You can be sure when a company like Daiwa Japan introduces a new reel, there will be an endless amount of anticipation surrounding this reel’s debut. Add to this, news that the new reel will be replacing the company’s most respected, and widely popular flagship reel, the TD-Z 103M and look out: every picture, tidbit of information, etc. will be scrutinized until the very moment the reel is available for purchase. What happens when this much anticipated moment arrives? You can be certain TackleTour will be right in the middle of the fray to help you make heads and tails of it all. Introducing our review of the much anticipated Daiwa Japan TD-Z replacement, the Daiwa Steez Baitcaster.
Definitely the first thing that strikes you with this reel is its weight or lack thereof. Our Steez weighed in at a mere 5.5 ounces out of the box. That makes it lighter than the Pixy! The second thing that struck us was Daiwa’s unabashed stamping of the reel’s name in every spot imagineable around the frame, handle, and sideplates. You’d have thought they were selling ad space on their reels to help pay for the retooling they underwent in order to bring this reel to market. Looking past all that, perhaps the most astonishing surprise was, once we opened up the sideplate, our discovery that the reel’s spool had an all too familiar looking rotor. It is the same rotor as that of our 2004 Limited Edition Type R+ and Custom TD-Z’s! Daiwa has apparently, finally made use of the R&D efforts that materialized in their limited edition reels to bring to market, a full production reel with many of these same features.
DAIWA STEEZ SPINNING REEL
Lightest Spinning Reels Of Their Kind. They are the stealth fighters of spinning reels. Built with advanced technology, materials and treatments that clearly set them aside from the rest. The lightest reels of their kind —heavy on no-compromise performance. For the perfect performance match to Steez Bass Rods.
Steez™ Spinning Reels Features:
* Starting at just 6.9 ounces, they are the lightest reels of their kind
* “Air Metal” Magnesium body, side-cover and rotor
* “Air Spool” (ultra-lightweight composite) with reverse-taper (ABS) design
* Digigear™ digital gear design
* 11 CRBB Super Corrosion Resistant Ball Bearings plus roller bearing
* Tubular Stainless Air Bail®
* Infinite Anti-Reverse
* Advanced Locomotive Levelwind
* Washable design with sealed, waterproof drag system
* Precision, super micro-pitch drag adjustment
* Pillar-type tight oscillation system,ultra-quiet and smooth
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Precision, stainless main shaft
