Anybody had a swing on one of these?

http://www.fishing.net.nz/asp_forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=46728&KW=saltist+spin&title=saltist-spin-where-can-i-get-one

There is a stripers online review link about them on this forum link. Does not make for very good reading. However I'm not sure as to whether they have addressed their initial problems when they were first released.

Hard to recommend a Saltist spin across the range.

travel1062 wrote: Hard to recommend a Saltist spin across the range. Better reels are out there in thast price range/ Incidentally does Daiwa has a fully fledged service centre in NZ and do dealers offer full warrantys?? An issue across Asia ex Japan is that Daiwa is poorly ogransied, getting spare part is s nightmare, productd sold with no warranty etc. Daiwa seems to do well ln Japan , Aus and the UK but neglects elsewherein Asia where Shimano cleans upe with its store in store arrangements.

Mate if you have an instance that relates to you and is quite specific and you have had problems with a saltist spin reel, THEN please post that.

Sorry if it came over that way mate, that was not my intention. 

I am certainly not anti Daiwa products and am a happy owner of a Saltiga Z 6500.

My point about lack of after sales support remains though - in my experience they ain't very good at it outside of the markets I mention, and get eaten by Shimano in that respect.  I think this should be a consideration when evaluating any Daiwa purchase. My query about support from Daiwa in NZ was a genuine question. If you have it then great.

Apologies again if my response came over in the wrong way.