i did my research the only difference is his has 1lb more drag and it is silver not orange other than that they are identical
sad thing about him is he thinks spending money gets u fish and good times, we went fishing today in the river, I caught 4 fish with my “cheaper” reel he caught 0 with the more expensive reel and I had 0 tangles he got the line tangled twice…
im gonna re-spool his reel and be a pal…
on a side note the trout magnet stuff works killer, I cast and catch within 5 seconds, I cant manage anything big though 
biggest fish I caught was a 9 inch bass