Shimano Stella SW | Is it Worth $1000?! 

My buddies spend thousands on golf clubs and play maybe twice a month, I fish nearly every morning before work or at least 3-5 times a week so I think its easy to justify a $1000 reel when I consider what others spend on their hobbies. Great video by the way

I own a Stella 3000, use it for steelhead fishing off the break wall. Love it, and I told the wife when I purchased it. Matched it with a G Loomis rod. Worried about the $1000, I had a full time job for 37 years, why not spend it on yourself.

*Bought a 500 for an ultralight rod. It's very smooth **enjoyable.fishing** recommend casts great. One odd thing- the bale wire is a bit heavy diameter in my opinion for a reel of this size. But a great purchase.*

I bought a Stella just because I wanted to own one; beautiful reel and worth the money to me. Bought a Mako fly reel for the same reason.

Honestly its a spinning reel with insane drag capable of fishing 130lb class line, it does the job of my 30w tiagra but better, i still fish my 2008 shimana stella 20000 which i prefer to the new ones and so far its landed me 2 goliath grouper, countless sharks up to 8ft, a 138lb yellowfin tuna, cubera snapper, tarpon, texas aligator gar up to 7ft, regular aligator up to 10ft🤣, 63 lb blue cat, decent sailfish, couple eagle rays, i had my friends tie leader to their backpacks and run away as fast they can simulating a fish fight, the reel stopped them dead in their tracks

A good video the man in the video has explained all about the shimano stella as best as he can by his knowledge on shimano fishing reels and speaking seriously about buying the shimano stella one of the best spinning reels you can own interesting man he has got a lot of knowledge on shimano fishing reels thank you from Ben 👌👍

I have on my charter offshore boat, six full-time SHIMANO SW Stella STLSW8000HGC Spinning Reels and they never stop working. Yep, at $3k per/person per-day and they are paid for many times over. Fish on!

i have two of the 6000HG. definitely worth it

I own that same stella, Was it work 1k? Depends, if you think its going to catch fish a $300 reel wont, you'll be disappointed. If you think its smoother than a $300 or even cheaper reel you'll be disappointed. A well made $300 reel will last forever with good maintenance as well. Now, If you bought it for bragging rights, style, and to show your passion off you'll find every penny worth it!

Is it worth the buy? Depends if you actually fish a lot or less than10 times per year. If you fish every day/week than it is worth the buy. Picture having the fish of your lifetime at that end of your rod, do you really want to lose it? Also, the Shimano Stella is the perfect retirement/graduation/celecration gift for the fisherman.

They are at it again...I fell for it once already.

Got 6000xg and 14000xg. I don't even fish alot.. I just like engineer that put into it and the look of these reels.

I'd go with a van staal or daiwa. If you've ever seem a exploded view, the shimano has Hundreds of parts. The daiwa only has maybe 40, van staal even less. I'd go with VS

i have a Stella 4000 and a Stella 20000. I will not fish with another reel! plus i get alot of compliments.

August 2023, is it still worth to buy Stella SW? Or should wait for new model?

Buy the reel and don’t tell the wife ..... love that statement 👍👍👍👍 ...... I’ve got a couple of these, my wife thinks I have just one and the others belong to my buddies 😬😬😬😬

Bro i like your video, is funny and informational. Btw, does Stella have anti reverse docking if the anti reverse bearing fail?

The best reel in planet im sure love the reel

I moved down to the gosa and have been happy with it.

They upgraded the drag it’s not the cross carbon drag anymore it’s called heat sink drag all the 2019 Stellas have them

Lol 😂 it is a amazing reel. Will I buy one? No!

I told my girlfriend they were only 100 bucks so I bought 8th and 5th 😂😂😂

I received mine with a gear failure🤐 6000PG,handle wiggles and it does make a loud sound when i stop reeling.Waiting for Shimano to change it.Bought it for Europe Catfish.Before that i had Spheros 6000(gear broke at 1st fish 40kg+) and Saragosa(bearing failure after 50h of fishing).I don t understand why hagane gear instead of bronze gear.That s 4 times more tough than hagane.I owe 2 custom reels(5000) only 239g,12 bearings,almost entire Stella technology,bronze gear and i ve landed alot 70kg+ catfish without any problem.Will see how Stella will do.

Btw; a company's best or 'top' end model of anything is called a companies 'flagship'

Decisions are hard for a lot. $1,000 for a fishing reel - or $1,000 to pay last month's rent or car insurance??????????.................

ask her if she remembers that ring you got her , ha ha ha ....

I don't need it... I don't need it... Yeeaaa I need it 😫

Can you reel it underwater like a Van Staal, Zeebass or Visser??

My 30000SW just shipped in. :-)

What about the Twinpower?

