Fitzy1410 Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 (edited) Hi all, I wanted to re-spool my reels with braid and found an online shop that sells 1000 meter reels quite inexpensivly. The braid is called Viper Dyneema Braid . Does anyone know if this is good quality relaible line ? thks heaps Edited July 31, 2012 by Fitzy1410 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjc123 Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 To be honest, never heard of that brand... Braided lines can either be very good or very bad. I made this mistake a few years ago when starting out with braid. Bought some cheap braid and within a few weeks got rid of it. Poor knot strength, bad casting and bad quality in general. You are much better off playing it safe but by all means give it a go and see how it is. Cheers, Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fitzy1410 Posted July 31, 2012 Author Share Posted July 31, 2012 Thnaks Tom, what brand would you recomend? cheers mike To be honest, never heard of that brand... Braided lines can either be very good or very bad. I made this mistake a few years ago when starting out with braid. Bought some cheap braid and within a few weeks got rid of it. Poor knot strength, bad casting and bad quality in general. You are much better off playing it safe but by all means give it a go and see how it is. Cheers, Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjc123 Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 Thnaks Tom, what brand would you recomend? cheers mike My personal favourite brands are power pro, stren and sufix. Fins is also good. Have a look at them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tentonner Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 cheap online braid tends to pretty nasty stuff, if your just starting out with braid and this stuff turns out crap you might be turned right off braid altogether. Stick to the reputable brands and you shouldn't have any problem, power pro is the best value for money in my opinion and Nitlon is even better if you want to pay a little extra. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 cheap online braid tends to pretty nasty stuff, if your just starting out with braid and this stuff turns out crap you might be turned right off braid altogether. Stick to the reputable brands and you shouldn't have any problem, power pro is the best value for money in my opinion and Nitlon is even better if you want to pay a little extra. Fitzy , I've had the same experience so stick to the good quality brands. The other one to add to your list is Tufline See your PM's Geoff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fitzy1410 Posted July 31, 2012 Author Share Posted July 31, 2012 thnaks heaps all for the responses. BTW Geoff, excuse my ignorance but what does "See your PM's" mean. cheers Fitzy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjc123 Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 thnaks heaps all for the responses. BTW Geoff, excuse my ignorance but what does "See your PM's" mean. cheers Fitzy PM = Private Messages. You will notice a number with a green background at the top where your sign out button is. Click on the down facing triangle and click on messenger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oz_brett Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 I think its pretty obviouse not to buy the cheep imported stuff, but just incase your not convinced I bought some (cant remember the brand name) but it was 50LB and I could brake it between my hands. I will never buy imported braid online again! Brett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockfisherman Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 Fireline Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mutt Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 Big fan of schneider lines, their braid is fantastic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
griffox Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 I've recently spooled up with Daiwa TD Sensor, rated at 50lb/PE 5 (actual breaking strain around 75lb) which is the same diameter as most other 30lb... nice! And don't forget good old aussie Platypus, who also do bulk spools... I made the mistake of using a cheap "in-house" brand from one of the fishin/campin/pusbike stores a couple of years ago, and I won't make the same mistake again... Tight (good quality) Lines!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostproperty Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 I bought cheap braid off online shop and was pretty unhappy with it over all. Strength was good and I never had it break however the dye they used was terrible and rubbed off on my rod and guides. the line also stuck on the spool which was bad for casting and it faded really quickly too (I bought orange) and when casting it wouldnt come off the spool cleanly and would end up getting really tangled, ended up losing about 50m worth due to knotting. Ive got my kingy rod with 30lb Power Pro braid in green - very tough but a little bit rough, fine for bottom bashing My mid sized spinning rod has Tuffline 15lb yellow braid and its beautiful, so smooth excellent for casting and never gets knots My break rod has 6lb Fins in orange and is also pretty good, not as smooth as the tuffline but still very good. I hooked something big out at longy last weekend and my 10lb leader broke before my braid did, just had to lock up the drag in the end because I was about to get spooled and wasnt showing any sign of stopping In short, the cheap stuff isnt worth it to be honest. your better off using mono or flurocarbon. I had 8lb fluro perform better overall than the 15lb online shop braid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Time Bandit Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 Don't waste your hard earned buck's on cheap braid mate, you will know what we all mean when you get tested with a really good fish. cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fitzy1410 Posted August 1, 2012 Author Share Posted August 1, 2012 (edited) Thanks heaps to everyone that posted all the great advice, No doubt the advice i got saved me a heap of hassles. i went with tufline, got a good price on `1200 yards of 50ld 1200 of 30lb and 600 of 15 lb Edited August 1, 2012 by Fitzy1410 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
griffox Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 Thanks heaps to everyone that posted all the great advice, No doubt the advice i got saved me a heap of hassles. i went with tufline, got a good price on `1200 yards of 50ld 1200 of 30lb and 600 of 15 lb that's the way!! go hard or go home... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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