High quality is what you say it is! I think there are a boat load of good reels out there today. What most people seem to be looking for is the perfect reel, it only exists in the eye's of the user. My favorite ultra light was a Mitchell 308, pretty hard to find today. Now I have an Ocuma Ignite, dainty little thing on a 5' Ocuma rod. have some other small spinning reels, my crappie rigs. My little Ocuma with the rod cost less than $50 so maybe I could have got better, if I'd have wanted to spend more. This reel is on it's third year and if it implodes on me, oh well, I'll go find another just like it if I can. I think something fishermen seem to have done is concern themselves more with the equipment they are using than the fish they are catching! I Have several ABU round baitcaster. They are old and I got them new, great reels. But ya know what, I've got a few other brands also that I like really well and if they break down tomorrow I'd replace them with the same thing! Human beings seem to have this built in more that nothing but the best will do and are more than willing to change their product into something else by changing part's, most notably seems to different drag disc's. If ya don't like how someone makes the drag, why did you but the thing in the first place? The fact that you can get different disc's would indicate to me that someone is making reel with those disc's in them. Like the disc's but not the reel's? Well buy a bunch of disc's then look for a reel you like they will work in! The quality of equipment out there today is amazing, you can find about anything you want if you look and can afford to pay for it. Guy on the classified on another site has a couple round level wind reels for sale for well over $400! They are used! I'm pretty sure he's gonna find someone that thinks they are a great deal even though they could have got just as good a deal for far less money. Who knows, maybe they have the drag disc's in them he wants.

I know we talk about how long this reel or that last's but how many guys buy one fishing reel to use for the rest of their life? My ABU's are very old and perfect working order and are my favorite reel's but, since getting them I have bought ten or twelve more that are different brand and they work fine. Don't care if they last as long as the ABU's or not, I'm probably gonna get more before I wear them out anyway!