New 2025 JDM Daiwa Steez LTD CT SV

[ABU is overpriced]

Look at the next Steez CT having a DC module. Shimano's patent running out in a few months, and its guaranteed to be used by Daiwa.

[Bigbox99]

My money is on a 28mm deep SV Boost Steez CT without a spool tension knob like the 32mm 24 Steez.  Guys with the Gelkabiijin and the Ray's 28mm deep SV long cast get to brag about being ahead of the curve. 

[Bigbox99]

That or we get nothing and the 24 Steez is deemed to be sufficient to fill the role of the 19 Steez CT.  It's a pretty small 32mm spool reel and the CT is a 30.  

 

What I would like to see happen is machined low profile the size of the Steez CT or smaller but using a standard 34mm spool.  This would be impossible on a cast frame but when milled from bar stock it would be possible to carve out such a delicate frame shape but still retain strength.  Loogzne reels already appear to do this.  Side by side pics of the Bates Hundo next to an Alphas TW that it's spool is much wider with the reel still being more narrow indicating it has a spool close to the size of a 34mm Daiwa spool while still being a teeny tiny reel.

[woolleyfooley]

2 hours ago, ABU is overpriced said:

Look at the next Steez CT having a DC module. Shimano's patent running out in a few months, and its guaranteed to be used by Daiwa.

Why on earth would they do that?

[Bandersnatch]

6 hours ago, Bigbox99 said:

That or we get nothing and the 24 Steez is deemed to be sufficient to fill the role of the 19 Steez CT.  It's a pretty small 32mm spool reel and the CT is a 30.  

 

What I would like to see happen is machined low profile the size of the Steez CT or smaller but using a standard 34mm spool.  This would be impossible on a cast frame but when milled from bar stock it would be possible to carve out such a delicate frame shape but still retain strength.  Loogzne reels already appear to do this.  Side by side pics of the Bates Hundo next to an Alphas TW that it's spool is much wider with the reel still being more narrow indicating it has a spool close to the size of a 34mm Daiwa spool while still being a teeny tiny reel.

I agree in wanting a ct sized reel with a bigger spool. I too have several alphas and while I think they are an amazing deal, especially needing a skipping or light pitching reel I love the ct frame far more. That loongze reel and the baites look like a slightly smaller version off the alphas and while I like that it’s small I don’t love the ergonomics. It’s almost too flat but then has sides whereas the ct just disappears in the the palm of your hand. 

[ABU is overpriced]

7 hours ago, woolleyfooley said:

Why on earth would they do that?

Are you gonna tell me that having a "we have a computer inside our fishing reel" is not gonna sell by its own? The answer is marketing, and i am expecting them to go all in on this. Considering how well all the low end DC reels from Shimano are doing, still believing that Daiwa isn't jumping on the bandwagon is being very naive.

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36 minutes ago, ABU is overpriced said:

Considering how well all the low end DC reels from Shimano are doing, still believing that Daiwa isn't jumping on the bandwagon is being very naive.

While I don’t doubt Daiwa would love to sell 14 versions of a Tatula DC, is something like an SLX DC really that popular? You’re still paying a decent little premium these days for the DC experience.

[ABU is overpriced]

10 hours ago, brophog said:

While I don’t doubt Daiwa would love to sell 14 versions of a Tatula DC, is something like an SLX DC really that popular? You’re still paying a decent little premium these days for the DC experience.

The SLX and the Curado are both very popular. And remember, this will allow Daiwa to essentially sell you the same frames with a different spool and braking system inside, which is much better from their end than creating a brand new frame. This is some low effort money printing, and there's no way they aren't taking full advantage of this. If the DC patent didn't last 20 years, Daiwa would already have a bunch of DC reels in their lineup. The Zillion DC is coming, i can feel it😎

[woolleyfooley]

17 hours ago, ABU is overpriced said:

Are you gonna tell me that having a "we have a computer inside our fishing reel" is not gonna sell by its own? The answer is marketing, and i am expecting them to go all in on this. Considering how well all the low end DC reels from Shimano are doing, still believing that Daiwa isn't jumping on the bandwagon is being very naive.

One of Daiwa’s big selling points is their braking system. Wouldn’t Daiwa adding DC models make it seem like they’re saying “our brakes are inferior”? 

[ABU is overpriced]

3 hours ago, woolleyfooley said:

One of Daiwa’s big selling points is their braking system. Wouldn’t Daiwa adding DC models make it seem like they’re saying “our brakes are inferior”? 

Nobody at Daiwa claims that SV casts the furthest, but with DC, they could. That way they'll cover control with SV, distance with DC and affordability (for the most part) with mag-z. No downsides to this.