Dont know about stradic's personally but i have heard some mixed reports about the new one's like a lot of backplay in the wind and quickly becoming rough to wind after a little use and so forth but i havent experienced any of it first hand.
However i can wholeheartedly recommend the team daiwa tierra i have one and so far its been the best reel ive owned bar none. I owned a daiwa kix before the tierra and had nothing but problems with the kix such as line roller seizing no matter how much i lubed it and after like 30 mins to an hours use it became so sticky in the wind that it was getting close to impossible to wind. But! im sure glad i didnt write daiwa off as a brand due to that one bad experience because i couldnt be happier with the team daiwa tierra its pretty close to perfect in my oppinion and isnt to expensive at 220 to 260 dollars.