LOL thats funny you say that, every fiberglass rod ive owned in the past 25 year has broken at some point! time will tell, O ya i run the mag dipsy's also so theres alittle more drag and they are well bent over at 2.5 and when fish hit em often they stretch out big time noway are they too stiff. also this is what i get from running the twilli's and not running them seeing 2 of my wire rods have them and 2 do not! the one with out the tips after we reel in for the day and remove the dipsy the steel line circle's up and the one's with the tips don't,meaning the line lays out alot straiter and smoother but as far as tip damage ive not noticed any. good day