Went into BPS tonight to exchanged mine that was chipping, and discovered that Abu has revised the Veritas micro guide series a little. The newer version has the first 3 guides from the bottom now triple footed. Seeing as those were 3 most troublesome guides on these rods it's nice to see Abu improved them.

Not sure how "new" this is as my Veritas that I bought last year, on clearance at Dick's, has the guides "triple footed".

It's newer than the one I took back, and newer than some that BPS had on the racks. The one I took back, along with 4 BPS had all only had the very bottom guide triple footed, and the rest all the way to the top were single. I've personally never seen this version, as the other I have isn't like this either. If it's not new, either way there are 2 versions of the Veritas micro series out there.

Those are double foot guides.  They should be a little tougher than single foot guides.  They also might have larger rings than the single foot guides.

Those single foot guides all the way are one of the reasons I went with the regular guides.

Those are double foot guides.  They should be a little tougher than single foot guides.  They also might have larger rings than the single foot guides.

Yeah my mistake. Guess I can't count anymore lol.

Did they let you exchange your old Veritas with the chipping issue?

Yeah they were good about it thankfully. The girl at customer service said it's the most returned rod too. Breakage and issues with the guides is what she claimed.

I was looking at mine and noticed it only had the 1 double footed guide, I'd much rather have 3.  The paint chipping and pealing is getting to look nasty too.  I may have to make a trip, maybe exchange for a Carbonlite.

I just checked mine and its an older model. I may have got a gem. I've used the hell outta this rod and its not no paint peeling or guide issues at all. (Knock on wood).

All of mine were the older models too and still were crappy lol. Maybe this one will hold up better?

All of mine were the older models too and still were crappy lol. Maybe this one will hold up better?

Hell I hope so and it's not even my rod lol

I went over it with a fine tooth comb this evening and I didn't notice anything again. I am going to keep a close eye on it.