I've owned a few revos and after years of light use and multiple pawl replacements on two of the three all of the thumb buttons have started randomly not wanting to engage..... Christmas rolled around and I bought a 200i. Best decision I've made in a while, smoother IMHO, more comfortable to Palm, and an overall feeling on higher quality. I think you'll be satisfied with either model the 70 is kinda made for flipping and pitching smaller spool and smaller overall reel.