I see your point, but I’m a sucker for super light and effortless start up gets my attention. I’ve had one that really impressed me, and I still have the second one like it. I wore out and dropped the first one. The one I still have is 20 years old. It ain’t gonna last forever, and neither am I. The rods I’ve built outperform my expectations and if I have a higher end rod, I’ll buy a better blank and build it myself. I held a Phoenix blank today that had me weak but it was a 1-5 class rod, and weighed nothing. I told myself not yet.

