The shimano stradic is the only thing I use for a spinning reel. I have 3 2000's and 1 4000. I have had the one 2000 for about 4 years and have landed 100 steelhead and 3-400 silvers, and probably 20-25 chinook on it. The drag still works like it did the day I bought it. It's hard to tell it is a stradic now for all the egg caked all over the spool and handle over the years. The only issue I have had with the reel is where the line comes off of the roller bearing, once in a great while it will slip off the side of the roller bearing and rub on the plastic where it has worn a slight mark on the plastic. Other than that I have never used any of the competitors when the way I see it Shimano is the best!!
Keith