having fished all over the north east and a lot of rock marks , many a time at eyemouth fair few places on the west coast probably spoken to and seen thousands of anglers fish over the years and only ever seen 4rods snap, one was over 5year old (century ) another smashed of pier wall (raptor ), the third one was one of mine 3 year old which was used and abused (apollo m1 ) and the fourth one a orion which was brand new an
saw no apparrent reason it breaking, but only heard of loads other rods snapping so a wonder is it down to user error and the rod gets the blame so the the owner dont' lose out on their guarantee