Review of Mitchell Epic 2100 Spinning combo

I recently bought a Mitchell spinning combo, the Epic 2100. Its a spinning combo that I got at Sportsman's Warehouse. The rod is 6 feet long and made of IM-8 graphite. It is medium action. The reel is cast aluminum and holds 6-12 pound line. I found that it works best if you spool it with eight pound mono. You can turn the handle so that the line comes off instead of on but it creates something that is kind of like backlash on a bait caster. It has a screw and above it a collar grip to tighten the reel to the rod. Over all on a scale of 1 to Abu-Garcia ( just kidding, 1-10) its probably an 8.
Sadly, yesterday while I was on a canoeing trip the tips of the rod broke right off. I was pushing the canoe and it hit a reed and snap it was gone. The thing is, the reel alone would've cost forty dollars so the rod was basically free.