berkley whiplash braid

[john/r]

been talking to a guy on another forum he comes from south africa and does the shore fishing.
he has been telling me that berkley whiplash braid 20lb b/s which dia stated says ,06 .but he says it actualy measures at ,26 which is a massive diff to stated dia,he did,nt measure it himself but there is a website which i will post which some may of already seen. the guy has chart of diff braids and monos with stats test about line braid.

how anyone can measure braid is beyond me and i used to be an inspector in a very large engineering company in s/lnd

[sean start]

You can tell straight away when you compare whiplash to other braids like power pro for instance. Whiplash is definitely lower diameter. I think whiplash is great. I have started to use the new asso braid and that is a good braid also and it has a higher breaking strain to what is said on the spool. A few people have also said the same thing.

[CHUKKA]

I miced some braids a while back and if memory serves me right found 20lb whiplash to be about 0.13mm ( ie thicker than stated) and 15kg 33lb power pro to be about 0.17( thinner than stated) I know that the whiplash can be troublesome with crack offs and can even break on a strike so is best considered 12lb mono equivalent and suitable only for extreme range and v clean ground. I personally find power pro to be a much more reliable mainline and less likely to fray up and split. Be careful with Whiplash for shockers too, even the 100lb can snap.

[john/r]

andy find whiplash in fact all braids impossible to measure with mic,realy need some kind of projector to magnify and put along side a measured mono line to compare even thin mono is hard to mic.
100lb whiplash i have used this for a while no probs the orange coloured is wat i prefer for leaders but thats just me.
i have been told the higher whiplash breaks at less than stated dia were as the smaller b/s break at higher,ie 80lb breaks at 59lb b/s and 20lb breaks at higher than stated.
looking at 20lb whiplash for me it looks so much thinner than other braids at 20lb but stated ,06 dia and been told its actualy ,26 takes some believing.

[mardenq]

I miced some braids a while back and if memory serves me right found 20lb whiplash to be about 0.13mm ( ie thicker than stated) and 15kg 33lb power pro to be about 0.17( thinner than stated) I know that the whiplash can be troublesome with crack offs and can even break on a strike so is best considered 12lb mono equivalent and suitable only for extreme range and v clean ground. I personally find power pro to be a much more reliable mainline and less likely to fray up and split. Be careful with Whiplash for shockers too, even the 100lb can snap.

tried a few braids but always go back to powerpro

[john/r]

is there a few different reasons why people are turning to braid ,it confuses me somewhat as braid has been on the scene for some time.couple of reasons as i know people use braid is less tackle losses as used on fixed spool and fast retrieve,secondly it is thinner than mono so casts further but if the likes of whiplash is a lot thicker than stated dia i feel disappointed with whiplash, but for me it looks a lot thinner than other equal b/s braids.

[Wood22]

50ib whiplash is considerably thinner than 55ib powerpro.

[john/r]

50ib whiplash is considerably thinner than 55ib powerpro.

how do you know this for certain as dia quoted on spools dont appear to be as stated and one cant go off eyesight well i wouldnt think so.

[Kev1n]

I use Whiplash as it's thinner, by eye, than any other braid that I've tried and is more reliable than some. Some of the Chinese braids from Ebay are so thin and look and perform like Whipash that they could be the same stuff with different branding.

Measuring the diameter of braids is hard because they squash with a micrometer and not all of them are round in the first place.

[wormole]

Braid

The diameter of braid and mono is fairly easy to measure using a micrometer with very little pressure. Braid that as been in sal****er use tends to increase in diameter over a period of time. I use braid for boat fishing with a multiplier and for spinning using a fix spool reel and I have Berkely Fireline and Whiplash that I bought 7 years ago which is still fine...however not so with recent purchases of these brands... my recent experience with fireline and whiplash has been indescribably bad with snapping under only moderate load in the body of the line...not on the reel or at a knot. I have of course checked the rods for damaged ring surface etc. Only conclusion is that this braid is fine so long as you don't catch anything large!
For the last 6 months I have been using chinese supplied braid from ebay without any problems so ...save your cash?

[Wood22]

how do you know this for certain as dia quoted on spools dont appear to be as stated and one cant go off eyesight well i wouldnt think so.

I have both brands on a couple of fixed spools and like-for-like feel - WL is noticeably thinner. Not very scientific, admittedly, but you can tell there is difference

[Wood22]

I use Whiplash as it's thinner, by eye, than any other braid that I've tried and is more reliable than some. Some of the Chinese braids from Ebay are so thin and look and perform like Whipash that they could be the same stuff with different branding.

Measuring the diameter of braids is hard because they squash with a micrometer and not all of them are round in the first place.

I have found the Chinese spectra to be less reliable in smaller strains but this isn't to say it's all like that. I use 80ib Chinese spectra for my leaders

[john/r]

The diameter of braid and mono is fairly easy to measure using a micrometer with very little pressure. Braid that as been in sal****er use tends to increase in diameter over a period of time. I use braid for boat fishing with a multiplier and for spinning using a fix spool reel and I have Berkely Fireline and Whiplash that I bought 7 years ago which is still fine...however not so with recent purchases of these brands... my recent experience with fireline and whiplash has been indescribably bad with snapping under only moderate load in the body of the line...not on the reel or at a knot. I have of course checked the rods for damaged ring surface etc. Only conclusion is that this braid is fine so long as you don't catch anything large!
For the last 6 months I have been using chinese supplied braid from ebay without any problems so ...save your cash?

sorry m8 got to disagree wth all you have said ,i was employed at roolls royce in sunderland for many years and worked in standards room braid is impossible to measure accurately wth a mic,latest fireline i have been using is totaly brilliant,chinese braid would use it to tie my shoe laces but of course this is only my opion.

[wormole]

Maybe in Rolls Royce made braid we wouldn't be importing it from China?

[john/r]

Maybe in Rolls Royce made braid we wouldn't be importing it from China?

maybe whiplash is,nt round eccentric ,it is just impossible to measure accurately as it has flat spots.

maybe in rolls royce made braid -got me puzzled there.