Should say I brought 2 Kevlar's and that there is nothing wrong with the blanks they have performed very well. Do not like the hook keeper I feel it will break as it is based on a hinge design and glued not whipped onto the rod, and the quality of the cork handles are not quite top quality as the filler has fallen out leaving lots of deep holes in both. You do get a fair bit for your money I paid ?179 each and you do get a good selection of tips.
If it was not for the handle it would be great .I noticed the rods now have a bulge around the reel seat where ours is almost straight in appearance.The best fitting reel was the young's purist pin , just right for my carp chub and roach fishing. Call me silly but I did not go back to fox about this instead I brought new rods to replace them but I do carry them as spare. Now I use the Chimera barbel rod and to be honest it has a better action for me than the fox, more of a compound taper with great strength in the bottom section without being to stiff very similar to the Bruce & Walker Hexegraph rods but without the wobble and weight.