Anglers' Net - The UK Online Fishing Magazine: EFTTA promotes line testing project in Italy and publishes further line test results

EFTTA promotes line testing project in Italy and publishes further line test
results
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Elton on 10 April, 2008 02:00:00
 
EFTTA, the European Fishing Tackle Trade Association, has updated its listing of
randomly tested monofilament lines online at www.eftta.com. Twice a year, EFTTA
randomly buys monofilament samples from across the world and tests these
samples in an independent laboratory on their diameter and breaking strength.
The results are then published in the international press, on the EFTTA website
and at EFTTEX, the European Fishing Tackle Trade Exhibition, which this year
will take place from 13-15th June in Fiera di Roma, Rome.
Last month EFTTA promoted the line testing project at the FIPO 2008 fishing
show in Bologna.  Janet Doyle of EFTTA comments “on our stand we had posters
and banners listing the companies whose lines have already passed the EFTTA
line test and have been awarded the EFTTA logo.  We received positive feedback
from exhibitors and visitors participating at FIPO 2008 and hope this will
encourage line companies to submit their lines for testing”
Manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers alike are always interested in
receiving the new latest results of our testing rounds. It allows them to
benchmark their products against competitors’ products and it guides
retailers as to which monofilaments they should offer in their shops.
EFTTA already publishes the line test results in consumer magazines and sets up
links with a wide range of European fishing websites. “The response and
interest we receive is tremendous. People kept phoning in asking us what other
lines we would be testing and they were particularly interested in receiving
information on lines that passed the EFTTA approved logo”, Sally Steel of
EFTTA comments. “It’s great to see that the consumer is finally being
educated about the situation with wrong labelling on fishing lines. By checking
out the EFTTA website they can make an educated choice of what line to purchase
in the future.”
EFTTA introduced the line testing programme in 2004 and has since awarded EFTTA
approved logos to more than 90 lines. These lines have been tested in laboratory
controlled conditions and indicate the correct diameter and breaking strength on
the packaging of their lines. A comprehensive list of these lines is available
online at www.eftta.com.
For more information on EFTTA’s line test project, please contact Victoria
Seymour on victoriaseymour@eftta.com or phone +44.20.7253.0777.
For the latest random line test results, please see chart below:-
Line
Stated diameter
Actual diameter
Stated breaking   strength
Actual breaking   strength
Daiwa TDR Competition, Japan
0.20mm
0.201mm
2.72kg
3.407kg
Maver Dual Band, Italy
0.20mm
0.242mm
5.70kg
4.475kg
Okuma Ultramax, Svendsen
0.20mm
0.197mm
1.8kg
2.668kg
Sylcast, Profish Germany
0.22mm
0.279mm
2.72kg
4.533kg
Ghost Line, Profish Germany
0.20mm
0.203mm
2.72kg
3.062kg
Drennan super specialist super mono
0.20mm
0.205mm
1.8kg
2.987kg
Drennan Float Fish
0.22mm
0.226mm
2.75kg
2.854kg
Gorilla UC-4 Original, Tubertini
0.20mm
0.215mm
4.8kg
3.661kg