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A casting instructor I know uses and swears by (not at) Echo Rods for students (because they're cheaper, I use the LL Bean Quest series for my students).
The price point of Echo, TFO Professional, LL Bean Quest, and The Fly Shop's H2O series is about the same (the H20 comes with an extra tip) and they all seem to perform equally well and they all offer 4 piece rods for convenience. If I had to replace any student rods, I'd go witht he H2O series.
I believe that all four are from the same country (or continent) of origin, if not the same factory. I have observed some quality control issues with the tip tops and guides of these rods where use of small diameter shooting line cuts grooves but unless you're heavy into shooting heads that may not be an issue (and replacing a tip top takes about 30 seconds).
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