One of the other anglers on the forum had a Veritas break an the join, it actually split open, he took it back to the shop he bought it from and it got replaced free of charge, That was after about 6 months of use (but he is a bit hard on his gear).
The new model is a pretty decent piece of equipment. I had the pleasure of giving it a fling on a demonstration evening (Thanx GK)
If I didnt have so many rods it would surely be my next buy.
I have a PURGLAS landing end of Feb, cant wait!!!!