Braid Summary

How to use the below data.

Well it all depends on what your looking for.

Looking for the line with the highest breaking strain to diameter ratio? Look at the “Tensile Rank”. This is a number that is calculated based on the cross sectional area of the line and its average max breaking strain.

Best Abrasion resistance? Check out the Abrasion Tensile Rank which is calculated similar to the above but uses the breaking strain when in contact with an abrasive surface. Same goes for FG knot tensile rankings.

Maybe your interested in the diameter of a specific line to see how much you can fit on your reel? For that, check out the “Measured Diameter” column.

Summary of Tested Braids

Brand	Name		More Details	Rated (lbs)	Break Max (lbs)	Quoted Diameter (mm)	Ave Measured Diameter (mm)	Out Of Roundness (%)	Tensile Rank	Abrasion Break (lbs)	Abrasion % Rank	FG Break (lbs)	FG % Rank
Brand	Name	Overall Ranking	More Details	Rated (lbs)	Break Max (lbs)	Quoted Diameter (mm)	Ave Measured Diameter (mm)	Out Of Roundness (%)	Tensile Rank	Abrasion Break (lbs)	Abrasion % Rank	FG Break (lbs)	FG % Rank
Abrolhos	8 Braid PE1.5	88	More Details	25.0	29.45	0.140	0.282	23.79	74	8.76	96	21.70	51
AliExpress	JBraid	100	More Details	22.0	36.02	0.165	0.367	12.00	115	10.35	104	29.56	19
AliExpress 'YGK-PE'	xBraid x8 PE0.8	106	More Details	16.0	25.85	0.147	0.255	6.66	65	6.17	116	17.58	71
Atomic	Linez x8 PE 0.6	11	More Details	12.0	11.29	0.070	0.160	10.62	43	4.45	22	8.51	43
Battlestar	Alien Braid 8X	101	More Details	28.0	35.89	0.230	0.356	26.97	109	13.49	30	0.00	103
Berkley	x9	122	More Details	15.0	29.44	0.140	0.306	10.46	104	8.87	93	0.00	103
Berkley	X SUPER SMOOTH 8	31	More Details	15.0	28.83	0.130	0.284	27.43	85	10.26	45	23.84	18
Berkley	Fireline Original	111	More Details	30.0	81.33	0.380	0.464	22.63	69	23.64	100	35.89	99
Berkley	x5	75	More Details	15.0	31.07	0.140	0.261	33.78	34	10.36	67	0.00	103
Berkley	Super Fireline PE2	26	More Details	30.0	34.41	0.235	0.256	15.62	11	13.96	16	11.76	102
Beyond Braid	x8	121	More Details	15.0	21.90	0.160	0.323	6.80	123	7.24	72	0.00	103
Cast x BUKU	x12 Premium Casting Braid PE3	90	More Details	50.0	51.19	0.230	0.371	48.47	82	16.82	75	36.62	65
Daiwa	JBraid Grand PE2.5	106	More Details	20.0	42.00	0.230	0.347	36.91	89	11.37	109	30.72	54
Daiwa	UVF PE Durasensor x12EX+Si3 PE 1.5	13	More Details	31.0	25.45	0.205	0.220	20.00	10	9.46	33	18.02	66
Daiwa	JBraid Grand PE1.5	56	More Details	10.0	25.10	0.150	0.252	18.28	63	7.71	89	20.46	22
Daiwa	Jbraid x4	67	More Details	20.0	46.05	0.210	0.313	17.90	26	15.38	66	21.55	96
Daiwa	JBraid Expedition PE1	65	More Details	12.0	19.22	0.130	0.215	20.00	53	4.65	114	15.75	20
Daiwa	JBraid Grand	116	More Details	30.0	49.53	0.280	0.374	6.42	87	14.96	92	0.00	103
