I just googled them...They sound very similar, and are priced accordingly to several Chinese manufactured rods. This doesnt make them bad. The last 2 sets I had done and am using cost $359 a set, abd each set required another $100 to get right. They are a great mid level cost rod, but if you are going to use them without having them properly checked (they check good out of the box in most cases..but that's not the right way to do it..) you have a very real chance of having problems later.