are different between the two)(!! ;-)) depending on whether you're from the US or Japan - just with a foldable Certate style handle to suit the UK coarse market. It's Real Four as well! They sell for under £200 here and are pretty good value. If only the handle were machined! Minor gripe.
Also consider the TD-R is you like blue and don't want to pay as much. Tried and tested, one of the most popular coarse reels ever in this country. They're basically a Tierra - which as you probably know has an excellent reputation over the rest of the world as a well priced saltwater spinning reel. Daiwa UK obviously don't tell us that though!