Daiwa	JBraid x4	78	More Details	15.0	28.79	0.190	0.265	28.36	58	10.13	49	12.24	101
Daiwa	Saltiga 12 EX SI3+ PE3	72	More Details	55.0	45.21	0.290	0.305	18.03	20	12.69	105	30.71	73
Daiwa	JBraid Grand	118	More Details	8.0	16.69	0.130	0.214	11.69	80	3.58	122	8.72	89
Daiwa	Saltiga 12 UVF PE+SI PE2	19	More Details	36.0	34.32	0.180	0.270	19.98	24	12.36	40	24.81	59
Daiwa	JBraid Expedition PE1.2	8	More Details	15.0	18.23	0.160	0.204	11.28	42	6.55	41	16.49	8
Fins	40G	96	More Details	15.0	22.85	0.152	0.273	9.53	106	8.83	24	0.00	103
Gosen	x16 Casting	123	More Details	20.0	14.71	0.153	0.200	4.99	78	2.43	125	6.56	98
H2O	X11 Premium	47	More Details	20.0	81.88	0.500	0.684	12.87	125	30.71	31	72.87	11
Jarvis Walker	Angler	97	More Details	30.0	63.45	0.330	0.372	0.00	32	18.45	99	0.00	103
JOF (AliExpress)	Super PE x8 PE0.8	113	More Details	15.0	32.55	0.147	0.306	11.44	88	9.02	107	21.67	81
KastKing	SuperPower Silky8	124	More Details	15.0	27.96	0.200	0.291	18.22	100	7.27	111	0.00	103
KastKing	KastPro x13 Finesse	92	More Details	15.0	36.03	0.200	0.307	8.80	68	11.26	84	24.20	76
Kingdom	MicroFly PE0.2	27	More Details	9.0	7.45	0.070	0.146	41.89	101	2.82	29	7.47	1
Majorcraft	Dangan Braid X PE1	49	More Details	20.0	19.56	0.130	0.211	34.60	44	6.52	68	14.24	57
Majorcraft	Dangan Braid X PE2	85	More Details	35.0	33.84	0.200	0.286	19.59	51	10.53	85	22.04	83
Majorcraft	Dangan Braid X PE0.8	10	More Details	16.0	15.45	0.100	0.181	15.48	25	5.19	64	13.03	14
MIFINE	Demon Strong 4x	16	More Details	20.0	19.59	0.120	0.250	29.14	105	8.38	9	18.52	4
Momoi	RYUJIN PE1	21	More Details	25.0	26.26	0.160	0.267	27.39	76	10.48	19	20.46	30
NOEBY	Infinite II x8 PE2	36	More Details	29.0	35.76	0.234	0.358	12.28	110	15.44	7	27.49	36
Nomad	Pandora	83	More Details	6.0	12.78	0.100	0.182	7.16	66	4.46	53	6.14	94
Nomad	Ammonite PE3	63	More Details	44.0	43.10	0.280	0.341	9.68	75	15.11	50	31.37	58
Ocean Devil	Silk Ocean PE1	25	More Details	20.1	17.76	0.120	0.189	9.00	17	7.06	20	9.10	91
Ocean Devil	Silk Ocean PE3	81	More Details	50.0	46.01	0.296	0.315	7.62	29	14.15	88	21.55	95
Ocean Devil	Silk Ocean PE2	108	More Details	41.9	36.80	0.200	0.285	7.73	38	6.96	123	16.46	97
Ocean Devil	Silk Ocean PE4	109	More Details	70.5	54.35	0.300	0.366	13.66	62	13.03	115	28.14	90
Owner	Kizuna Broad x8 PE 1.5	28	More Details	20.0	29.65	0.170	0.260	26.53	40	11.41	25	20.98	67
PENN	Slammer x8	76	More Details	20.0	42.68	0.210	0.350	27.69	90	15.16	47	29.90	68
Power Pro	Super Slick v2	125	More Details	8.0	26.20	0.130	0.312	4.81	114	7.67	98	0.00	103
PowerPro	Ice-Tec	21	More Details	5.0	15.13	0.100	0.239	86.94	120	7.09	3	14.47	2
PowerPro	Original	39	More Details	15.0	25.92	0.190	0.315	16.51	116	10.73	12	20.27	29
PowerPro	Original	69	More Details	30.0	40.39	0.280	0.307	23.11	48	12.79	83	28.94	63
