Werfen works, who might be one of the best and most well informed service technicians on this planet, brought up an issue they’ve seen with Daiwa spinning reels. The bail drop issue. It happens with both the newest and the older models.
”There are far too many problems with Daiwa reels: bail arm drop, internal bail arm damage, and arm lever breakage.”
This is a good point and something we as consumers should be aware off and push Daiwa to improve. I personally like Daiwa’s spinning reels, but if you own one that you like, getting spare parts to replace the bail and rotor connections probably a good move. It seems to be the one weak spot.
Werfen is not biased. I’ve followed them for a long time and they frequently point out issues from both Daiwa and Shimano products (like Shimano gears having more inconsistencies than they used to have). In my opinion, a great source of info, if you’re willing to translate the Japanese language.
I thought I should share it. With this all said, there are great arguments to own Daiwa spinning reels as well and my point is not to bash Daiwa. They arguably make the best spinning reels in the world; them and Shimano frequently overtake each other from the throne, no matter what issues some models have. My point is more to inform customers that there is indeed an issue here.
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Shimano’s quality control has been going down recently too, my 23 stradic that i bought less than a year ago clearly has inferior qc compared to an early production model(bent angle line roller, less shims)