I own mostly 4 pc rods now and like them for the convenience reasons stated by previous posts. BUT, I still have three 2 piece rods that I kept because I was fond of them for various reasons. Whenever I fish them I like the ease of only aligning 2 pieces vs. 4. Maybe I've just got bad vision, but whenever I put together the 4 piecers I seem to end up with each section slightly rotated with respect to the previous one and have to do it again. But the 2 piecers go up perfectly the first time. I haven't noticed any difference in performance or feel.