Originally Posted By: Sebastes

It is hard to know, I have Ambassaduer 7000 that is forty years old that works like a charm jigging Chinooks, but I have a brand new one that gave up the ghost after a trip to the Charlottes after maybe 25 Chinooks and several large lingcod in a week?

I guess you pay your money and take your chances.
how new? ALL of the big game reels since a year or two ago started being made somewhere in asia. guess it doesn't take much to get the swedish coat of arms any more(only the standard round ABUs are made in sweden anymore, the revo, 7000+ sized reels, EXT are all made elsewhere).