It is like car racing (sorry bros but I love cars). The engines are used to move the 4 wheels. The seats are basically something to sit on and support you better when you are driving. The steering wheel is used to steer the car. 4 wheels are basically to roll the car smoothly (as opposed to square wheels).
But when it comes to sports we support our own team. Like in F1 I support Ferrari. In DTM in support Audi Sports Team ABT. However in these sports there are you may have the same make of cars racing under different teams. So in the end it is the team that we are supporting.
So if someone were to tell me that Ferrari is lousy or is Audi is lousy I will not be very happy. Or if someone were to tell another person that AMG Mercedes is lousy… I think the fan of AMG will be pretty unhappy.
Ferraris, Audis, Mercedes, BMWs… they’re all good cars and teams. Really good cars and teams in fact. Why they sometimes win and sometimes lose is not because they are lousy but it could be due to technicalities, driver faults or mistakes like braking too early into a corner or too late,… or misjudgment of the crew during the race… etc.
Same like reels they are all good, modern reels. Saying that Shimano is lousy, Abu is lousy, or Daiwa is lousy will definitely make the fans unhappy because these fans supports the brand.
To me they are all good reels. Very good reels. A lot of money goes into R&D. A lot of effort goes into making these reels. Countless hours are spent trying to satisfy the supporters. None of them are lousy.
Well, some may be smoother than the other like a Honda being compared to an American car with a Hemi engine but the Hemi is macho, strong, and makes one heck of a noise… it is also freaking powerful and fast.
Some may look better than the other like the Ferraris looking better than the Nissan GTR… but the GTR can kick Ferraris ass and has done so in Nurburgring.
Some are more fragile like certain French and/or Italian cars as compared to the Japaneses, but the French and/or Italians have strong heritage and they too can really run (Peugeot did win the DTM a number of times too).
So when it comes to which is better… Shimano, Daiwa, or Abu. My answer is that they are all good, very good reels but it boils down to what you are looking for, how much you are willing to spend, and how do you want your reel to help you.
If I have mountain loads of money I would buy almost every car (almost all brands except Mitsuoka… I just cannot fall in love with it)in the world today. But I can’t because I don’t have mountain loads of cash.
But reels do not require that mountain and we are lucky in that sense that we can have all brands of reels sitting in our tackle room should we really want to buy them.
Reputable brands are a definite good buy… so to me the more appropriate question should be “should I spend a little more on reputable brands or just go with a cheap brand of reel?” Buy a Volvo S80 or buy a Proton Perdana?</font id=“size1”></font id=“brown”></font id=“Arial”>
Bro Phil,
You are fans of Top Gear too?? Hhehehehehe.. Sounds like Jezza, Hamster and “Slow”. [8D]
