Shimano Ocea 17+ Braid

[boon]

Sheesh, braid just keeps on developing. Shimano has just launched a 17 carrier solid braid - from the marketing guff it sounds like it's basically a 16-carrier hollow braid with a larger core strand running up the middle. Let's see if this picture works:



EDIT: Picture, did not work, click here for diagram:
https://fish.shimano.com/content/dam/Shimanofish/Common/Productsrelated/cg2SHIFGlobalLINE/SICPlanningProducts/Product/PRD_a155F00000ENwG8QAL_other01.jpg

Interesting that it's slightly weaker for a given diameter than the existing Ocea 8.

[MexicanGulf]

I read the product review today on a Japanese blog. It seems like a nice product but for now only formats of about 300 meters.

[boon]

Plat is selling it in 1200m (I think 4x300 uncut?) spools. The price is crazy, $135USD for a 300m spool. I can buy hollowcore cheaper than that.