Daiwa Zillion

[SuzukiGS750EZ]

Does anybody own the new daiwa Zillion baitcaster? I'm thinking of buying one and pairing it with a st croix mojo bass.

 

[SuzukiGS750EZ]

The zillion is a slick reel! I traded in my old shimano chronarch and abu revo sx (about 4 years old) for the new zillion tws. What an amazing reel. I can't wait to see how it backlashes! Lol just kiddin 😀. I'm going to be pairing it up with a falcon bucoo 6'6" MH casting rod and some suffix 832 advanced superline. So far so good though!

 

[SuzukiGS750EZ]

Well, after two months of fishing the reel it started making noise today. Opened up the reel to no grease. Beautiful. Daiwa grease either sucks or they didn't grease it much. The only grease I found was in the drag star and in the spool tension knob. Other than that, nothing. And they over saturated the bearing in the side cap (where the weights are) it was sopping wet with oil. So I degreaser the whole reel and flushed the bearings. Used the hot sauce that was here, which I've used in my quantum accurist pt and my shimano chronarch previously. Hopefully it holds up for a season or two. I have to say te ardent reel cleaner spray worked very well for degreasing. I used acetone for the bearings. Seems fine now.

 

[PatrickKnight]

This is why I stick to Shimano bait casters, Daiwa makes a fine spinning reel (still prefer Shimano here as well) but I think they are a bit lacking in the casting reel department. That being said I am still using the same Stradics I have had for over 10 years and the same greenie Curados I have had for the same the length of time.

 

[SuzukiGS750EZ]

My chronarch and Abu revo sx casted well and held up amazing. The Abu was a casting champ, but the shimano was very refined like a Chris reeve vs a spyderco. But this daiwa blows them both out of the water in terms of casting, features and build quality. The only thing is I wish it were as low profile as my chronarch. I also have a daiwa exceler exe ultralight spinning reel I've been enjoying. It replaced an old Abu Cardinal.