Naki,hi,having the Trinidad 30 and the Tekota 800 (big bro. of the Torium)the diff. is the quality,as the vast diff.in the cost of each reel indicates.I'd rather have the Trinidad,anyday,tho both have the Dartanium drag stuff,it's a quality thing... Ask any tackle shop salesguy,and they will tell you the same thing as well, if they're honesti'm sure. Although the Tekota has a level wind,the 'innards' can't be of the same quality,these newer Toriums and Tekotas were made to copy,sort of, the Trinidads,and to keep the cost down. Also regarding the ballbearing adverts for reels,"It has 6 ballbearings", if they were made of aircraft quality,(as in the much dearer reels generally),the reel would maybe only need 4....same thing again,quality of these,you wont get aircraft grade ballbearings in any cheaper reels,i wouldn't think,and adds to the cost,obviously,still nice reels the Toriums etc,don't get me wrong, but as i always say,'Let the cost tell you the quality', tho there may be a few things out there ,that this wont always ring true to. And it applies to most products of any sort,anywhere... ya get what ya pay for... as i say just my humble opinion....  i stand to be corrected,but thats how i see it....Jim

Nah mate BP uses those and I don't want to catch the Chairman effect.

MXL Avet or LX Avet.  Kills them dead.

Jim

I wouldnt say the Torium is exactly cheap ! For the price you would expect a good reel.

 

stew

 

i ight be biased cause i sell tackle but i personnaly think you will be disappointed if you by a torium have sold a couple to reel good mates and now feel like a c#*@ because thye have craped them selves they are certainly not as good as a trindad but then again they  are a lot dearer

 

 

strawberry

 

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Interesting reading. I liked the look of the Torrium, dont really need anymore reels at the moment. Still TAS does take over when you go browsing through tackle stores.

 

Cheers Woody

I don't agree with that, the Torium are a product,made to fill the mid range quality offerings for this type of reel,whereas the Trinidad,are a one piece machined top quality reel with better innards,in them,i have a Trinidad 30 and a Tekato 800,like chalk and cheese, no way would the Toriums match up to the quality of the same similar model of the Trinidad,hence the huge price difference.Now that to me alone tells me which is the better reel,any honest salesguy or serviceman,will tell you this is true,why would all the  fishos around the world, many old hands at the game,and know which quality product and brand names are,buy a Trinidad, for that dosh,and not choose a Torium or Tekato,at say half price,of these Trinidads and save money,if they are as you are saying, virtually the one and the same reel,but the costly one is because of it's gold colouring?.... Doubt it ....

ive got a torium and the star drag keeps coming undone byits self, buggered if i know whats going on there, and  minimal movement needed to tighten it up as pat found out when i said dont move it much youll bust of, he moved the drag half a centimeter and busted off, the two non stainless washers inside the drag system have rusted and one of the bottom brace screws snapped inside the thread when i was doing it up, not even tight...dissapointed...you bet...

good drag tho and easy to cast...i would have expected more from shimano as they arent that cheap when i bought it...

Actually the opinion from many of the guys on the Allcoast board is that the Torium is a very good reel.  Some guys are actually selling their Trinidads at a big loss in order to replace them with Toriums!  Some are adament that the internals are the same, others say they are better!  A few guys report stronger drags on the Torium and have to have them. 

Tempting reel at a good price.  I don't regard it as a casting reel either, too heavy spool.