Steve your Reels Held up pretty good, we installed them on one unit that gets pretty heavy use. The other was on a demo unit and a spare unit.
No problems with the reels on the demo or the Spare unit.
After two years the only issue with any of the reels was the pin.
This video of mine really does not give your reel the justice it deserves.
My tech's like myself really prefer hannay.
In all fairness the COX Stood the test, despite my tech saying they suck its really not the case.
Two years and still working, get the latch Fixed and I see these reels being just as good.