I waited a good year or so to post a review on this real, bought the 60 Size in Left Hand, cause I've used spin-cast my entire left and I'm muscle trained to reel with my left arm/hand. Purchased this as my first offshore "Trolling" Reel, and when I use it, it's getting abused because I use head boats that cruse at 10 to 15 knots on the ocean for 3 hours at a time before making their first stops for what ever it is in season. I've had fair amount of success with this reel and haven't had any "mechanical" issues, just the "idiot" owner issues not knowing how to use the drags correctly causing backlashes during trolling on a hook-up, lost a giant Wahoo because of such mistakes, but that's how we learn! It wasn't until May of 19 where she was really put through her paces, trolling and sharking. Paired with 50lb Ande Monster Mono (After wasting money on braid with back-lashing, again, my fault), hooked up to 3x 150+ lb Black-Fin Sharks, now being left-handed all my life on spin-cast, man handled the hell out of them with no major fuss and they where the larges "fish" species caught to date with it. Paired mine up with an Penn Ally ALLBW50100C60BB (not cheap but sooooo worth it), and just love the presentation of the gold color and functionality. Could you buy cheaper stuff, sure... Do you want quality stuff, then buy this and don't look back! And be ready for High-Fives and stepping into the world of "big fish"! Buy Buy Buy!!!