as far as ive heard this is the same designer as the van staal, he wasnt finnished with the reel yet but the company wanted to get it into production already so the van staal was released prematurely, the zebass is his finnished product. So technically this reel is the van staal the way it should have been.
I believe you can get the reel for around $850 without the second spool and without the wooden box. Full package is somewhere around $1200