jackall+shimano = poison glorious. featuring spiral x construction. From what i read the range have a 30-40% reduction in weight and are up to 30% stronger compared to a lot of the similar spec/priced rods in this class.
Check out the spiral x rods construction and their load testing… twisting the rod blank under heavy load and other sh1t load of testing.
http://tv.shimano.co.jp/movie/promotion/promotion2011_spiralx/