Apeks Life line Spools....Line question???

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Originally Posted by Kronek

Wouldn't they be useless as soon as you do any sort of tie? Maybe not a problem for a short jump, but if you have to do any kind of tie point on the jump the spinner is useless.

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It helps unspin the line as you reel back in. That way you have a nice clean spool when you're done.

They look like really nice spools. The quality seems to be top notch and they do have a pretty sweet "bling" factor to them. We all know that one of the most important things about cave diving is looking cool.

The spools that Apeks gave us to give away at the workshop went very quickly. I'd be curious to see what the winners think of them after using them.

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Originally Posted by rddvet

It helps unspin the line as you reel back in. That way you have a nice clean spool when you're done.

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Sure, as long as you have no other tie point. If you are only tied in once, yes, it keeps it nice and untwisted, but the twist is useless as soon as you have a second tie.

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Originally Posted by Kronek

Sure, as long as you have no other tie point. If you are only tied in once, yes, it keeps it nice and untwisted, but the twist is useless as soon as you have a second tie.

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Ya can't have everything in life. They help in a good % of settings.

Personally I don't use them as I think the two knots could be a failure point. But I know people that swear by them.

I use them for technical diving as backup with bag and/or lost in the wreck siltout safety spools.

Reason I like them is two fold...

durable and I can't break or bend them when a set of doubles impacts them on a boat or sat upon

secondly, the way they are cut and beveled it is VERY hard to get a dog clip to come open on accident in either direction of clip opening and I would rather spend a few more dollars on a reel than spend a lot more over time on lost reels and bags.

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Originally Posted by Konstantin_Petrijcuk

I have sent them an email on Thursday waiting on a reply. Thank you for your help

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Any luck with a response?

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Originally Posted by FW

Better wear resistance. Great for jump reels, that tend to get more wear, and sump diving line.

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so where is a good source for this type of line?

And an additional question - anyone know the break strength on the Apeks line? I haven't seen it listed anywhere

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Originally Posted by FW

Better wear resistance. Great for jump reels, that tend to get more wear, and sump diving line.

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Originally Posted by TotDoc

so where is a good source for this type of line?

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Courtland line. Tell them it is the cave diving line, but I think they only make it when there is a large enough order.

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Originally Posted by FW

Courtland line. Tell them it is the cave diving line, but I think they only make it when there is a large enough order.

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Cortland Line - link here

They come on ~500yard spools.

-Jon

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Originally Posted by FW

Courtland line. Tell them it is the cave diving line, but I think they only make it when there is a large enough order.

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Is that dacron line? What's the diameter on that line? Breaking strength? ...very curious

It's Dacron, 0.095", 325# break strength. It's also bright yellow.