Hello !, I'm born and bred spinning. So here's my opinion, spinning reel's break. The awkward way their on the rod if nothing else insure's a stem snap sooner or later. With that I adopted the cheaper is better rule. Last year I found a 4 ball bearing Zebco (Zero hour bomb company, I love that ) Snapshot XS3 about $30. I alway's liked the Quantam series, but with ball bearing's on the crank, this baby's a worker. Yea, you can get higher gear ratio, larger drag disc's,ect. on other reel's, but at the price, No Way! (By the way rear drag rule's. I don't care if my only 2 option's are freespool and lockedspool, the control's behind the business end are the way to go. And that's all I have to say about that. Enjoy All!!