To be honest the switch was unintentual, I had Diawas and wanted the digitals (160 bucks each, they sure do cast sweet). Last fall I sold what I had and went on watch for the digitals to go on clearance and it never happened. Just couldn't pull the trigger on 1600 bucks worth of reels so I ordered the Depth Hunter until I could decide what I wanted to do. I like it and have had a ton of folks in my rig this summer and no one has had trouble using it.
I cast out 90% of the time so the Okumas don't work for me, if you loosen the drag enuff to cast em 100 feet then the spool gets loose in the housing and the line will get between there, what a pain. Also if they aren't FULL then they aren't accurate, I know sometimes that doesn't matter so much but sometimes it does.
To each their own, so far this works for me.