Well.....I don't mind being a guinea pig AT ALL if I don't have a choice. But, the reason I'm asking is that I've got a couple of pals that work at this sporting goods store and I'm hoping I can get one of them to exchange them to a different lot number, assuming 1. They have more of the 3 series lot number and 2. You guys think they're gonna be inferior to the 3 series lot number.