That's a good question, cst. you can find numerous people on www.pierand surf.com fishing lever drags in the surf that are holding up better (Avet) than their friends with Abu's and Penns with star drags. Specifically saying that the Avet's kept fishing on windy sand swent days while the Penns and Abu's seized up or ground so much they had to stop and clean them out. They are also getting better distance with magged sx's. Some of the tournamnout distance casters have posted that they have never had a reel cast so far.

But I can't find the same thing for Accurates. Only because they are so expensive. You never see anyone posting about them. And certianly not about surf fishing or distance casting.

I'll probably get more distance out of a magged Avet than a cast controlled Accuarte. So I'll probably go that way. Plus for the same price as an Accurate I could get a 2 speed Avet or 2 single speed Avet reels. Hard to justify the extra money. And their marketing doesn't exactly - clearly point out why their product is that much better than the Avet or anyone else. There is the dual drag. But they avoid lbs of drag discussion anywhere in their marketing. So I assume it's less than the Avet's. Wish I could fit that ergonomic round handle from the Accurate to the Avet. Would make my elbow feel alot better. :)