I was purchasing different brands of spinning reels. I purchased a Finor that came recommended by a co-worker that has a Finor Ahab. Finor manufactures those big saltwater gold colored reels for marlin/sailfish sized fish. I found my freshwater Finor to be outstanding quality wise. Then I purchased some Okuma Epixor to tryout. Again another quality spinning reel. My next one is a Viva spinning reel. There smaller ultra lite was the exact same reel as the okuma ultra lite. But both reels preform flawlessly. The next size Viva up from the ultra light is a totally different looking reel but also a quality size 20 reel. I purchased the next size up Viva 30 reel too and it's still on my worm rod today. I'm presently using three viva spinning reels. Then I found a Globe Spinning reel. It's looks similar to the okuma explicit in look and finish. I found the Globe spinning reels to be another quality spinning reel, I own two of them. And I still use them. My point is there is a lot of unknown to us quality reels out there today. Here I posted a few of them besides some well known brands too. Bigbill

I field tested these spinning reels;

FINOR 200S & 400S

OKUMA ultra lite, epixor #15, #20, #25, #30, #40 & #55

Viva ultra lite, #20 & #30

Globe 100 & 200

All these spinning reels were found to be flawless in operation. Price wise there between $25 to under $99.