Daiwa Product Review - Daiwa Advantage Reels

brendanc · Post by **brendanc** » Tue Apr 15, 2008 2:55 pm

I just wanted to post a notice that our Prostaff have begun their review of the following products from Daiwa:

New Team Daiwa Advantage - A - Reel 2500

New Procyon Daiwa Spinning Rod

Daiwa STEEZ™ Flourocarbon Line

New Daiwa Samurai Braid
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Daiwa TD Minnow - 2 Models - Suspending Minnow Jerkbaits

Looking forward to seeing what the team has to say about some of these new products from Daiwa...

BC

Roboworm99 · Post by **Roboworm99** » Tue Apr 15, 2008 8:06 pm

Can't wait for the reviews...Before buying my tierra I contemplated getting the Advantage.

brendanc · Post by **brendanc** » Tue Apr 15, 2008 8:37 pm

I got to check out the reel before it was shipped out, and it felt really smooth and solid... it's not a SOL, but it felt smoother than my Shimano Stradics...

I think it is going to come back with a good report.

BC

Roboworm99 · Post by **Roboworm99** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 1:00 am

Oh ya i'm sure it will. The only thing I didn't like about it was the handle. But your right it's not a Sol, but it's not far behind.

brendanc · Post by **brendanc** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 4:08 pm

What specifically did you not like about the handle?

Roboworm99 · Post by **Roboworm99** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 12:22 am

I guess actually it would be the grip...I personally like the flat grip, and there larger spinning reels i noticed tend to have a grip like the one pictured above.

brendanc · Post by **brendanc** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 3:24 pm

I ask because one of the main reasons I am swithing everything over to Daiwa is because of the handles... my Stradics are metal at the base of the "T" handle and it starts to bother my hand after a while. For me, it's important that the whole handle (not including the arm) be comfortable. I'll need to take a closer look at the handle on the Advantage and compare it to the Sol. Thanks for the input...

BC

Roboworm99 · Post by **Roboworm99** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 6:48 pm

I hear ya...in this day of ergonomics, yo would think they would put good handles on the reels.

mofish · Post by **mofish** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 2:24 pm

Well I can tell you from the little bit that I have "played" around with it, It sure beats what I have in the boat right now as far as spinning reels. But then again I'm not much of a spinning rod fisherman.

The two Spinning reels I have are Mitchels and I thought they were pretty good!

brendanc · Post by **brendanc** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 7:06 pm

We have posted the first round of reviews for the Daiwa product line, you can read them by clicking here: Bassin' USA - Team Daiwa Product Reviews