I just bought one a few weeks ago and love the feel of it. I've been casting in the snow in my back yard the past few evenings and can't find anything negative with them yet... Of course, I haven't put them through the rigors of a day of fishing yet, but they seem like high quality rods. Great thing about BPS rods are you can trade them in for a new one if it breaks or return them within a year for money back.