Switched to a rotary whip two seasons back and never looked back for straight runs like that. Those fiberglass rods just wear you out and leave behind way too much grit. Fifteen minutes versus an hour is not even a fair fight. The whip gets the walls clean on the first pass because it actually flings out and hits the whole flue. Only time I still grab rods is when there is a bend or an offset the whip cannot get around. On a long straight shot like yours, rotary wins every single time.

Ha, I used to roll my eyes at that kind of thing too, but honestly getting called out like that kinda woke me up a bit. Sometimes the annoying feedback is the stuff you actually needed to hear.

Losing a whole month over one plot hole is wild. Like, was the book even that good? Most of the stuff we argue about in my group gets forgotten by the next meeting anyway. Somebody just needs to text the group chat and say "hey, that was dumb, let's pick a new book." Problem solved.