Interested to hear of others thoughts..........

Sorry, unable to pass comment on the jigstar reels, but if I was looking for a new jigging setup I'd be looking very hard at the Maxel jigging reels. I jig with an accurate and a ducro but bang for buck those Maxel's look hard to beat.

thanks guys, yeah was looking at a accurate or similar when I came across the jigstar and became interested. Waiting for a reply from chris with specs and other info. Surely others have them?

Z5 takes 450m PE5, Z6 takes 450m PE6. Both reels are dual drag with dual docking and dual AR bearings. Reels are smooth and have good drag power. Ball bearing power handles with 4:1 gears.
I had 4 reels used for 20 days at the 3 Kings this summer without any problems. The reels bowled over Kings, Puka and Bass over 40kgs. Can't ask for more. If you don't envisage going to the Kings or Ranfurly, then the Shadow reel is surely up to it.

We sold out of these reels within 2 weeks but some stores might still have stock. The experts on this thread have their own opinion even without having owned or used one.    If you want good performance and have $800 to spend, buy Accurate. But if you don't have that much to spend but still want good performance, consider Shadow Z reels.