Nothing wrong with any Shimano product that I'm aware of...I have a Sedona and like it pretty well. However, like a couple of other guys on here mentioned about the Okuma's, I don't own any Okuma's but I know of a guide that uses them day in and day out all year long. I'd say if a guide uses them they're probably pretty decent, kind of like a Timex in that they're able to take a lickin' and keep on tickin'.