Hells bells, canyon is copping a good hiding on 360 alright. Really interesting what Allan Hawk had to say about the internals.

Shimano are the same though, malaysia, singapore, japan

Structfab wrote: Blue Asparagus wrote: Shimano are the same though, malaysia, singapore, japan Japanese manufacturing is generally top quality, China ... hmm, time will tell I guess.

Hi Titahi

This is an interesting read .

http://jignpopforum.com/topic/408-warning-canyon-spinning-djr-6500/page__pid__2434#entry2434

Keyword being "assembled"

The same reels are sold under at least 7 brands, and in fact if you ordered 100 from China they would make them under your own brand.

There's 2 different people on trademe selling the "unbranded" version for less than $200 in the Stella crushing spin version.

I don't think it's right to claim made is the USA when in fact it's the same as the Chinese reel that's had the handle bolted on by a Mexican.

Jimmy - I think you may find that knowing a product is made in china and "assembled" in the US is in clear breach of more than 1 nz law. Even the US website doesn't claim they are made there. Personally I would change it not to make someone from here happy but to prevent the commerce commission righting a letter

Kiwi casters post sums them up with a fairly unbiased review by Alan hawk

Dont know if this makes any difference but - if you were to say manufacture a dietary supplement in NZ (eg Vitamin C, B1 and magnesium) and the raw materials were sourced from China, you can still legally label it 'made in NZ'......

hey Jimbo if you have a couple of the big spinning reels send them my way mate, would love to try them out, not very happy with Thompson Walker so they can generally stick there finnors where the sun dont shine at this stage.

one of our bussiness is importing dresses from China.
Highest quality and great service

Well said Mike. Long term performance is the proof of any product and the rest of it is a distraction.