Posted by George Kosta on September 12, 2002 at 11:36:33:
In Reply to: Stren High Impact posted by Croaker Dave on September 11, 2002 at 14:11:25:
I got some and it appears to be very strong and thin, I'm casting 30# that looks like a thread. Do you know where to get a report of how all the lines rated?
: A friendly reminder that Stren High Impact was outperformed by original Stren in Sport Fishing Mag's 20 lb. line comparison test. The Original had an abrasion resistion index of over 1000, while High Impact was around 300. BTW, the flouros were under 100. Overall they tested 85 lines and Original Stren was the top performing mono, and one of the cheapest lines in the test.
: From the article:
: Specifically, for its diameter Mason Tiger Braid was our top line for toughness, with Western Filament's aptly named Tuf-Line a close second, based on mean cycles to break as a function of diameter. However, ranked third among all 85 lines was our top monofilament Stren Original (proving you can't always improve on a good thing) which far outlasted any challenger, falling just five cycles short of a phenomenal 1,300-cycle average to break. (Its thicker diameter accounts for an abrasion-strength rating slightly below the two braids.) Interestingly, Stren Original also scored very high in our 1998 abrasion test of 8-pound lines, finishing second.
: This test again reinforces the caveat emptor rule since, for example, one braided line claims in its ads to be 500 percent more abrasion resistant than competing superbraids. In fact, it broke very unimpressively at only slightly over 100 cycles, which in our tests makes it about 900 percent less abrasion resistant than those at the top. Or consider Stren's Supertough. Marketed by that name, you'd have to figure that would be the most abrasion-resistant line Stren makes, right? It lasted an average of 273 cycles versus the Stren Original at 1,295. Go figure.
: We found one of our top-rated lines, Stren Original, priced at a very reasonable $2.48 per 100 yards. Conversely, some of the more expensive lines did not rate particularly high for abrasion and/or tensile strength.