TNBassin' Posted April 21, 2013 Posted April 21, 2013 Went into BPS tonight to exchanged mine that was chipping, and discovered that Abu has revised the Veritas micro guide series a little. The newer version has the first 3 guides from the bottom now triple footed. Seeing as those were 3 most troublesome guides on these rods it's nice to see Abu improved them. Quote
hooah212002 Posted April 21, 2013 Posted April 21, 2013 Not sure how "new" this is as my Veritas that I bought last year, on clearance at Dick's, has the guides "triple footed". Quote
TNBassin' Posted April 21, 2013 Author Posted April 21, 2013 It's newer than the one I took back, and newer than some that BPS had on the racks. The one I took back, along with 4 BPS had all only had the very bottom guide triple footed, and the rest all the way to the top were single. I've personally never seen this version, as the other I have isn't like this either. If it's not new, either way there are 2 versions of the Veritas micro series out there. Quote
Super User Jrob78 Posted April 21, 2013 Super User Posted April 21, 2013 Those are double foot guides. They should be a little tougher than single foot guides. They also might have larger rings than the single foot guides. Quote
Blues19 Posted April 21, 2013 Posted April 21, 2013 Those single foot guides all the way are one of the reasons I went with the regular guides. Quote
TNBassin' Posted April 21, 2013 Author Posted April 21, 2013 Those are double foot guides. They should be a little tougher than single foot guides. They also might have larger rings than the single foot guides. Yeah my mistake. Guess I can't count anymore lol. Quote
PondBoss Posted April 21, 2013 Posted April 21, 2013 Did they let you exchange your old Veritas with the chipping issue? Quote
TNBassin' Posted April 21, 2013 Author Posted April 21, 2013 Yeah they were good about it thankfully. The girl at customer service said it's the most returned rod too. Breakage and issues with the guides is what she claimed. Quote
PondBoss Posted April 21, 2013 Posted April 21, 2013 I was looking at mine and noticed it only had the 1 double footed guide, I'd much rather have 3. The paint chipping and pealing is getting to look nasty too. I may have to make a trip, maybe exchange for a Carbonlite. Quote
Super User rockchalk06 Posted April 21, 2013 Super User Posted April 21, 2013 I just checked mine and its an older model. I may have got a gem. I've used the hell outta this rod and its not no paint peeling or guide issues at all. (Knock on wood). Quote
TNBassin' Posted April 22, 2013 Author Posted April 22, 2013 All of mine were the older models too and still were crappy lol. Maybe this one will hold up better? Quote
Super User rockchalk06 Posted April 22, 2013 Super User Posted April 22, 2013 All of mine were the older models too and still were crappy lol. Maybe this one will hold up better? Hell I hope so and it's not even my rod lol I went over it with a fine tooth comb this evening and I didn't notice anything again. I am going to keep a close eye on it. Quote
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