I foolishly bought one of those things too and......I found the sleeve too short ie it was a bit of a tight squeeze to get the rod in. I cannot be having with that.
Funny you should say that. I bought a Greys Prodigy single rod sleeve. Well padded, good zip, reinforced base, quality material...... and you practically had to stretch it over the ends of your rod. (Yes, I was trying to put a 12' 2 piece in a sleeve for a 12' 2 piece.) Rendered it useless. Why skimp on the length and ruin it for the sake of another 1"?