Experience the pinnacle of reel innovation with the Daiwa 22 Exist Spin Reels. Introducing the revolutionary Airdrive Design, a four-pillar concept comprising the Airdrive Rotor, Airdrive Bail, Airdrive Spool, and Airdrive Shaft. This design not only sheds weight but also elevates rotational smoothness and responsiveness, setting a new standard for form and function.

The Airdrive Rotor and Airdrive Airbail collaborate to lighten the reel's top, enhancing rotational smoothness and start-up speed. The Exist's optimized Airdrive Spool complements these advantages, maintaining balance and further reducing weight.

The Airdrive Shaft, the final element of this design, fosters impeccable rotational smoothness through its low-contact mainshaft-pinon configuration.

Paired with trusted technologies like Monocoque Body, Magseal, Tough Digigear, ATD, and Twistbuster, Daiwa's Airdrive Design culminates in the most advanced Exist reel for anglers.

Experience unmatched finesse with the SUPER FINESSE ‘SF’ concept EXIST – Daiwa's lightest spinning reel ever. Crafted with a compact body unit and a shorter stroke spool, it redefines size and weight, promising a future of agility and balance in the angler's grasp.

Product Features:

Monocoque Body| One Piece Body

Monocoque (MQ) body design is the single greatest leap in spinning reel design ever produced. Realizing the first and only true single piece body construction of spinning reels on the market.

MQ technology delivers benefits to anglers on multiple fronts. Delivering the holy grail of lighter and more compact, whilst also delivering improvements in strength and weather sealing at the same time.

Airdrive Design | Low Inertia – More Control

By reducing the weight of rotor, spool & bail assembly, a lighter rotation is achieved. The effortless rotation allows the angler to feel the true joy of trouble-free function.

Zaion Rotor

Daiwa’s ‘Air Rotor’ technology combines with the famous Zaion material to create a strong yet lightweight rotor with flawless shape to reel sensitivity and rotational balance.

Air Rotor

Lighter, stronger, and more balanced than any rotor system that’s come before, ‘Air Rotor’ delivers a great leap forward in rotor design and function and delivers the ultimate line roller support. Made from Alloy/Zaion/Zaion V and featuring a redesigned arch that disperses pressure to the lower section of the rotor to reduce stressing and flexing, the design is further enhanced with a hollowed-out construction reducing weight, while increasing reel sensitivity and rotational balance.

ATD/ATD Type L Drag

Daiwa’s Automatic Tournament Drag uses an improved drag grease that exhibits a low viscosity at rest yet becomes more viscous immediately after drag start up. This reduces initial drag start-up inertia and combines with the structural changes of the ATD Drag System results in a smoother drag from the initial hook up.

Magsealed Bearings

MagSeal protection is no longer just for the main shaft and rotor of a reel with MagSealed Ball Bearings providing ultimate protection for the most at-risk location such as the engine sideplate and line roller.

Magsealed Body

Ultimate protection is delivered to the engine room of the reel with a magnetized oil seal located on the main shaft of the reel’s rotor shutting the door to the elements and unwanted intruders. Dust, water, and salt intrusion into the inner workings of a reel are a thing of the past with MagSeal.

Magsealed Line Roller

One of the hardest working and exposed areas of a spin reel is provided with ultimate protection with a MagSealed line roller bearing shutting out the elements for optimum line roller protection, performance, and longevity.

Machine Cut Handle

Our new handle design is slimmer, more compact, and 50% lighter.

LC-ABS (Long Cast ABS)

Compared to conventional spools, the LC-ABS has been shown to increase the average flight distance by approx. 5% due to its reduced weight and modified shape.

Silent Oscillation

Silent Oscillation combines Digigear drive technology with dampening washes for noise free operation. Increased durability, and a reduction in reel noise are all achieved with Silent Oscillation.

Finesse Drag

Designed for low start-up inertia finesse applications, and where minute incremental adjustment, and silky-smooth consistent drag pressure is required.

Twist Buster II – Advanced Line Management

The new and improved line twist reduction system takes line taming to another level with its tapered line roller enhanced to eliminate line twist like never. More advanced and more equipped at reducing twist in fluorocarbon and mono than its predecessor, Twistbuster II is the answer to your line twist nightmares.

Perfect Line Stopper | Improved Line Clip Design

Our new larger rectangular flexible clip that can be used from all line angles and from light to heavy lines.

Infinite Anti Reverse

Daiwa’s advanced system that limits rearward backplay handle movement to almost zero for solid hooksets with less shock to the reel. The result is the elimination of handle slap-back and the unwanted release of line.

Magnesium Body

Air Bail | One Piece Seamless Airbail

Machine Cut Forged Tough Digigear | Larger Diameter – Bigger Teeth

Made in Japan

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