I've had a ton of different rods.......a TON.

If any knows me, I'm also pretty dang hard on equipment........

A few years ago, I started using Loomis Rods simply for the warranty. I was skeptical at first, but I've used their warranty 5 times. Those 5 warranty claims would have cost 1000 bucks to replace the rod with a new rod. Instead, I spent 150........NOT bad.

My other experiences with warranties, include the following:

* AllStar - Lifetime Limited Warranty. That basically means, you're SKREWED. I tried to use that warranty on 2 different rods. One the finish was clouding up in cooler weather. Water was getting under the resin. They told me this was NOT a defect and not a warranty issue. NO GO. The next All Star issue was a broken rod.........plain and simple. I broke it, I ADMIT it. Again.........NO GO. They said it was my negligence that caused the break.

* Galyans Brand Rods - Lifetime warranty. Well we all know Galyans doesn't exist any longer. Well, I took in a rod.....their HIGHEST quality rods were about 150 bucks.......The Rod seat was broken, clearly a warranty issue. Since Dicks purchased Galyans, they no longer carried that particular rod. AND the had no record of my purchase, so I was SKREWED. NO Warranty. They did offer me a 20 dollar gift certificate..........I told them where to JAM it.........

Those are my rod warranty nightmares.......

Later,

Geo