Sealine X question

[Tim McNeely]

Just out of curiosity, has anyone experienced gear failure on a sealine X? I've found reports of the dog breaking, but never anyone with stripped gears. So far, my 20 SHAs have been stellar performers with straight 20-pound mono (I had a newbie grab one out of the holder, start reeling against 5 pounds of drag, then crank down the star til the line broke, without damaging anything), but I don't want to push them past their capabilities with spectra and heavier topshots.

[john2244]

I have had several SL 20's, 30's, and 40's and never had a problem.
John

[alantani]

the daiwa sealine x reels are great.  they put out plenty of drag and work well with spectra and heavier topshos.  a sealine x 20, for instance, is a great reel for straight 50 or 60 pound spectra and a 30, 40 or maybe even 50# topshot.  i would not use a working drag of 15 pounds, but a 10-12 pound drag setting should be fine. 

[Tim McNeely]

Thanks for the input, guys! I love these little reels. For the money, especially, they're unbelievably well put together. Cast great, great drags, fast... I just didn't want to wreck 'em with too much drag. If I needed 15 pounds of drag and a 50 pound topshot I'd step on up to a 40 or 50 HA. For the 20s, I'm thinking 50 pound spectra for castability, with a 30 pound topshot and an absolute max of 10 pounds of drag.

[floating doc]

the X series reels appear very similar to my new (used) reel. I think they're called "slosh" reels.

I just bought a SL30SH. How do they compare?

Is this reel also capable of handling spectra in the 50 lb size?

Is a maximum drag of 15 lbs realistic?

[alantani]

about the same.  the reel will probably make 15 pounds, but it would be happier at 10.

[Tim McNeely]

Sloshes are the step down from the X series. The sloshes have graphite spools, so you can't really mag them. I think the shaft/pinion arrangement is different as well.