just snapped my denali j2 rod about 6 guides down. has never been stepped on and put away after using it. 

i got it june last year only used it a couple months before i stopped my fishing season. this year ive used it a few times. went out to a pond to mess around. and snap it 6 eyes down while setting the hook on a 3 lb bass (managed to get the fish in)

not sure if i want to exchange it, return it and get a duckett. or return it and get a couple diawa or berkley rods.

i really liked the feel of the rod and the sensitivity. not sure what happened. would you switch or exchange it? i have a couple other denalis but have no issues with them

Less than a year should be under warrenty. Send it in for a new one. 

If you like it exchange it, probably just a bad blank 

If you like it exchange it.  Denali does a nice job building rods.  I think you'd be disappointed giving up a denali for a duckett.

5 hours ago, RangerDanger said:

If you like it exchange it.  Denali does a nice job building rods.  I think you'd be disappointed giving up a denali for a duckett.

thats what i was torn between. when i had a duckett and a denali. the duckett seemed so much more unbalanced when next to the denali. but i never had a problem with either until now. ill stick with the denali unless any other problems happen

If you liked the rod exchange it. If the rod broke after the first couple of times using it, something happened to the rod to damage it.