I appreciate all of your great help
It absorbs sudden runs and is reliable in many shore fishing situations
Although it isnt fully sealed, it has better sealing than any reel weve seen in its price range, and it should stand up to the salt considerably better than the Daiwa BG
On top of that, each rod company typically makes multiple rod series and then inside each series of rods there are often 10- or 12- different actions
I still had my blue fibreglass box which had lasted me years but when my mate Andy bought a second hand Milo Tardis box, I had to have one, it was built to the same basic formula as the other boxes Ive just mentioned, folding footplate, deep base unit, three side drawers, two front drawers, pole seat, space for winders and extendable legs that were very stable even at full length