I made a comment on a post about a month ago about wanting them. A guy that works for a local Chevy dealership sent a message and he had 10 of them. I bought them all. He also had 6-8 of the same model year's Chronarch also brand new in the box. I only bought the Curados. Paid $200 each. If I wanted, I could probably flip everyone of them on ebay for $350 with how bad people try to find them.

Good luck. Just because 1 reel sold at that price doesn't mean many will move. Although I think the E series is a bada$$ lineup, that is an absurd price!

Well... looking at just the past month on Ebay sold items there were 5 New in Box that were sold, all between $239 - $350. So, he may not be able to sell them for $350, but he still got them for less than they're worth. (What other people will pay for them.)

I'm not planning to sell any. I've owned many reels (Steez, Calais, Citica, Chronarch, etc) and these are my favorites. I already had 8, bought these 10 and let me cousin buy 3 of those. So, I've got nothing but those 200 e7's on everything I use regularly with 2 for back up reels which I use to quickly change a rod from braid to fluoro or vice versa.

I was able to snag a new 200KHG on ebay and should be getting it Friday. I noticed Cabela's online has them in stock as well. Only the HG.

I still have 2 Curado B series reels NIB, but they are not for sale, mebbbe if someone offered $400 for each of them I would rethink that. LOL. I think the B series was better than the E series, which I have 3 of I am using, but to each his own. The hard part about the old B series is finding parts to repair the, if they need repair, though, so that is losing it's edge to the E series, but to each his own. Tight lines, keep safe and good luck.

Thad Rains

I heard its a really good made reel that the gears have finer teeth which makes reeling it smooth like the real high end reels. I would get some but I just upgraded all of my Shimanos to the 200i lol

I love my Curado I reels. If you have them cleaned and properly lubed they work as well as any. Will be looking forward to the K series, in my opinion the Metanium is the GOAT.

I have 2 of the Curado I, had to swap out bearings in one with a month of use on it.

I've got 4 of the I series that I got when they came out and have yet to have a problem with them either being noisy or mechanically defunct, I've started using more Lews and love them but I'll for sure have to pick up a Curado K, I agree the Cores are outstanding

Would like to play with one...

The best curado ever made was the HDSV best shimano overall ive played with was 50 mgs

Sounds like i need to try the core... never played with ome

I just picked up the 8:1 today. Feels great playing in the yard. Will post tomorrow/weekend when I get to use it for real. Feels great in hand. The 10% smaller body is not too noticeable, but seems nice. I literally just walked in the door with it, so haven't gotten to play too much.

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Yea, you have to oil the brakes on the I series because of the noise. I don't know of any other reel that you have to do that to, including other models by Shimano. The E series reels were fantastic, the I's, not so much.

I would like to test the Curado K against the Tatula SV TW.

Just ordered one, Sept 21?