I have lews and daiwa steez only.. I get 8-1 ratio daiwa steez sv tws from japan direct and also use the 6.3 same reel.

The lews feels rickety after using a daiwa, the slop in the handle annoys me. The cast control doesnt work near as well, if you set it really free for a long easy cast you have to be really careful not to get excited and add a little extra snap or energy to the cast your youll get a nasty back lash. I can set the daiwa crazy free and have no issues. I mostly use the lews for heavy lifting flipping punching frog etc, stuff I want that high ratio for and the longer handle.

I buy the lews on ebay and change all the big round knobs out for flat ones.

The lews I use are the hyper mag in 8.3 ratio, I think thats the highest end ones they make only surpassed now by the purple one which is the same as mine but purple.

I tried shimano chronarch in the latest model and some aldebaran in a bunch of models and like the daiwa and lews much better. I may still be using a aldebaran or two that slipped by when I was selling them all but they are on rods I barely ever pick up.