PowerPro	Maxcuatro	40	More Details	30.0	42.74	0.230	0.297	28.33	22	10.69	113	34.30	24
Roland Hocking	Viribus NANO x8 PE0.4	4	More Details	15.0	21.21	0.100	0.202	23.27	8	7.75	36	16.49	31
Roland Hocking	Viribus NANO x8 PE1	30	More Details	25.0	31.51	0.160	0.275	22.87	54	11.97	27	22.64	62
Roland Hocking	Viribus NANO x8 PE1.5	57	More Details	35.0	44.68	0.200	0.353	14.17	84	16.74	32	32.28	60
Runcl	Merced	41	More Details	30.0	29.79	0.260	0.369	37.66	122	12.25	14	23.88	25
Seaguar	Grandmax PE x8 PE0.8	78	More Details	16.0	14.22	0.148	0.189	39.76	64	4.25	95	10.62	49
SeaKnight	Manster S9	117	More Details	20.0	21.42	0.160	0.243	11.09	83	6.32	97	0.00	103
SeaKnight	Manster W8 II	115	More Details	65.0	79.78	0.370	0.486	16.65	93	22.96	103	52.94	82
SeaKnight	Manster W8 II	35	More Details	33.0	35.11	0.230	0.376	5.59	119	13.38	26	31.85	7
SeaKnight	Manster W8 II	65	More Details	45.0	49.40	0.280	0.379	9.23	91	16.83	56	37.44	40
Shimano	Kairiki 8	69	More Details	15.0	22.05	0.160	0.220	0.46	37	7.56	54	0.00	103
Shimano	Grappler 8 PE8	105	More Details	134.0	133.97	0.420	0.598	22.75	73	37.53	106	91.37	70
Shimano	Kairiki 8	112	More Details	8.0	15.55	0.100	0.195	13.36	59	2.73	124	8.15	88
Shimano	Ocea PE3	58	More Details	58.0	51.07	0.230	0.349	19.77	52	17.25	61	36.58	64
Shimano	Grappler 8 PE5	101	More Details	89.7	85.17	0.315	0.451	23.09	50	19.88	118	57.49	74
Shimano	Ocea 8 PE4	84	More Details	73.0	68.68	0.280	0.408	20.34	56	15.75	119	52.42	39
Shimano	Grappler PE1	21	More Details	20.1	19.42	0.130	0.199	20.06	21	6.44	70	15.03	34
Sougayilang	Super PEx8 PE1	59	More Details	28.0	31.25	0.160	0.287	12.89	70	9.90	82	24.67	26
Sougayilang	Super PEx8 PE2	85	More Details	41.0	40.74	0.230	0.370	20.54	107	13.75	62	30.20	50
Sougayilang	8+X PE2.5	51	More Details	35.0	42.38	0.261	0.390	22.05	111	15.21	42	35.10	17
Sougayilang	8+X PE1.5	43	More Details	28.0	45.08	0.203	0.352	20.74	79	16.03	46	34.58	37
SpiderWire	Dura-Silk	98	More Details	8.0	7.13	0.190	0.190	0.00	124	3.04	10	0.00	103
SpiderWire	Dura-Silk	120	More Details	6.0	6.88	0.163	0.163	0.00	117	2.27	73	0.00	103
SpiderWire	UltraCast x8	73	More Details	15.0	31.66	0.130	0.263	17.12	33	10.63	65	0.00	103
Stroft	GTP Type E 24kg	33	More Details	52.8	49.06	0.100	0.409	16.87	108	18.58	28	43.02	13
Stroft	GTP Type R 7kg	64	More Details	15.4	23.93	0.100	0.239	34.73	55	6.91	102	18.77	27
Stroft	GTP Type R 14kg	73	More Details	30.8	42.67	0.100	0.357	31.37	99	17.17	17	26.03	85
Stroft	GTP Type E 7.5kg	4	More Details	16.5	20.78	0.010	0.212	30.66	31	7.60	35	18.66	9
Stroft	GTP Type E 15kg	62	More Details	33.0	34.64	0.100	0.322	17.39	94	11.86	55	26.86	32
Sufix	NanoBraid	41	More Details	12.0	23.97	0.160	0.298	60.50	112	8.90	34	20.01	15
Sufix	131 G-Core x13	103	More Details	10.0	26.44	0.200	0.243	6.57	41	7.64	101	0.00	103
