The reel seems to be well made of durable materials. It casts and retrieves well. If it sat a little lower on the rod and did not make a clicking noise on the retrieve I would give it 5 stars. Daiwa is close to spincast perfection with this reel if they would only tweak the design a little more. If you don't mind a clicking sound from the anti-reverse pawl when retrieving a fish and the reel sitting high off the rod I would recommend this reel as a quality spincast reel.