Daiwa Aird X 2500SH

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Daiwa Aird X 2500SH

Post by Tackleberry » Sun Dec 18, 2016 3:17 pm

I'm thinking of having a change and going from shimano to daiwa and

am liking these Daiwa Aird X as they look a good reel for the money so

if you have one how long have you had it and what do you think about

it .

will be replacing my stradic fi x 5


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Re: Daiwa Aird X 2500SH

Post by Boonanza » Sun Dec 18, 2016 6:42 pm

Save your $$$ buy a Sienna and take the Mrs out to dinner mate :thumbsup:
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Re: Daiwa Aird X 2500SH

Post by Tackleberry » Sun Dec 18, 2016 6:55 pm

Boonanza wrote:Save your $$$ buy a Sienna and take the Mrs out to dinner mate :thumbsup:
mate I'm tying to save money by not having a Mrs :cheers:

and theres no way a Sienna will be as good as a stradic fi
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Re: Daiwa Aird X 2500SH

Post by Westfish » Mon Dec 19, 2016 3:04 pm

I have the Aird 2500 and have given it a good thrashing over the last 2-3 years.
The reel still performs well but looks rough cosmetically.
Bit heavier than the Stradic Ci4 but excellent drag for the price.
I have the Freams too (older model) which I would pick over both but they are more coin.

If your looking for something pretty bullet proof I would recommend it. I've carted mine All over the country and treated it like crap and still take it every time I go out.
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Re: Daiwa Aird X 2500SH

Post by Tackleberry » Mon Dec 19, 2016 3:25 pm

Westfish wrote:I have the Aird 2500 and have given it a good thrashing over the last 2-3 years.
The reel still performs well but looks rough cosmetically.
Bit heavier than the Stradic Ci4 but excellent drag for the price.
I have the Freams too (older model) which I would pick over both but they are more coin.

If your looking for something pretty bullet proof I would recommend it. I've carted mine All over the country and treated it like crap and still take it every time I go out.
yes for the coin they look the goods .

I just wanted to try a daiwa but there's no way in hell I would buy a reel with magseal
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Re: Daiwa Aird X 2500SH

Post by Tackleberry » Mon Dec 19, 2016 5:47 pm

well I went in to town to have a look and came home with my money and no reel .

had a wind and it felt like you were winding a 2oz sinker now that's a lot of loosening

up to do .
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Re: Daiwa Aird X 2500SH

Post by purple5ive » Tue Dec 20, 2016 6:47 am

Tackleberry wrote:well I went in to town to have a look and came home with my money and no reel .

had a wind and it felt like you were winding a 2oz sinker now that's a lot of loosening

up to do .
did you try a few of them, some are always like that and get better with a bit of use.
and whats wrong with magseal? the reel will still work as a normal reel if it happens to fail.

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Re: Daiwa Aird X 2500SH

Post by Tackleberry » Tue Dec 20, 2016 12:10 pm

purple5ive wrote:
Tackleberry wrote:well I went in to town to have a look and came home with my money and no reel .

had a wind and it felt like you were winding a 2oz sinker now that's a lot of loosening

up to do .
did you try a few of them, some are always like that and get better with a bit of use.
and whats wrong with magseal? the reel will still work as a normal reel if it happens to fail.
it is a proprietary oil and you can't anything like it so it must go back to DAIWA so goodbye to your reel

for a month or two and $50 to $100 , as soon as we can get a magnetic oil and not cost a fortune I will

buy will buy about 8 magseal DAIWA reels .
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Re: Daiwa Aird X 2500SH

Post by purple5ive » Tue Dec 20, 2016 12:44 pm

DO YOU ACTUALL KNOW HOW THE MAGSEAL WORKS?????
the Magseal is not neccessary, and if the oil has perished the reel just becomes another standard daiwa reel.(aka everything still works as it should)
you do not need to replace it, if you dont want to.

besides whats stopping the water from getting into the reel from the cover plate, base plate, handle bearing areas.
if you dunk it in saltwater, its game over magseal or not.

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Re: Daiwa Aird X 2500SH

Post by Tackleberry » Tue Dec 20, 2016 1:47 pm

yes I know exactly how it works .
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