I've been fishing shimano 2000's for 20 years, broke a couple of the springs inside and replaced a few drag washers but that's it. my friend has a 4000 and it has had the screws come loose (like mentioned above) , mostly an inconveince. now I have a trophy xl large arbor, it's machined anodized aluminum, what some call a knock off islander. every bit as smooth as any other reel out there. i've been all through it and i can't see ever breaking or wearing out any part of it except the 2 little springs for the clickers. it a great reel, cost me about 300$ in canada. in my opinion it is good as an islander but i am looking long and hard at the mr3, probably have 1 someday.