The " wanna bet " was rather tongue in cheek as many on here know what I did to Phills veritas .

Phill had used the same rod a few weeks before to cast a lead 203 m. I thought I would give it a nudge and see what I could wring out of it. It was either going to go a long way or blow up. It blew up much to everyone's amusement

At the time I was casting 230m or so with my own gear.

Have broken a fair number of rods from most makers some were entirely my fault other just couldn't handle the jandal .

Tight spigots are not just a abu thing as well.

In my time in the retail side of fishing I would see broken guide from many makers . Some guides were not the best BUT most were broken by knocks rather then poor quality.

Its all a balancing act light guides make the rod feel great but are fragile compared to the stronger but heavier ones.