I don't know about the specific reel that you are buying; however, I bought two of the Battenkill Midarbor type reels. They weren't very much (about 125) and so far have worked out fine. When fishing with a friend who was using the pfleuger Trion reel -(about $90)- we opened them up and they are identical on the inside -- so the moral to this story is that I could have saved about $30 on each reel and bought the Pfleugar instead -- or some other type of reel.