i guess i would rather buy 1 good reel than 3 turds....even when muskegon was at its worst i still managed some fish each time...im not the greatest fisherman and i still get skunked from time to time but there are also days i go out and everything we put out catches a fish and im not gonna handicap myself even farther by shopping at goodwill and valu land for equipment....my whole rant was the fact that i paid 2x as much for the convector as the magda and they put in the same part number of a plastic gear as the magda....i guess i dont know where any of youre post has to do with the problem i had...it has to do more with telling everyone how good you think you are...imo