You be happy with them and wonder why you never switched before
Yea the inland lakes guys are ahead of us out in the Pacific NW concerning downrggers and releases. Scotty is the name up here, made a few miles from me in British Columbia. Just about every outdoor store sells Scotty, the dealer discount must pretty good.
Blacks releases don't exist here, I discovered them by accident a few weeks ago when looking at the Melton International site.