Goby Posted January 29 Posted January 29 I have tried a lot of different braids over the years and for the most part I have found 10 pound Sufix 832 paired with 8 pound fluoro leads or 15 pound 832 with 10 pound leads to be my favorite, which covers 90% of the fishing I do "spinning rods"... The 832 works well with my favorite line/leader knot a simple 13-14 turn albright knot, I can tie this knot with my eyes closed darn near so it just works for me. I am in need of some new braid, 10ish pound at the least and was thinking of trying something different. Last year I tried the Sunline "Almight" and like everything Sunline makes, it was very high quality, but I noticed it didn't hold as well with my albright knots compared to the 832, causing me to have to add a couple more wraps to my albright. I also did not love the casting distance with it, I was using 18.5 pound and if I ever tried it again I would go with the 16.5 pound. Either Sufix or Sunline is not totally accurate with their diameters as the 18.5 pound was definitely thicker than the 10 pound 832, despite the manufacturers listed diameters saying the opposite. I try to go by diameter as rated pound tests are rarely accurate, lot of marketing involved... Anyway, I saw that Sufix has a new braid out that is supposed to be designed for spinning reels. Has anyone tried the new "Revolve" braid? How does it compare to other braids you have used? Does the color fade more or less than the 832? Any insight from folks that have on the water experience with it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you! Quote
Super User casts_by_fly Posted January 29 Super User Posted January 29 Revolve is new, so I doubt you'll have many first hard reviews from this board just yet. Someone else just posted about it also (linked below). If you like 832 (as do I) then I would reccommend you try 131. Dwight Hottle put me onto it before last season and I really liked it. Just a little stiffer than 832 so fewer wind knots and line drift. Similar size and rating which you'll be familiar with. Great knots, slick surface. I went with 10 lb and when I spool up a new stradic in a month or so it will get the same again. Only thing I wished about it was a little higher visibility. It's similar to moss green 832 in color which in 10 lb is almost impossible to see at times. 1 Quote
Super User FishTank Posted January 29 Super User Posted January 29 @Goby My experience with 832 and Almight has been the opposite of yours. I find the leader knots on 832 to be unreliable at best. Once it looses some of it's coating which happens quickly, it absorbs water and line starts to become questionable. I fished Almight all last year on two setups and never retied the leader. As far as diameter goes, I found Almight to be spot on and 832 larger (same listed diameter on the boxes). Also, I find if no leader is used 832 has really good knot strength and Almight is not so good. For an alternative, I like X-braid Upgrade. Quote
Goby Posted January 29 Author Posted January 29 1 hour ago, FishTank said: @Goby My experience with 832 and Almight has been the opposite of yours. I find the leader knots on 832 to be unreliable at best. Once it looses some of it's coating which happens quickly, it absorbs water and line starts to become questionable. I fished Almight all last year on two setups and never retied the leader. As far as diameter goes, I found Almight to be spot on and 832 larger (same listed diameter on the boxes). Also, I find if no leader is used 832 has really good knot strength and Almight is not so good. For an alternative, I like X-braid Upgrade. So weird lol I have never had a fluoro to braid connection fail with 832, ever. I had never heard of x-braid until you mentioning it here. Looking at Tackle Warehouse, is the (X-Braid) the same company as the (YGK X-Braid)? What diameter of the YGK XB Upgrade do you typically use? Quote
Super User FishTank Posted January 29 Super User Posted January 29 19 minutes ago, Goby said: So weird lol I have never had a fluoro to braid connection fail with 832, ever. I had never heard of x-braid until you mentioning it here. Looking at Tackle Warehouse, is the (X-Braid) the same company as the (YGK X-Braid)? What diameter of the YGK XB Upgrade do you typically use? I used 832 for years. It is the most expensive braid I have tried. Thats not because of the actual cost but because of how many lures I have lost on it. I had it in multiple diameters on spinning and casting. I had too many loops and backlashes. I blaimed it on user error for years. I just eventually decided to move on from it. Xbraid is made by YGK. I usually order it from a JDM site. It's about half the cost on some lines but it's still not cheap. I use lines from PE #0.8 up to PE #4. I also like Varivas. I haven't used it but they say their Varivas 8 and 4 are excellent lines. This will be my experiment for this year. Quote
Super User FishTank Posted January 29 Super User Posted January 29 I will add I don't totally think 832 is bad line. It's pretty good for frogs and most heavy vegetation when fished without a leader. I have just found other lines I like better. Quote
Goby Posted January 29 Author Posted January 29 Boy... talk about a rabbit hole lol Found this site that seems extremely informative. https://linelaboratory.com/braid-summary/ Quote
Super User QUAKEnSHAKE Posted January 30 Super User Posted January 30 Visit linelaboratory often. Think every braid dia. test has tested over rated diameter. They also show graph for roundness which is nice to visual 1 Quote
Super User MN Fisher Posted January 30 Super User Posted January 30 I've got Line Laboratory bookmarked....have for a while now. Quote
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