Adding to its durability, the INC-6000 FD Reel features a machined cut aluminium spool and a heavy-duty, solid aluminium bail wire. The machined cut brass pinion gear offers robustness and reliability, ensuring consistent performance throughout your angling adventures.

Surely a gear and and drive in stainless steel or brass etc isn't that much extra? In this day and age, machined cut aswell . Mass produced shouldn't mean reel is 650. I always thought it was the body material that made these reels so much more expensive. 200/300 should be able to produce a decent reel with decent gears My thoughts are similar to the earlier posts, consumer rip off but the same could be said for most big brand names. You want quality, it comes at a cost.so you're basing your review on a reel you've spun round in your hands a few times with no line on and not fished with them?? I love mine. I use them on my 10ft Cotswold Pace compacts and they are perfect for those. For the money I can't see what is better on the market at the moment. The new Prologic range is interesting. they are only bringing out reels with torque shift 1 at moment which is entry level diecast gearing. however there is torque shift 2 (machine cut aluminium gears) and then torque shift 3 (machine cut drive and main gear) coming. At least they tell you what's inside to a certain extent. Exactly the same scenario was being explained last night by a guest on GB News; “Bish Bosh Beds” founder Tommy Skinner.

Also your 20lb line is a touch heavy but will be fine as long as you aren’t trying to cast to the moon, and will actually benefit you if there are snags/weed where you fish.This fast progressive drag allows a setting from low drag power to almost full drag power in less than 360° rotation. I sold my Shimano Ci14000 XTBs and bought 8k okuma. Theyve never missed a beat, do everything the XTB ever could and have, so far, 2 seasons in have proven a great change.