Life time warranty rods

[Hlleonard]

I believe the $15 is to cover shipping the rod back to Shimano.

It could be.....Shimano told me I could ship it back to them directly but the back order thingy would be last of june before they could ship one back to me so same either way.Probably wouldn't matter what brand it was if the thing was back ordered....I was just pissed at the time.

[RoadToad]

A couple of years ago I broke one of my brother's St. Croix rods while saltwater fishing (idiot move, don't ask). All he had to do was ship it back and they replaced it. When he went to ship it, it was 2" too long for the box, so he just snapped off a couple more inches, and he put all three pieces in there when he shipped it in. They still replaced it, no questions asked. I have two of them now, and they're the best rods I've owned, not that that's saying a whole lot.