LMAO, Mike P.
May be now that you have posted that people will listen to you. I've been complaining about Lamiglas guides for yrs and no one ever listened.
I agree the Lamiglas Super Surfs are nicest current productions rods and they aren't any more than the Lami Arra series.
IMHO - using the same guides for both spin and conventional was just plain lazy on their Lamiglaes part! Yeah, the Hardloy are may be a whopping 1/3 more expensive. Total cost would have been under $5/rod in the volume they buy.