Preytorien Posted September 25, 2015 Posted September 25, 2015 I'm not into birthdays much, especially for myself, but this year I couldn't resist. I had sold one of my reels for $120 a few weeks back, then got a $50 VISA Giftcard from my company for my birthday. I figured I'd save it all and buy something, or a few things with the money. I searched a while online for something fishing-related to buy.....I mean....who WOULDN'T buy fishing things? I stumbled upon an Australian tackle shop that had some great promos, and ended up getting a brand new Shimano Sustain. I read a lot of places where the comparisons between the Sustain and Stradic are negligible....present, but probably not worth the $100+ price difference. However, I ended up paying $170US for the reel, minus my money from the old reel and the $50 Visa card, I paid just the shipping to the US - $28. So I got a new Sustain, for essentially $28, when from US retailers I would've probably gotten the new Stradic FK. Both excellent reels as I've used a Stradic FJ for a while and LOVE it, so I'm sure the Sustain will also probably do very well. Took it out last night, and it feels like they greased the gears with butter and Megastrike....it's the smoothest reel I've ever used, also had some decent fish pull the drag, and it's also very smooth. Overall I'm pretty darn happy with this birthday! 2 Quote
Super User Jeff H Posted September 25, 2015 Super User Posted September 25, 2015 Good job on the gift! Happy Birthday! Quote
Bruce424 Posted September 25, 2015 Posted September 25, 2015 Always nice to treat yourself. Happy birthday Quote
byram bassturd Posted September 25, 2015 Posted September 25, 2015 Awesome! Great acquisition. The wife usually looks the other way when it's around my b-day. The problem is what to do during the other 11 months of the year! Quote
Global Moderator Mike L Posted September 25, 2015 Global Moderator Posted September 25, 2015 Happy Birthday! Enjoy the toy Mike Quote
Super User roadwarrior Posted September 25, 2015 Super User Posted September 25, 2015 Happy Birthday! Quote
Super User F14A-B Posted September 25, 2015 Super User Posted September 25, 2015 Happy B-Day.. Great reel & a great deal! Quote
coak Posted September 25, 2015 Posted September 25, 2015 Sounds like a great reel.........when it's your own b-day you should never cheat yo'self and always treat yo'self Quote
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