What rod you buy should be determined by the type of fishing you do...
If you fish close in, summer time on clean beaches then an 11ft bass rod would be my choice....
If you are blasting 6/7oz leads and big baits in strong headwinds, with weed about, you need to step up to something with a bit of poke to it......
If you use a fixed spool, penn surfmastes are worth looking at.., But I am not up to date on FS rods although my brother used a daiwa sandstorm, which I didn't rate much, too soft and wagged about in the wind and tide...He then bought a greys grxs, which felt better....