Shimano Ultegra Spod XTD VS Daiwa Emblem 35 Spod - Which is best - Carp Fishing 

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Disappointed with the xtd line lay went to pot for some reason even added some washers and still no better, not even been abused

Coming from a being a big shimano fan,im absolutely shocked at how bad the ultegra xtd is. 4 months of use and it started locking up at times,5 months in and it properly siezed up! And i NEVER dunk my reels! Sent it back to shimano as was under warranty,shimano said the gears are completely siezed due to severe water ingress and the warranty is void because i must of been dunking them🙄 They said it would be around £80 to repair. Absolute shocking response and Absolute shocking reel. Told them to send it back to me and I'll buy a diawa emblem! The shimano xtd is the worst reel ive ever had👎🏻

Being a shimano man I was really disappointed with my new spod reels as they let water in and seized so have since bought the daiwa spod reels and they seem much better just to say that I do not dunk my reels thanks

Used shimano 14000 plastick rotary just split to pieces so now looking at the daiwa

If u want to speed the drag up on shimano switch washers to ice drag washers as the xtds come with greased felt washers unlike the xtcs which come with ptfe washers which is loads better and whilst ice washers are too fast and don't give enough increments for fishing situations there brilliant for a spod and marker reel and there fairly cheap. And like u I don't have a preference between diawa or shimano I have xtc14000 for distance fishing and crosscast 5000 for shorter range but all of my spod reels are shimano 2x xtd14000 long range 13ft rods and aerex 10000 on my 10ft spod I am surprised people think shimano reels fall apart build quality is second to none hence why they hold value really well but diawa have been about since the dawn of time and are usually reliable surprised to hear mag sealed seized up a bit i wonder if all mag sealed do this just a thought

Another great vid mate , I use the shimano and can’t honestly fault it , looking forward to next tackle Tuesday also be good to see the Carponieger in the shack 👌👌💪💪

So which one is better overall ?

Got the Daiwa and the first thing I done was put a new folding handle on it from the 45s for £40 and now it's the best spod reel I've ever used.

Hi buddy if was advertised to buy the Diawa spod reel my my local shop it worked fine for 9 months then it sized up solid. I returned it to the shop and they returned it to Diawa I was fishing every week so purchased another Diawa spod reel they told me they would credit me with the new price if Diawa just replaced the seized reel they returned it serviced. It lasted 18 months and failed again. I bought a Shimano spod reel it was way smother and retrieved more line per turn. I was so surprised how smooth the retrieve was. I do use Diawa main reels Baisers so not a Shimano fan. But the new latest Shimano Spod reel was a revelation . Diawa should get a new design team working on a much better spod reel they get much more hammer than a normal fishing reel and need beefing up and making smoother in operation.

Just picked up my emblem 35 scw spod. Going to back it with 0.4 and then add the esp spod braid which is 0.22 any ideas on backing capacity calculation id really appreciate that mate 👍 cheers geoff

Good evening, no-rant from me tonight lol. I have got 1400 xtd reels and matching spod reel. Must admit the spod reel is the best one I’ve had tbh, used Diawa, wychwood riot. Line lay is great, like you said the drag isn’t the quickest so I put carbon washers in and now in less that half turn it’s solid. With my fishing reels there is an issue with the line going under the spool, happens more when I use fluorocarbon, must be the lack of suppleness I’m guessing but the idea of the line guard is to stop this, but it doesn’t so pointless really. Again line lay is great and line peels off on cast. Just purchased some fox rx plus alarms. They are a treat. Loving ur info.

Top video Lee, honest as always mate, looking forward to visiting the Tackle shack 👍

Top video

Looking forward to the frontier review pal. Another top vlog mate. 👌

Thank god you just do my reels for me much easier 😆👍🏻

Really interesting honest review Lee. I look forward to watching your future "Tackle Tuesday" reviews, and comparing the Daiwa / Shimano reels with Dave "Carponeiger".

I just bought a Spod reel (for tench mainly). I bought the original Daiwa Emblem Spod reel that has been around for years. I could have got the reel in your video for less money but I reckoned the plain old Emblem Spod looked better built and more gutsy. Even if it is old tech and agricultural looking in comparison. You mentioned the old Cast izm 25 QDA's. I managed to get three of those new from an Austrian dealer even though they are now discontinued. I felt they were better than the current offerings. For my needs anyway. I was always a Shimano Guy but rightly or wrongly I feel they are not as good as they used to be. Then again what is? I still have a pair of their old 5000 GTE Baitrunners and three of the original 10,000 XTE (10 K) Baitrunners. I will never let them go. 🙂 Take care.

The best bang for your buck for a spod reel it's: Okuma inception 8000 ! It's light, it gots 2 line clips, and it retrives 123cm of line. It's not marketed as a spod reel but it's a best buy for spoding. I bought it for a heavy feeder but surprize it's a spod reel. I wanted to buy the daiwa but now i stick with the okuma :)

Loving your honest reviews.keep up the good work.

What are you doing ?? Lool 😆

Another brilliant and fair review 👏🏻

Have you used many spod/marker braids and/or leaders that you can recommend?

Daiwa❤

I used the emblem spod and no but issues but just noisy and felt clunky. Just bought shimano ultegra spod and has been good with no issues. I've always used shimano reels GTE 10000, longcasts, ultegra 5500 and 12000 black mags... never any issues with any and all work like new!

Hi, is this the fox exocet spod braid on the ultegra?

I had the ultegra xtd 5500 they are the shittest reels I ever have used got them a week after they came out and with in 6 months the bearing started I had the serviced and found they ain't bearings no more just plastic bushings I have okuma trio rexs omg so much smoother and I have had them few years now all I have done is grease them once a year

Hi. I have the Shimano spod reel, could you use these as a normal fishing reel?

Spot on reviews every time mate I love the fact you give so much detail and go into great depths with them but also keep them nice and simple👌 really looking forward to your next review with Dave keep smashing it brother 👊🏻👊🏻🙏