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U.S. Market Stella Vs JDM and Australian

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John Adams Smith:
Any differences between the Stella's in the three markets besides cosmetic such as the carbon fiber knob on the JDM Stella.

Mark Harris:
As far as I understand it there are only two versions of the SW Stellas - the JDM and the export version that goes everywhere else.

I have been assured by a Shimano tech that the only difference is in the livery - i.e the orangey gold all over the export versions. A carbon knob does seem to come as standard on some of the small JDM models but not on the big ones.  The message is that if you can bear the nasty orange handle, buy the export version as it is always cheaper.

Sha Zhang:
Save the coin and buy theexport model, that way the coins you save from the JDM model you can put it towards a spare spool. I personally don't mind the gold handles on the export model.

Dave Hoo:
Hi,
I second the idea of getting the export model Stellas SW and save the $$ for spare spool or line.

However, there were always "rumours" of the JDMs being more refined than the export model and this makes decision making complicated...

I read somewhere that both are the same in terms of materials and engineering so I would start buying the export models..

cheers

John Adams Smith:
I too have heard the rumors that JDM reels were built to better standards than the exports.  My personal feeling is that as long as it gets the job done then the product is good.

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