Have not used them but the lower end revos the black max, gold max and ..... the name of the last one slips my mind right now.maybe silver....but all three are under 80 bucks looks to be a pretty solid reel, no where near as smooth but nice none the less.... it sounds like you have casted a few before but if you have not casted some of the really good ones you may have trouble getting used to a really good reel like the revo stx or chronarchs... just my 2 cents.