Has anyone here ever had any issues buying a JDM reel? I've never bought one, but I'm really tempted to try and snag one of the new Scorpion DCs when they come out. I've never done maintenance on a baitcaster, so I'm kinda skeptical about not being able to send it to Shimano for anything, including warranty. That being said, do you think the Scorpion would be worth it over the Curado? 

I have bought around 25-30 JDM reels, no problem doing so. What model Scorpion vs what model Curado?

New Scorpion will have a MGL spool and IDC5 brakes instead of the IDC4 in Curado. I’ve never owned a DC but if I were to buy one I’d go Scorpion. No warranty is not a big deal to me. 

I have also bought quite a few including one several weeks ago and the only problem I had was that I ordered something from Tackle Warehouse at the same time and received my JDM reel before Tackle Warehouse even processed my order.

I can say all of my reels are JDM, Also couple of my travel rods, they were free shipping with fedex and arrived very fast.

10 hours ago, jbsoonerfan said:

I have bought around 25-30 JDM reels, no problem doing so. What model Scorpion vs what model Curado?

Gotcha. It'd be the new 2021 Scorpion DC 150HG, versus the current Curado DC 150HG.

 

10 hours ago, GReb said:

New Scorpion will have a MGL spool and IDC5 brakes instead of the IDC4 in Curado. I’ve never owned a DC but if I were to buy one I’d go Scorpion. No warranty is not a big deal to me. 

Yeah, that's kinda my predicament, warranty and support vs better features. 

 

I also can't seem to find a solid release date for the new Scorpion, other than Spring 2021. Does anybody have some site recommendations that I should check? The only one I've really looked at is Digitaka. 

Looks like April......http://fishing.shimano.co.jp/product/reel/6277

23 minutes ago, Maico1 said:

Looks like April......http://fishing.shimano.co.jp/product/reel/6277

I can't believe I never found that... Lol. Thank you! 

If your worried about warranties it means don’t buy it. Warranties only matter with low quality goods. The chances there will be a problem with a new Shimano Scorpion DC from a reputable seller are around 0% - if I think I need a warranty, I think I’d buy something else. I consider the warranty to be a scam stat to trick people into buying something with a bigger number on it. The only fishing reel I ever sent for warranty service was a two speed, because the Belleville washers are spring loaded, popped off and disappeared. They repaired it free, even though it was user error. But I didn’t “need” the warranty, I broke the reel by losing the washers.

I purchased three reels with no problems.  I was concerned with the warranty at first but the cost savings and the availability of parts made it a none issue.  

 

I will probably be ordering again in the future as I lost one (rod and reel) today. 

4 hours ago, BaitFinesse said:

I've never used a reel warranty.

I have had to pay for a repair on a JDM reel that would have been covered by warranty a single time, a bad pinion gear on an old Zillion SV.  But I have saved like 5 times that much buying JDM reels, so it still works out to a better deal.