Chuck, I see you have read via the internet the benefit of micro guides.
My favorite thing is they make the rod lighter.
I have a few micro guide rods for bass fishing. Last year, my flippin' stick was a micro guide Quantum Smoke. From experience, I will not be using this as much for flippin' as I have a new rod for this purpose. I do really like the performance of the smoke and will use it as a spinnerbait/alabama rod.