Ya I guess what I meant was the dx full handles are the best balanced ive used. The only rod ive held that really compared in my hands was the jackal poison adrena, and that was in the store without a reel. havent tried the endurance. Also I was very surprised with the champion swimbait rods, the 8' heavy felt great! Kind of "floated" in my hand if you know what I mean, very different feeling compared to the loomis swimbait rods I've held.