I've had good luck with Abu-matics also.
Most people I've talked to don't like the spincasters because they don't
think you can feather your line on casts, they push the button again and all
it does is abruptly stop the line and lure and it springs back at you from
line stretch at the stop.
This is cured by using your index finger of the other hand to feather the
line coming out of the reel opening, in fact I start and stop all my casts
by feathered the line with that finger and never use the button anymore,
except to release the line initially, it really improved my accuracy doing
that.