Monday 11 March 2013

Daiwa Lexa reel review

Daiwa Lexa 2500SH - Team Daiwa T72MLXS combo

First impressions

Supplied as an attractive looking combo, the new Daiwa Lexa 2500SH is a good match for the Team Daiwa T72MLXS rod.
The new Lexa looks smart with its gunmetal grey, black and gold finish. An affordable reel, it’s a mixture of technology familiar from Daiwa’s high-end reels, like the Zaion hollow section Air Rotor, and successful construction practice such as a ‘Super Metal’ body. It offers plenty of high-tech features that contribute towards a great performance.

The reel

The biggest innovation the new Lexa brings to Daiwa’s mid-range reels is the introduction of ‘oil seal’ technology.
In their top end reels, Daiwa uses its revolutionary magnetic fluid Mag Seal system to completely seal the body and exclude water and exclude water.
Across its range of spinning reels Daiwa has worked hard to exclude water, which is particularly important in saltwater environments. When saltwater penetrates a reel and dries, the salt crystallises and then erodes gears and bearings. No leakage means no corrosion, longer life and better performance.
Most spinning reels use waterproof gaskets and ‘o’ rings prevent water intrusion, but they are less than perfect and have the disadvantage of producing friction and thus winding inertia.
Instead of a rubber o-ring, Daiwa has developed a new high-density cellulose seal impregnated with water-resistant oil. Housed inside the ‘capsule body’, it eliminates water and salt intrusion. Oil Seal not only prevents water intrusion it also provides smoother revolution to the rotor system and increases sensitivity so you can feel your lures, detect bites and fight fish more effectively.
The Lexa is fitted with this seal and Daiwa describe the reel as ‘washable’.
Air Rotor is another advanced feature until now found only on more expensive Daiwa reels. Its arched design disperses pressure to the entire lower section of the rotor, dramatically decreasing stress and flexing.
Sensitivity is one of the strongest attributes of Air Rotor. The rotor is made from a highly sensitive resin that transmits vibration through the reel more efficiently than ever before. The hollow rotor system is lighter with more surface area, resulting in increased strength and greater transmission of vibration. Less weight means a lower centre of gravity and precise centre of axis so the rotor spins more efficiently with perfect balance. All of these features promise to increase sensitivity and therefore angler enjoyment.
Other reel specifications include Digi Gear, Real Four, ABS, Air Bail, Ultra Tournament Drag and more, which combine to lower weight and increase performance.

The rod

The Team Daiwa T72MLXS rod is a seven-foot (2.24m) high-carbon IM-7 design. The fast taper two-piece rod is rated for lines of between 3 and 5kg breaking strain and lures of between 5 and 12 grams. Dressed with good quality Fuji aluminium-oxide single-foot guides (8 plus tip), Fuji VSS reel seat with an attractive and secure anodised aluminium screw-up clamp, knurled for grip, EVA grips (split grip design) and a convenient hook keeper, the rod’s laquered graphite finish and white painted butt section look good.

Using the combo

The Lexa-Team Daiwa combo has joined me on every fishing trip this summer. It has become my favourite kayak outfit, the rod’s fast taper shortening the lever when a fish is hooked and revealing a healthy reserve of power in the rod’s butt section.
I particularly like its ability to cast really light lures – I’ve had good success this summer fishing shallow water with very small inchiku jigs (10-15g) and small soft plastics on 1/4-ounce (7g) or 1/16-ounce (4.5g) jig heads. The rod’s ideal for this style of fishing but will also handle jig heads weighing up to half an ounce (14g).
As it turned out, this lightweight, light tackle combo caught lots of school snapper up to a couple of kilos in weight, a few bonus gurnard and trevally and plenty of kahawai. The reel’s 6.0:1 retrieve ration makes it ideal for spin-fishing duties of any sort, including ripping small lures across the surface at speed.
The Lexa’s Ultimate Tournament Drag (UTD) isn’t as extreme as some of Daiwa’s more expensive models in this size range, but it still exerts 4kg of pressure, which is plenty for the sort of fishing I was doing. The reel was spooled with around 270m of light green Shinobi 4kg braid, which quickly faded to white with use.
The amount of line retrieved per turn increases by a few centimetres with each step up in reel size, but the high-speed Lexa 2500 retrieves 88cm of line with each turn of the handle.
The combo’s general handling is great. It’s extremely light, so angler fatigue is minimised, and the rod transmits every bump and tap. The tip is quick enough to work small lures properly and sensitive enough to provide an acceptable hook-up ratio when used with small inchiku jigs.
This outfit has received plenty of use, but no special attention. I’ve avoided dunking it in the tide, sprayed it with the hose after every use and occasionally given it a squirt with WD40. I oiled the handle once and checked the bail roller, which has performed fine. So far there is no sign of corrosion or saltwater damage and the reel performs as well as ever.

Reel specifications Daiwa Lexa 2500SH

  • Zaion rotor
  • Oil Seal
  • Real Four
  • Ultimate Tournament Drag system
  • Digigear II drive system
  • 7 ballbearings, incl 1CRBB
  • Real Stopper infinite anti-reverse
  • Machined aluminium handle
  • Machined aluminium ABS spool, with spare
  • Airbail
  • ABS II and Twistbuster II
  • Silent Oscillation system
  • Capsule body
  • Ratio 6.0:1 (88cm per turn)
  • Capacity 350m P1.2, 250m PE2


Source: http://www.fishing.net.nz/index.cfm/pageid/58/view/yes/editorialID/1246
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