Forgive me for doubting.

[bhoff]

Until now I though thought that people saying "shishamo" were just trolling using a different spelling of "shimano". Finally just looked it up and ... hahahahaha.

[d-camarena]

Ill be honest, im a shimano fanboy, the reason i have bought some daiwas is because I have kids and a house to pay and i dont have a lot of money to spend on fishing. My price point for rods and reels is 100 max each. With shimano a decent setup would be around 300, i wouldnt spend that on a combo right now. So i bought a daiwa 2 daiwa bg's for $65 each and 2 airdx rods for $ 45 each and now i have to combos for the price of one. 

I still believe shimano makes the best reels at a higher price point, its just that i cannot buy at that price point. 

[NHBull]

For an apples to apples comparison I don’t think Diarrhea has a spinner in the class of the ci4 for the money.  On the caster fronts I still think the Mets and Conquest are the king of the hills, but that is this simple mans opinion......Additionally, I think the Bantam has staying power....again, just an opinion.  Before I went to some higher end reels, I reach out to several guys that work and tweak reels and asked which company had more issues and the majority of replies were diarrhea.....that said, for 100.00 it is hard to beat them

[Tywithay]

9 hours ago, NHBull said:

For an apples to apples comparison I don’t think Diarrhea has a spinner in the class of the ci4 for the money.  On the caster fronts I still think the Mets and Conquest are the king of the hills, but that is this simple mans opinion......Additionally, I think the Bantam has staying power....again, just an opinion.  Before I went to some higher end reels, I reach out to several guys that work and tweak reels and asked which company had more issues and the majority of replies were diarrhea.....that said, for 100.00 it is hard to beat them

The Tatula LT gets comparable reviews to the CI4 and costs less. 

[kickerfish1]

As I have said for years...if you pick Daiwa or Shimano you will not only be happy in the short term but you will be happy in the long term especially if you take care of your stuff. This will show up in the longevity of the reel, the resell value, and should you get a wild hair, the tuning parts internally and cosmetically. For what Daiwa has done with the Fuego CT, Tat Ct, Tat SV, etc. (all Sub $200 reels) they certainly have some fine offerings!