Braid strength question

[stevelikes2fish]

Originally Posted by MrAC1980

Hey Steve, the only time I've heard of this is the cheap China imitation PP stuff off ebay. Sounds like you have valid tests to me! But yes you could do the similar test with mono like Lou said to prove your point. Go get um!

Thanks, yeah I bought it for a few reasons. I kind of figured it wouldn't be good but then again I wasn't planning on using it for tog. Was just going to spool up some abu's for bottom fishing. I really liked the different colors they offered. But, I did expect to be stronger than at least half it advertised strength. The thing that's really got me bother is is not the money I spent, which was cheap to begin with. It's the fact that I performed the test I described above and I have the manufacturer telling me that my back yard test is no way to test their line. Yet, using the same test yesterday, I tested my diamond braid and it broke right at the listed strength.
Anyway, they want to send me 2 more spools. Not sure if I even want to bother dealing with them anymore. I know my test were as accurate if not within ounces of whatever type of expensive machine they are using. Was a real learning experience. Thanks for all your imput everyone.............
Tightlines

[Chrisper4694]

Maybe this is a dumb question but how in the world can a brand new line not frayed at all break on the main line rather than at a loop knot?

[kurtisb]

I bought some of the cheap china stuff from ebay and fished it this year for tog. I did not have a single problem with it. I tested it against pp 50 and it was equal, right at the end of what I could break. Mates complained that they had a hard time breaking it off when I got stuck. Guess I just got lucky picking the right one, but $30 for 1000 meters can't be beat.