Just to throw my 2 cents in.
I have a little bit of experience with telescopic rods that I take with my when traveling. The one that I chose to purchase is the Catana CX Telespin in medium action.
It's a fairly good rod and has been used to catch bass, walleye and panfish in freshwater and was really put through it's paces fishing on flats for small jacks, bluefish, seatrout and redfish. It is a medium action rod, though so you need to treat it like such, although it is built very solidly as it is a travel rods and these types of rods in general get more abuse from being taken on a plane or packed in a bag.
The action is fairly stiff which makes it great for bite detection or for using lures with it. But I am always careful to keep my weight within the recommended range.