I cannot believe Abu Garcia is now using centrifugal brakes in their reals. I have found that the magnetic brakes work just fine and when you wet wade and you're in the water and slip up and get the real submerged I found with a centrifugal braking system like a Shimano corrado it takes many many casts to shake out all the water to keep from backlashing to cast right again. I guess if you don't wet wade and submerge the real once in a while there's no problem with a centrifugal braking system but the magnetic braking system for me has always worked just fine