Sufix	832	49	More Details	50.0	77.35	0.340	0.423	5.43	46	27.00	51	52.59	72
Sufix	x8	93	More Details	15.0	36.90	0.205	0.293	19.12	47	11.25	91	18.57	92
Sufix	91	37	More Details	14.0	13.94	0.128	0.173	11.54	28	4.30	86	10.53	41
Sufix	832	34	More Details	15.0	36.52	0.220	0.256	12.88	5	11.93	76	25.26	69
Sunline	PE Jigger ULT x4 PE 1.5	46	More Details	25.0	27.59	0.205	0.236	24.60	19	9.33	60	15.33	86
Sunline	SIGLON PE AMZ x8 PE1.2	13	More Details	16.0	18.83	0.187	0.230	19.10	86	7.96	11	16.67	12
Sunline	Siglon PE ADV(×8)	11	More Details	10.0	16.20	0.153	0.176	12.49	13	5.34	74	13.21	21
Sunline	PE Jigger ULT x4 PE 2.5	61	More Details	40.0	42.30	0.260	0.292	9.26	16	13.71	79	25.89	84
Sunline	Siglon x8 PE3	54	More Details	50.0	68.10	0.296	0.408	6.63	60	23.12	58	49.83	53
Tasline	Elite x8	118	More Details	50.0	57.17	0.332	0.396	18.42	81	15.27	110	25.03	100
Tasline	Elite x8	88	More Details	30.0	40.77	0.299	0.401	3.74	118	14.48	47	29.70	56
Tasline	Elite x8	114	More Details	8.0	12.19	0.100	0.190	13.14	97	3.75	87	6.02	93
TSURINOYA	Super PE H8 PE1.5	38	More Details	30.0	26.30	0.205	0.286	30.03	103	9.41	43	23.46	10
Varivas	Avani Sea Bass PE0.8	19	More Details	16.7	14.47	0.153	0.187	16.59	57	4.88	63	13.83	3
Varivas	Avani SLJ x8 PE 0.4	109	More Details	10.1	9.00	0.108	0.167	11.96	102	2.92	78	4.77	87
Varivas	Super Trout Advance Bait Finesse PE 0.8	15	More Details	15.0	14.73	0.153	0.170	32.26	15	4.91	68	11.41	33
Varivas	High Grade x8 Type-II PE 0.8	16	More Details	16.0	16.64	0.153	0.162	16.65	1	6.07	37	11.09	80
Varivas	Casting PEx8 PE8	87	More Details	112.0	93.43	0.470	0.623	19.11	121	32.62	51	69.90	48
Varivas	8 PE2	9	More Details	37.0	38.36	0.242	0.262	17.16	3	13.94	38	27.96	55
Varivas	Avani Saltwater Finesse x8 PE 0.3	71	More Details	7.5	7.90	0.090	0.153	16.38	95	2.58	77	6.42	23
Varivas	8 PE0.6	3	More Details	13.0	12.09	0.132	0.152	20.41	9	4.99	13	9.46	28
Varivas	Casting SMP Hiramasa Tune PE6	104	More Details	90.0	94.51	0.418	0.510	20.59	77	22.16	117	69.59	52
Varivas	High Grade x8 Type-II PE 0.6	6	More Details	13.0	11.43	0.132	0.143	8.39	4	4.93	8	7.67	77
Varivas	Max Power x8 PE 0.6	21	More Details	14.5	11.10	0.128	0.172	8.13	72	4.45	18	8.55	35
Varivas	Avani Jigging 10x10 PE 3	48	More Details	48.0	50.72	0.285	0.363	2.48	67	17.27	57	38.07	44
Varivas	Avani Casting Shore Master - Max Power x8 PE0.8	18	More Details	16.7	10.72	0.153	0.199	10.54	113	5.78	1	10.05	5
Westin	W10 x13 Coastal PE0.4	6	More Details	13.0	13.65	0.100	0.160	15.63	7	5.41	21	9.86	61
WFT	Gliss Monotex Hybrid 6kg	1	More Details	13.0	16.74	0.120	0.171	11.70	2	6.86	15	13.97	16
WFT	Gliss Monotex Hybrid 8kg	59	More Details	16.0	18.14	0.120	0.199	16.57	36	6.58	39	0.00	103
WFT	Gliss Monotex Hybrid 11kg	51	More Details	24.0	23.75	0.180	0.221	9.50	23	8.47	44	0.00	103
