I stripped all my reels of the technium I bought from bobco as I didn't feel comfortable risking it. I know I would have just sat there worrying it would snap while playing a fish. I went back to the Korda touchdown I've been using the past few years

In reply to Post #198
Yes, just checked eBay and I ordered 6 spools June/July last year.

I may double check mine when i load it...I prefer to lay the line out across a field to give it it's final wind in and remove twist. If I do, I think I will tie it to a bankstick and give it a tug....just in case my first spool was OK but some of the other 5 spools are defect.

In reply to Post #200
I order 6 spools at the same time from Bobco tackle, there still sitting in the garage but ill be respooling this time off and do some pull tests.

In reply to Post #200
It seems to be worse after it's been in the water a while

have we established if the stuff from bobco is old stuff or new stuff??

In reply to Post #203
I don't think it was ever solved as they soon shut up shop after selling the spools at mega discounted prices

In reply to Post #204
so we don't know if the new technium is ***** or good then....

In reply to Post #205
We don't know if the bobco tackle stuff is genuine, but took a risk at £5 a spool.

I've used technium for years anyway so will be able to tell if its genuine when i spool up.

In reply to Post #206
Visually, and to the touch, it looked/felt the same to me

i still have some tinned stuff (circa 2001) and more recent blue label stuff (from Bobco) and i cant see/feel any difference

Just spooled back up with technium 12lb (definitely the new stuff as my local got it in on re-release) - so much nicer than the synchro it replaced and went on the spools beautifully.

Soaked for 24 hours before loading and did a break test prior to spooling each of the three spools (so sampled fairly evenly across the bulk spool) and seems rock solid.

It looks like (Two) BobCo bought a bunch of rejects and flogged it off cheap.

In reply to Post #209
That's good news.
I will respool some of my reels before the season reopens and do a similar test.
If anything fails I will try and see what eBay say about refund

In reply to Post #211
i sold mine, did not want the slight nagging thought the line was duff. Still have two spools of the OG 15lb though, so not gonna cry tbh

In reply to Post #212
Personally if I thought there was a chance it could be bad I wouldn't have sold it on.
I wouldn't want fish trailing line. Or endangering others if it cracked off.