Thread: Shimano "service"????

All my gear is Shimano......the only reason for that is I knew the name from biking when I used to do a bit so got a couple of cheap arse rod reel combos, they as bottom of the range gear lasted around 5 odd years of total abuse and neglect so I bought some slightly better gear going on that experience and actually try to look after it however it all still gets salt water blasted on my boat as its unavoidable but they all rinsed off every time and maybe some saltaway and crc marine.
Even if the reel price is getting close to 4-5 hundy I still dont see the value in getting it serviced if bottom of the range gear will last 5 years of total abuse.

Now if you had dropped 10 grand or more on a fleet of Stellars that are in regular use maybe a 70 dollar service annually is warranted BUT I put forward the proposition that if one is in such a position then one most likely also has a boat with room to store rods out of the spray and are also not likely to even keep the reels more than a couple of years before you sell them and trade up to the latest models and hence once again not really need or see any benifit from a service.

I could well be wrong.....I dont own any Stellars but that is how it looks to me from the outside looking in.

About the only case I do see for servicing is if a charter operation actually ran decent reels then with the use they would get and the money they generate it would be worth it.