Daiwa BG Spinning Fishing Reels - All Sizes 2017 Range

Hard as nails reel, took this to the amazon rain forest, battled arapaima, red tail cat fish and piraiba . Enormous cranking power and stunning looks. Compared to a uk carping reel this thing is leagues above.

Very strong reel

Fantastic reel in every way, looking to buy another one already.

excellent value for money.

Well engineered, feels great in the hand and balanced just right on my 6'6" spinning rod.

The BG is simple excellent, even though it doesn't have many of the fancy high end features like airbail or magseal, the simplicity brought the price down so much, the value you get from the BG is just incredible. Yet still, the standard features offered by DAIWA is still surpassing most brands on the market. BG is a direct competitor to 200+ gbp product with only half of the price tag.It's salt water ready with high power sealed drag and full aluminum body. Digigear rotor system offers excellent line twist management which is only matched by shimano's dyno system. And screw on handle on a reel sales for 100 pounds, this is unheard in the past for big brands.Through the decades of my fishing experience, I had more than 2 dozens of reels, from cheap sub 50 to mid high end 250 pounds priced ones. I'm not a pro fishing man, my buying intention is always to get the best value out of every pound I spend. I've seen how products changed over the last two decades and knows very well what matters and makes the difference. I always tell my friends to buy shimano because they put on their best spool system on every reel they make even it's the cheapest alivio range. In the recent year though, I'm favoring DAIWA over shimano because:1. DAIWA is now putting their same high end spooling system on cheap reels as well.I have a ninjia as well spools just the same as the BG and just the same as the saltiga.2. Daiwa reels are so smooth, while you argue if shimano does the same what makes choose daiwa over shimano, I can tell you it's the smoothness, even at 150-200 pounds range, shimano just doesn't do smoothness as well as daiwa. Arguably shimano may feel more balanced and probably have more high tech offered. e.g. Aero FA4000 and Stradic fk is an excellent reel in comparison with similar price range, similar feature offered and in similar weight cat.3. Salt water or fresh water, I often find shimano's reel with the BG's price range often isn't salt water ready, this goes true for the Aero FA4000.4. Price, yes again price. I would be happily to buy a shimano stradic over the Daiwa BG if they are in the same price range, Right now Stradic FK costs 30% more than the BG, for that price I chose the Lexa with oil seal, upped one size to Lexa 4000 and paid exactly the same price of a Stradic FK. (Stradic FK is still an excellent reel, it offers other features that you may care more than I do.)I know my arguments may down to my personal preference a lot, but I hope writing down my opinion on them gives readers a good variety of viewing angles.