Personally I feel that the size Gardiners do is a bit too small, the connector still hits the floor sometimes, even if you lay it next to your reel when reeling in. I use a trigger, that the rectus connector plugs straight in, so it's always off the ground, but even then it's had it's share of knocks.
Where can I buy a size bigger? I thought Alex sometime ago said they were going to do them a size bigger, must have been mistaken.