Morning, Yes I am running a 250HO G2 on a Cougar FTD, have not found the sweet spot yet on the set up yet but loving the ride. Fishing first Tourny th weekend and will hopefully put first limit of bass in th well. Just put on a 25 pitch s hope to get better performance ,But to answer your question so far G2 not outperforming the G1 I was running firstJK