WFT	Gliss Monotex Hybrid 15kg	94	More Details	42.0	40.30	0.250	0.297	3.37	35	12.05	94	0.00	103
WFT	Gliss Monotex Hybrid 4kg	80	More Details	9.0	13.16	0.100	0.168	10.70	27	4.23	81	0.00	103
YGK	X-Braid Cord PE4	94	More Details	60.0	61.95	0.330	0.383	11.49	49	17.00	108	41.80	75
YGK (AliExpress)	X Braid Upgrade PE0.8	31	More Details	16.0	15.60	0.148	0.215	30.72	96	7.09	5	11.68	47
YGK X-Braid	UPGRADE X8 - PE1.5	81	More Details	30.0	27.38	0.205	0.230	22.65	12	5.88	121	18.29	79
YGK X-Braid	UPGRADE X8 - PE1	44	More Details	22.0	18.90	0.165	0.191	19.88	14	4.73	112	14.46	38
Yo-Zuri	SuperBraid Blue	29	More Details	15.0	37.28	0.190	0.272	41.89	18	12.33	71	27.98	45
Yo-Zuri	Superbraid Dark Green	44	More Details	30.0	60.59	0.280	0.333	37.87	6	19.48	80	40.64	78
Zukibo	Progressive PE0.8	54	More Details	9.5	13.49	0.200	0.177	19.21	45	5.29	23	0.00	103
Zukibo	Samba Upgrade PE1.2 x8	68	More Details	23.0	23.92	0.020	0.228	12.72	30	8.12	58	0.00	103
Zukibo	Fire FT Fused PE1.5	2	More Details	19.8	22.77	0.200	0.224	6.25	39	11.73	2	20.73	6
Zukibo	Firebird PE0.8	98	More Details	20.0	20.34	0.148	0.232	7.34	71	4.66	120	15.24	46
Zukibo	Upgrade X12 Braid	91	More Details	16.0	30.93	0.140	0.297	54.19	92	9.45	90	23.34	42
Zukibo	Feike Laser Nano PE0.1	76	More Details	4.6	8.15	0.053	0.153	71.90	98	3.79	4	0.00	103
Zukibo	Feike Laser Nano PE0.8	51	More Details	15.6	14.53	0.148	0.189	13.76	61	6.60	6	0.00	103

Tensile Strength

Tensile Strength is defined as “the resistance of a material to breaking under tension” and is calculated by combining the diameter of the line and the force required to break it. This means that no matter what diameter the line is or what tension it breaks at, you can compare 2 completely different lines to see which one has a stronger construction.

The graphs below show a summary of all the braids and their respective test results.

They have been grouped in 4 different ways:

Braid Ranking – This is an overall ranking based on the braids maximum tensile strength, and then the percentage of that maximum break obtained for the Abrasion and FG Knot tests.
Maximum Tensile Strength – All tests expressed as a tensile strength in PSI
Abrasion – This is the percentage of the maximum break number in pounds that each braid obtained for the Abrasion test
FG Knot – This is the percentage of the maximum break number in pounds that each braid obtained for the FG Knot test

Rated vs Tested Breaking Strength

The plot below shows all of the lines that have been tested and compares their Rated Breaking Strain against their Actual Tested Breaking Strain.

Diameter vs Tested Breaking Strength

The plot below shows all of the lines that have been tested and compares their measured Breaking Strain against their measured Diameter.