Well, they haven’t arrived yet, but the Aurelius was the first Maxxon rod I purchased. And even though I have all of their rods, and a bunch of others it is my favorite “go to” rod. This is a warranty replacement tip, which was broken by a customer, by actually trying to horse a big fish out of the the weeds, not really the rods fault, just getting too much bend on the tip without watching. I have caught a lot of fish on the Aurelius and it is a great rod.