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Carbontex Drag Washers

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Jon Li:

--- Quote from: Damien Phillip on February 03, 2009, 01:45:04 PM ---Cheers for that guys. So what your saying is you wouldn't put them in a Stella but put them in a Saltiga? and the Shimano washers are slightly better than the Daiwa's?

I want to start doing this in all my new reels.

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The reason I changed the drag washers of my '98 Stella to Carbontex is due to availability issue , the original dartanium drag washers aren't exactly OTC items . As for my 2002 Stellas , I haven't reached the point of having to change replace the drag washers yet so you will find hardly anyone retrofitting the later model Stellas with Carbontex yet .

Whether dartanium is better than carbontex ? I wud say marginally in higher maximum drag setting but smoothness belongs to carbontex while longevity is still undecided , my original dartanium drag washers in the 1998 Stellas lasted me almost 4 years .

Jon .

Brandon Khoo:
Shimano washers are fine straight out of the box. You don't need to do anything with these.

For the Daiwa washers, I suggest you change them if you are going to consistently apply more than 8kg of drag. If not, you don't need to change. You will find that a number of tackle shops will tell you this is a fallacy. It is not - if you are going to be consistently aplying heavy drag pressure, you will ultimately regret not changing to carbontex.

The new red Saltiga has the new drag from what I understand and no change is necessary with this reel.

Jon Li:

--- Quote from: Brandon Khoo on February 03, 2009, 04:06:09 PM ---
The new red Saltiga has the new drag from what I understand and no change is necessary with this reel.

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Hi Brandon , a bit Ooff the topic here ;

This red Saltigas are Ozzie issue only ? I remembered once upon a time Daiwa had TD-S , TD-X n TD-Z being the "S" is entry level , the "Z" is the ultimate level and the "X" is somewhere in between .

I wonder if the new Saltiga "S" will follow the traditional trend or a completely new trend ?

Jon .

Brandon Khoo:
Jon, from what I understand, that is correct. They're an Australia only model.
They are actually a Z series reel, not a S series. The designation for the red reel is S-EX 6500Z and it is actually a jigging reel, not a popping reel.

Jon Li:
Hi Brandon ,

Thanks for the clarification , so we won't get to see this reel outside Oz , I wonder why Daiwa makes such a decision ?

Jon .

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