Talk to Chopsticks, Mozz. He KNOWS and can EXPLAIN the good points, and the not so good points..

Just a qick update on the b;ue \heaven reels from Tokyo - Ocean Studio Mark have halted production of the larger L120 reels.  They intend to recommence manufacturing in about 6 months time when they have a completely new replacement out.  They said this last year but came out with drag upgraded old L120.  Next will be a completely new reel.

I have mate who has done a lot! of Jigging & Crewing in Perth on the Samsons. He has seen & tried more top of the line jigging gear than any of us & seen the anti reverse dogs go on more blue heavens that he cares to mention. Steve tells me they gave 4 to Allen Bevon the guy that put the Sampson Perth sport fishery on the map, all of them died & quickly being used on a day in day out basis and a couple of the the unfortunate users got well hurt when these reels turned into knuckle dusters. Evidently it is a well know fault with BH around the world?
Just a bit of info for those that are interested in knowledge, this same friend tells me for trouble free motoring with OH day day out can not go past a Torsa.

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Good call Narai and what Bull**** jimi i will never see a eggbeater in your hands eva {JIGGING}and if thats the only thing thats gone wrong with your Torsa after 2.5 years of thrashing man what the **** is wrong with that like Ginga said in my welcome Torsa power

As Chris has said, the AR bearing failure on the earlier Blue Heaven reels is probably a thing of the past. Again, as Chris has stated all reels will eventually fail at some time with continued hard use; especially so if maintenance is neglected. Also, as Jimi said above, a back - up double pawl system is something that all reel manufacturer's should use. 

The Rod Baron wrote: Still happy with my Blue Heaven- looks like new and it has done a lot of hard work.