So I just got my 873+ a few days ago. It's a beautiful rod and works amazingly, I love it so far. Although while I'm waiting for metanium to be shipped to me, I'm using a daiwa coastal 150 to test the rod.

It balances well to be honest, but when I balance it RIGHT where the cork meets the blank, it is tip heavy and I have to adjust my finger just a tad up the blank for it to balance out. It wouldn't be That big of a concern, but my coastal weighs (I believe) 6.9oz, and the metanium weighs only 6.3.

Should I be worried about tip heaviness here? I got this rod to avoid the awfully reported tip heaviness of something like the 894, so I'm a bit saddened by the lack of balance, though small, this rod is giving, especially with the price point. That doesn't take away from how well this rod preforms overall though, don't get me wrong. This is the only very minimal (so far minimal) issue I've seen

1 hour ago, Rocky998 said:

So I just got my 873+ a few days ago. It's a beautiful rod and works amazingly, I love it so far. Although while I'm waiting for metanium to be shipped to me, I'm using a daiwa coastal 150 to test the rod.

It balances well to be honest, but when I balance it RIGHT where the cork meets the blank, it is tip heavy and I have to adjust my finger just a tad up the blank for it to balance out. It wouldn't be That big of a concern, but my coastal weighs (I believe) 6.9oz, and the metanium weighs only 6.3.

Should I be worried about tip heaviness here? I got this rod to avoid the awfully reported tip heaviness of something like the 894, so I'm a bit saddened by the lack of balance, though small, this rod is giving, especially with the price point. That doesn't take away from how well this rod preforms overall though, don't get me wrong. This is the only very minimal (so far minimal) issue I've seen

The rod weighs less than 4oz in total. I never cared that the rod was ever so slightly tip heavy. I’m not even sure I’ve ever noticed.

9 hours ago, Rocky998 said:

So I just got my 873+ a few days ago. It's a beautiful rod and works amazingly, I love it so far. Although while I'm waiting for metanium to be shipped to me, I'm using a daiwa coastal 150 to test the rod.

It balances well to be honest, but when I balance it RIGHT where the cork meets the blank, it is tip heavy and I have to adjust my finger just a tad up the blank for it to balance out. It wouldn't be That big of a concern, but my coastal weighs (I believe) 6.9oz, and the metanium weighs only 6.3.

Should I be worried about tip heaviness here? I got this rod to avoid the awfully reported tip heaviness of something like the 894, so I'm a bit saddened by the lack of balance, though small, this rod is giving, especially with the price point. That doesn't take away from how well this rod preforms overall though, don't get me wrong. This is the only very minimal (so far minimal) issue I've seen

I've had several 873's and never kept them. Great rod, but I never got as excited about it as some others.

But to each their own.

Not sure where you bought your Metainium but the way to go is Digataka in Japan. If memory serves I paid $257 US a couple months back

6 hours ago, rangerjockey said:

I've had several 873's and never kept them. Great rod, but I never got as excited about it as some others.

But to each their own.

Not sure where you bought your Metainium but the way to go is Digataka in Japan. If memory serves I paid $257 US a couple months back

I got it from tackle warehouse. If I got it from a jdm site, the warranty wouldn't apply in America. And I can't even have it worked on in a shop for repairs.

15 hours ago, TNBankFishing said:

The rod weighs less than 4oz in total. I never cared that the rod was ever so slightly tip heavy. I’m not even sure I’ve ever noticed.

That's good to know! If it becomes a problem for me, I might get one of those cush-it rod butt covers

You can get it worked on but it sounds like you have it figured out.