Daiwa SSaltist Spinning Reel

Arrived on time and in Great condition. Reel is super smooth and getting better with use. Casts extremely well and the drag is super smooth as well. My first Diawa reel was a BG 2500 and I LOVE IT, especially because of the price. I wanted to treat myself to a high end reel and was looking at Stratics and the Diawa Ballistic. Call me old school, but I still have a thing about a reel being made of metal, the Stratic Ci4 and the Ballistic are both composite materials and this is 2018 so I am sure they are strong, and I was really close to going with the Balistic over the Stratic mostly because of the size of the gears and drag washers in the Ballistic. Both are physically larger in the Ballistic than the Stratic. Then there is the bearing count, the Saltist has 9, Ballistic and Stratic have 7. At the particular time I was looking the Saltist was between $195 and $199 and the Balistic was anywhere from $10-20 more. I was in a total quandary as to which way to go. Then I got one of those emails from Amazon and the Saltist went down to $145.00. That made up my mind, in my head it seemed to me that from a construction standpoint that the Saltist should be more expensive, it is slightly heavier than the Ballistic, (less than a wrist watch difference), but has more bearings, and is aluminum, so I pulled the trigger and put the extra $50 into a better rod than I had planned on getting originally. Plus the rod matches the reel and it looks SWEET and fishes like a dream.

A beast of a reel, best retirement gift, worth every penny. Then again it’s a Daiwa

This reel deserves more love. It's competitive with same priced Shimano and Penn but most skepticism comes from the magseal design. Magseal is a relatively new technology in a reel but is proving itself. The more stories I hear the more I want to give it a shot. It has a bearing line roller that is mag sealed which is something many have asked for from Daiwa. The air bail andp composite rotor makes the reel very responsive. And smooth? My reel is silky smooth I also have the Saltist MQ 6000. My understanding is that they are not the new and old saltist as they fill a separate price point and niche. Hopefully this reel isn't going away and I'd suggest picking one up especially if you find a good deal as they often have. I'm considering picking up another if found at the right price.

The Daiwa Saltist 4000 is one of the most buttery smooth reels I have ever used and the lock up on the anti reverse is rock solid. Great work Daiwa

Great reel very smooth retrieve and drag

I have a 3000 saltist and LOVE IT! My husband was hinting about a 4000 so I picked this one up for a Christmas gift and gifted early so he can use this weekend! We love these reels. Super smooth feeling, great drag! Built very well! Will definitely buy more

better than BG and water resistant so u can use on the boat, dont try to swim with it like vanstal and u should be ok. the design of this is excellent, i like the power of saltist over Penn Slammer, although i love the slammer knob but it would never be as smooth as Saltist, and this smoothness is the level of Stella, and yes i have 2 stella SWB and SWC both 14k, all 3 are about the same , i havent caught any over 40lbs with saltist so i dont know if it will still hold . i bought another 4500 on ebay just for spare. why do i have too many reels? because I can.

I bought this reel a couple of months back. I only had been able to test it out on smaller fish. Sand trout, catfish, perch, and even puffer fish. I even caught a stingray with it. I have recently started catching red and black drum with this reel on a 9-ft surf rod. I use 40-lb braided line and roughly get 230 to 260 yd depending on what I use. It has a max 17 lbs Drag but have yet to used max drag. I have caught 10 red and black drum over 23 inches with this reel. They have pulled a lot of drag and it has held up very well. The last fish I caught with it was a 37 and a half inch black drum. It put up a good fight for over 15 minutes. Highly recommend this real. However I will say that I am planning on stepping up and getting the bigger size to have for bigger line, longer spooling, and stronger drag.