Except my stella sheered its gears after my 3rd GT of the day. But shimano service is exeptional so i guess its alright.

If you can afford it definitely get it.

What size is the one on the left?

People spending more money on Golf coz they wanted to show people that they are rich and first class people. You cant eat the ball when you shoot in the hole. But fishing reel SHIMANO ESTELLA can catch a big expensive fish and its worth it. I'd prefer buying one SHIMANO ESTELLA fishing reel you can hold a big fish.

In another video was talking about the tolerance and he said he had to much tolerance on stella idk why

They are worth the money!

Not with a plastic knob.:)

anyone having issues with the bail turning when its open? I notice my bail turning. and when it turns to face forward. the bail will close on the cast. causing the lure to snap off.

Great video and made me laugh. Thanks

Lol! My wife is over it! She knows! If I want it I get it! I work hard for it, so she leave alone after a day off crap from her😂

I live in Vietnam and I want to buy a rod like what you are using, what should I do, help me to own your fishing rod

Great video.

The S class merc of reels

Please prepare before your videos and print off your statistics before you click record. I like your style and I like the video, but preparation would have made a bit difference. Also you listed the jargon from their website, like, literally just read it from the iPhone, but you didn’t explain what all that means. X this, X that.....break it down into a human language. That would be useful. Schoobidi doobi doooo

That's dumb to spend that much. You can find another reel that's $150-$300 range and ANY reel with that price is gonna FEEL like quality in ur hands and PERFORM like quality. Tight tolerances n waterproof bearings are also on reels at that price point too. I remember when I bought a Shimano Calcutta baitcaster for $200 and how solid n amazing it felt in my hands I thought I had the best of the best even tho there is better because if I wasn't familiar with that reel n someone told me that's the best reel money can buy, I would of believed them. Trust n believe in a blind test a sub $300 reel would feel identical to that Stella.

whats the difference between the sw and the swc? thank you

What size Stella would you recommend me to buy for bridge fishing? Thank you

Shimano inflates their drag... but the Stella is the god of all reels

If Abel can charge a 1000 quid for a fly reel, which by the way has 4x less components then this then, yes, the 1000 quid is acceptable and fly reels for what its worth are majorly over priced for what they are, simple.

There’s a lot of rich folk in the graveyard.

Shimano Stellla is not worth 1k I dont care what anyone says. Think about it...a tiny 3000 or 4000 stella spinning reel having way less material in it compared to a Shimano Gold or even a penn 130 class Gold conventional reel yet priced about same retail? Come on! Its priced that high knowing there will always be fishermans that will think a more expensive reel means it is better and will catch more fish. Not true at all. Shimano is aware that pride is a powerful tool to use to profit knowing some like to brag on the gear they own yet cant catch anything. In my town, a fishing retail store were selling Shimano Stella reels less then the average retail price it normally goes for. But when Shimano heard of it (after another jealous fishing store reported them) they contacted the fishing store and told them that they can not sell their reels that cheap. The fishing store owner said it is their choice on how much they want to sell it for. Shimano did not like that idea and retaliated by no longer selling their reels to the store anymore. You see...you never want to support a brand that tries to dictate what their gear should be sold for retail. All Shimano cares about is keeping their prices inflated causing the customer to pay more then it is really worth, not because Shimano have to recoup the cost of the gold and silver the reel is made out of....but to keep the hype keep going. Nothing but a selfish sales tactic. Like I've said earlier...a 1k spinning reel doesn't mean you will catch more fish which is what should be the main objective. It has been proven time after time a less costly reel/gear can easily out perform the stella due to ones talent not the amount of Benjamin Franklin's you drop on a reel. Don't fall for the hype! No spinning reel is worth 1k!

Spinner for a lake or stream and for the big fish, conventional all the way regardless or cost. Got rid of the mother in law and wife so sky is the limit😎🤘

Thank god I don’t have a wife, I bought 2.

Sweet and honest review you should do a is a diawa bg worth 100$ we all know they are worth more though lmao

I might swap my daiwa for a stella

That's like $1500AUD - is it worth it? No fucking way. Just purchased a 2nd hand 10000PG from Japan for $200USD. Was it worth it? lol Fuckingggg oath. Bring on the fun!

and it's 26 pounds of drag not 62

The reel is justifiably worth $1k...IF you pair it with an equally high quality rod. The reel only does 15% of the work in a rod/reel combination. The rod is the more valuable piece, so pair the great reel with a great rod. Otherwise it's no different than buying a 911 GTR3 and putting Walmart discount tires on it. Sure, it'll roll down the road, but what's the point in wasting the money?

2020 saltiga shits on the stella

x men 😂

I would never buy a reel from this guy

Steeeeeellllllllaaaaaa! Lol