cant see it being much better than the blue 7ht mag, it might be a little bit lighter, but still cant see it casting much further danny moskops has cast the blue 1 270m i think i saw the video on youtube not sure about the distance but hes had some good casts with it, for the extra money danny should expect to break another record. hopefully they have fixed the pinion support on this reel aswell. think this will be the last of the 7ht models from daiwa now and il definatly not own 1 i need atleast a pair of the same reels just dont have the 800 quid to buy a pair id rather get 8 penn mags or more :p or 4 pen mags and 2 blue 7hts