I own 4 of these reels they are great . They are also used by kastking megatron identical reels.i own both. The megatron had a metal line wheel as the teben.has a ceramic line wheel so the teben.is better than the megatron. The only.down side as i mentioned before was that the metal plated reel foot peels and corrroids after awhile so I actually had to sand them back and prime then paint the foot then.no more issues. But they are getting rare now and only old stock is selling. You can still buy old stock from China.