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10000 FA vs 18000 SW value or not

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Sachin Chaudhry:
Ben, I reckon Brandon's dispensed about all the relevant help you need here. I have used both a Stella 10k and 20k and his comments on their most suited duties are spot on as is the point about bargain hunting.

Brandon Khoo:
Ben, on the now superseded FA series, my opinion is that Shimano didn't quite get the spool size right for the 10000. In Japan, you could get a 16000 spool that was a good size for heavy popping but the 10000 spool was just a bit too small. Shimano subsequently released the Yumeya 10000D spool which was a great size for PE8 and useable for PE10. Unfortunately, they were a very expensive aftermarket peice of equipment and are now no longer being made. There is still quite a bit of demand for them though. I know - I regularly get requests to see if I will sell one!

They got it right with the new 18000XG - the spool size on this is perfect.




--- Quote from: Ben Rutkin on September 29, 2008, 08:51:17 PM ---Ok so Ive decided to pick up a 10000FA on their way out - but what I have noticed is that everyone seems to be buying the 20000 spools and putting on them on the 10000 reel?  Are they identical reels with a different spool sizes?

What is the difference and is it just a question of line capacity?

Cheers lads.



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Jon Li:
Hi guys ,

Fyi , the line capacities of the old SW16000 secondary spool which comes with the previous Stella models SW10000HG n SW20000PG ( JDM ) is identical to that of the new 18000XG albeit without those holes , however these 2 spools aren't readily interchangable even though both have Twin Disk drag system .

My older still STL16000F reel with 16000GT spool ( JDM ) can accomodate 290 m of PE5 , just a tad lower than the capacity of the new SW10000XG and this particular 16000GT spool has smaller diameter lip than the ordinary 16000F spool .

In my opinion , the new Stella SW series is a homologation of the F series and the FA series with JDM contents being made available internationally .

I had a couple of days using Ky Doucet's SW10000XG recently and with me I had my old STL16000F reel with 16000GT spool mounted , I felt there is not much different feel between the 2 reels except probably the SW10000XG feel smoother being new while my STL16000F has been with me since the year 1999 .

Jon .

Andy Rowe:
Hi Jon,

Interesting comments about the SW10K XG. Did Ky have PE6 loaded on that XG spool? I met him in Singapore briefly we were both buying rods at the same shop.

Do you think the new 10k will be capable of handling the serious repeated abuse of good gt sessions?

Regards
Andy 

Brandon Khoo:
I don't have any doubt the 10000XG will be every bit as robust as the biggest reels. I'll be using one on my TBL and Coral Viper.

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