I cannot believe the difference in weight between a GL2 and an IMX blank...its night and day...i ordered up two GL2's for myself because the color of the blanks match the color of my boat and i wanted some matching rods...they are darn near heavy...I did get wrapped last night and used a metallic teal color to make the wraps match the pinstriping on my boat...pics to follow once its finished...me likey!!! just too darn heavy