Features
- Hagane Body and Gear offer amazing strength and durability, featuring advanced technologies that reduce flexing and overall improving user experience
- Advanced coatings and finishes protect the reel from the harsh elements of saltwater fishing, ensuring reliability
- Improved casting performance allows for greater smoothness as well as greater control
- Features X-Protect, X-Rigid Bail, X-Rigid Gear, X-Rigid Handle, X-Rigid Rotor, X-Shield, X-Ship, and X-Tough Drag technologies
Redefine innovation to conquer the impossible. The iconic heritage of the Stella family embodies this mindset with the debut of the new Stella SW D, designed to elevate angler performance through industry-leading Shimano reel technologies. Built upon the Shimano legacy of cold-forged HAGANE gears for added strength, new InfinityXross technology extends the gear tooth horizontally to distribute load across the gear tooth more evenly for unequaled gear durability. The debut of Shimano's new XX Tough Drag technology modifies the reel's drag construction by moving the upper washer to the top of the spool and significantly increasing the drag washer size. The result: Greater drag durability and less heat accumulation for added performance. Combining new spool and rotor innovations with proven Shimano technology increases casting and reeling performance with improved line management. Shimano's new InfinityLoop technology leverages asymmetrical worm shaft grooves that change oscillation speeds depending on the direction of the spool movement to produce a more even line lay and beautiful winding shape. To the angler, InfinityLoops technology increases casting distance and eliminates unwanted drag spikes for a heightened fishing-fighting performance. The combination of the new Anti-Twist Fin - an elastic polymer on the underside of the roller - with a redesigned drag knob and spool lip enhances reeling performance with superior line management. Conquer the Impossible: The new Stella SW has arrived.
X Rigid Rotor: By using an aluminum alloy and verifying the thickness arrangement in detail through repeated 3D analysis, it realizes tougher rigidity, durability, and excellent rotation balance than ever before. This high rigidity also contributes to improved functionality of the drag and other parts.
X Rigid Handle: Highly rigid cold-forged handle specially designed for STELLA SW that transmits angler's power without loss.
High rigidity arm cam: Equipped with a metal arm cam, just like the rotor, to increase rigidity. Transmits the power of STELLA SW without distortion, such as when winding line with a high load and during drag running. Smooth surface is maintained for a long period of time by metal plating treatment. This reduces damage to the line.
Line roller for STELLA SW: Special surface treatment (diamond-like carbon) reduces friction and prevents line wastage. In addition, a contact-type waterproof seal is installed to block seawater from entering the line roller section. The internal bearing is protected from the harsh environment, and durability is improved more than 10 times compared to the non-equipped model. *Based on our comparison test.
Line roller looseness prevention mechanism: The line roller section, which is the first to catch the pull of a large fish and is applied with force, is equipped with a mechanism to prevent loosening. The bolt that holds the line roller is doubly secured with a set screw to further prevent loosening.
CI4+ handle knob (except 14000): Adopts a handle knob made of carbon material CI4+, which combines high rigidity and light weight. (14000 model adopts a lightweight hollow oval round knob)
Hagane Body: The HAGANE Body is a metal reel body with high rigidity. The body stiffness and impact resistance virtually eliminates body flexing. The result transforms the angler's actions directly into cranking power. It's efficiency through strength.
Hagane Gear: With amazing strength and durability, the HAGANE Gear is at the very heart of the reel. Shimano, through the application of state-of-the-art technologies, gives you the long-lasting smoothness and pleasure that you feel when you first use a reel, over and over again. No cutting work is applied to the teeth of the drive gear. Instead the entire surface is calculated in minute detail by special 3D design and then formed by Shimano's cold forging technology. The result is assured resilience. It's the fruit of Shimano's inexhaustible pursuit for durability; the strength and power of forged metal continues to represent the fundamental concept of Shimano reels.
Infinity Drive: The new main shaft supporting structure improves winding torque by 26% while allowing incredibly smooth and light rotation.
Heatsink Drag: A revolutionary structure located at the bottom of the spool, achieving overwhelming drag performance and improved durability. The heat sink generated by the drag section dissipates the heat generated outside the spool by about 50% to reduce the drag force drop due to heat. In addition, the "heat insulation sheet" which shuts off the heat flowing to the line on the spool, reducing spool line temperature by 30%.
Silent Drive: From the fundamental, whole body design to the most intricate parts of the drive train, including the drive gear, wormshaft, wormshaft pin and wormshaft gear, every piece has been carefully reviewed, and the smallest clearance gaps and wobbles have been eliminated to the highest tolerances.
X-Shield: By providing dependable sealing structures and gaskets at 12 critical locations throughout the reel body, we are able to create a water resistant structure that is highly reliable and durable. Ensuring that it can hold up when used in extreme saltwater conditions.
X-Protect: By combining our water repellent coating and our specially designed, water channeling, labyrinth construction, X-Protect provides high-level water resistance without sacrificing light gear and rotor rotation.
X-Tough Drag: X-Tough Drag with its dramatically enhanced smoothness, control and toughness anticipates the vigorous speed of Blue-Fin Tuna and Giant Tuna.
Rigid Support Drag: By strengthening the spool support of the main shaft, the play and fluctuation of the spool during drag operation are suppressed, allowing smooth drag delivery even under high load.
Cross Carbon Drag: This drag material provides a wider range of drag settings, along with the smoothest Shimano drag performance ever
S A-RB: These bearings have been through the same process as your A-RB bearings, but feature shields on both sides of the bearings that reduce the possibility of salt or sand inhibiting the bearing's rotation.
One Piece Bail: One-Piece Bail allows the line to travel unimpeded to the line roller. Its seamless design reduces friction and the change of tangles or cuts to the bail arm.
Manufacturer: Shimano
Specifications:
Family Type: Saltwater Spinning
Mono Line Capacity (#Test/yd): 16-360, 20-260, 25-190
Weight (oz): 24.2
Bearings: 12+1
Gear Ratio: 6.2:1
Retrieve Per Crank (in): 53
PowerPro Braid (lb/yds): 50-400, 65-315, 80-240
Max Drag (lb): 55
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