I too bought the Daiwa Viento and I love it. It is the one with the twitchin' bar and I haven't had a lick of trouble out of mine. No noise when I cast like his makes. Mine is smooth on the cast and retrieve. I also like the way it fits my palm and did I mention that it is smooth. That twitchin' bar is great for soft plastics and jigs. I also have some of the BPS extreme combo's and I like those pretty well too, especially for the $. I don't use spinning reels that much anymore, but when I do it's either a Shimano (they have several good models) or my Daiwa Samurai. If you buy any reel just remember that you GENERALLY get what you pay for. I would suggest at least three ball bearings for spinning and 5-7 for baitcasters, anything more than that is just overkill. Just my $.02. Good luck with whatever reel(s) you buy.