Ebay braid
Submitted by Wet Dreams on Mon, 2012-03-19 19:31
Hi All,
Just wondering if anyone has tryed any of the braided lines or even mono lines available on ebay and what they're thoughts on them are? Pretty cheap and available in large spools. I currently use high end diawa and nitlon braids as I dont mind spending that little extra on decent line, but have a few mates who are going to try it and see how they go so looking for others experiences.
Cheers Sam.
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snapper
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cheap braid
I use Nitlon and Daiwa and have used the cheap stuff and wont go back,my brother in law pulled it off all his reels one day up in Denham after he lost several fish. That said I never had any problems with it and it caught lots of fish.
Everybody has a different budget mine now is top end but will probably go down hill when the kids hit high school .I dont know about the mono , its hard to tell without feeling it and using it.
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zak_fish
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i have bought most of my line
i have bought most of my line (braid) off ebay and i find it to be really good i it hardly strecthes i have put its throigh its paces with catching a few rays with it. defs worth a go
carnarvonite
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Cheap
One thing to remember, what you pay is what you get, if its cheap then so is its quality.
Tried some a while back and soon dumped all of it after losing good fish with it breaking when under load.
out wide
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I have tried it
and found it to be rubbish. 50lb braid was given way at 17lb. My advice is leave it in China
harro
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Date Joined: 07/02/08
80lb boat braid
overseas cant beat it and no comparrison ere for price $$,
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kamo king
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I bought a spool off eBay a
I bought a spool off eBay a while ago and was not happy with it, better
to spend your money on good stuff braid does not deteriorate over
time like braid mono does
the_dude84
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Date Joined: 15/03/11
There is some good stuff on E-bay
Avoid the real cheap crap... but you can get a good deal on ebay on braid like power-pro and tuffline. I bought a 600yd (550mt) spool of 30lb tuffline XP for $50 delivered to my door. A 300mt spool will set you back $70+ in most tackle shops. Just look on e-bay a couple of times a day and snap up a bargain when you can
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Power-Pro-Braided-Line-15lb-500yd-Yellow-Braid-HI-Vis-/310269134791?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item483d7b47c7
marty9
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ebay braid
I buy my braid of ebay and they have never failled me ,yet,...from light line to 50pound line which i used ballooning at steep point.
I just re-spool my reels every year,
dan1
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funny hey
i bought some pro power line of ebay a few years ago for 3.50 each 300m spool then find a larger company took it on now its in all the shop around $50-$60 a spool nothing had even changed in the packaging or product but they now charge more because a larger company took it on
makes me laugh yes there is some junk but there is some good stuff out there you just need to find it
the_dude84
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shimano
shimano took them over
Redemperor000
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have baught braid off e bay
have baught braid off e bay before, it was good stuff, no different then anything you would buy in stores here and for way cheaper aswell, pre sure it was from sydney or somin i probly wouldnt buy from countrys such as china,
snoz
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mate hauled a good bronzie
mate hauled a good bronzie (over 2m) on 60lb imitation power pro if that is anything to go by
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till
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Friends don't let friends
Friends don't let friends power pro.
Line tests, read this for actual numbers, not speculation and guesswork:
http://www.paulusjustfishing.com/4linetesting.htm
Lots of bullshit ebay brands in those tests, and they don't come out looking too good either.
the_dude84
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Awesome Link
That will definately help me in the future. couldn't beleive that some smaller lb braid actually break at 3 times what there stated breking strain
adian73
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yep go for it
yep go for it.
they are very good all my lines are from ebay.
very good lines
Bodie
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We buy Diawa boat braid off
We buy Diawa boat braid off ebay, for peanuts compared to prices in AU.
From memory 1800m roll of PE 5 was something like $240-$250
pale ale
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I got some cheap 50lb for
I got some cheap 50lb for bottom bashing as the bloody sharks up here were stealing too much line. It was cheap, but is very strong and it should be considering it is as thick as shoe laces. It does the job, so is better than losing $50 worth of expensive line every trip.