Anyone own 13 Fishing Fate V3/Meta Cranking Rods ?

[PTasker15]

Anyone use these rods in their cranking variants? I think I found one review on the V3 "Chatr-Crank" and none on the Meta. The specific model(s) I'm looking at are both 7'4, Medium-Heavy, Moderate. The Fate V3, priced at $100, is a Composite blank while the Meta, priced at $150, is "Thin Wall Fiberglass".

 

Wanting to know if anyone owns these and can, mainly, attest to them being true moderates. I bought a Lew's Cranking rod and while it was neat, was more of a soft-tipped Moderate Fast, and I'm basically trying to round off with something that can throw 1.5-2.5's fine, be able to handle up to a 5XD style crank (15' is as deep as I need to go, but usually throwing in 8'-10' for my "deep cranking"), and regular sized lipless. Lastly, I use faster rods with heavier line for ripping up grass so I'm not worried about feeling grass on one of these rods.

[GetFishorDieTryin]

Never fished either but have handled both.  The Meta cranking rods are different from the Fate/Omen and defy lines.  The diameter of the blank is greater and may be a little heavier in weight.  Both of the actions seems similar in the tip, nice and soft.  Hard to tell what the mid and lower sections load like in a store.

[Stratocat_Joe]

I purchased a Meta spinning rod (7'2 - Medium) just a couple of months ago.  Academy had them on clearance so I figured I would try one out.  On my third trip out with it, the rod snapped on a light hook-set, right at the third eyelet from the top.  I was pretty disappointed in the rod...it reminded me of the tournament a couple of years ago where G-Man broke a rod on the hook-set and said "Don't worry, you'll never see those rods in a store."  But, Academy allowed me to return it, so it wasn't a complete loss.