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SUN08636
£74.23
£53.91Offer subject to availability
blue
17.1/100
300
16
£74.23
£53.91Offer subject to availability
SUN08638
£74.23
£53.91Offer subject to availability
blue
20.9/100
300
25
£74.23
£53.91Offer subject to availability
SUN08641
£74.23
£53.91Offer subject to availability
blue
27/100
300
40
£74.23
£53.91Offer subject to availability
SUN08642
£74.23
£53.91Offer subject to availability
blue
29.6/100
300
50
£74.23
£53.91Offer subject to availability
SUN08644 (Unavailable)
£53.91
blue
38.2/100
300
80
£53.91
SUN08637
£74.23
blue
18.7/100
300
20
£74.23
SUN08643 (Unavailable)
£74.23
blue
34.2/100
300
60
£74.23
SUN08639
£74.23
blue
22.3/100
300
30
£74.23
SUN08640
£74.23
blue
24.2/100
300
35
£74.23
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The Japanese leader SUNLINE manufactures and develops braids, nylons and fluorocarbons since 1977 thanks to a manufacturing plant equipped with highly technological machines and a very active and efficient "Research and Development" department. SUNLINE is also renowned worldwide for the reliability of its products and the truthfulness of the performances indicated on the packaging (products approved by IGFA for record certification). SUNLINE indeed provides an extremely rigorous control on its products put on the market with machines connected to computers capable of testing and measuring the resistance of a nylon, a fluorocarbon and a braid (polyester and polyethylene). These highly efficient machines are also able to measure knot resistance, abrasion resistance, UV, resonance, glide, weaving intensity and so on.. Only a manufacturer is capable of delivering this kind of information and saves us from bad surprises!
This year is the culmination of several years of research and technological advancement in manufacturing for SUNLINE. Indeed, SUNLINE is launching a new, totally exceptional, unique and innovative braid: SIGLON ADV (Advanced). It originates from a new manufacturing technology that integrates resin with the polyethylene fibers of the braid (DRT, Deep Resin Technology). This new manufacturing process gives this 8-ply all the advantages of an 8-ply but also those of a 4-ply.
Completely waterproof, the SIGLON ADV is protected against water infiltration and lasts much longer than a standard braid even of high quality. Indeed, SUNLINE noted that even a very high quality braid ideally manufactured (weaving speed and regular tension), air is always present in the polyethylene fibers and absorbs water when the braid is submerged. The water never totally dries in the reel and turns into molds (microscopic views) and affect the resistance and quality of the braid over the time.
This waterproofness also gives it an incredible penetration in the water and greatly limits the banner caused by the current or drift. Less slowed by the water, the lure or the lead also arrive faster at the bottom. Tests have been conducted with the same weight and exactly the same braid diameter (a standard braid and the SIGLON ADV) and each time, the lead connected to the SIGLON ADV arrived at the bottom first. This is a point, maybe insignificant for shallow depths (20m) but so precious at deeper depths (over 100m).
The SIGLON ADV is sinking (density index higher than water) which gives a very good hold in the water especially when fishing in waves that have an annoying tendency to take the braid when it is floating. Its results of "direct" and knot strength are of course also present but the most impressive is the abrasion resistance of the SIGLON ADV, four times higher than a high-quality market braid. The tests were done with a machine that rubs the braid on abrasive paper and counts the number of back and forth: 135 passages before breaking on a standard braid, 404 on the SIGLON ADV!
The DRT resin treatment also provides many advantages such as excellent glide and excellent wind casting performance!