Okuma Reels? In general.

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My experience with reels is you really get what you pay for. If you buy a 30 dollar reel you shouldn't expect much. If it did fail you shouldn't have a problem with them fixing it, if they don't I wouldn't go back to them. The best inexpensive reel I have is a micro pflueger president, the thing has took a pounding and still works great. I do recommend cleaning and rebuilding reels pretty often though. I use hot sauce on the bearings, shimano drag grease on the washers/drag(get directly from shimano), and slick honey (bicycle shop) on the gears and things that need to be coated in grease.
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