Buy a saltist30, black one has all crb thingy bearings, mint reels, then when you finish fishing with it wash it, dry it and tuck it under your pillow there look that great. but yeah don't cast as well as my 525's but tonnes better than the 535 knobby it replaced. If your fishing off a pier is a 525 not adequate as your higher up so don't need the lift a 535 or saltist would give you. As for sloshes never used one but watched Big Phill blow onw up enough.