SAKURA JAPAN BOUZ DRAG CHECKER

[MexicanGulf]

Do any of you use or know about this item?


SAKURA JAPAN BOUZ DRAG CHECKER

World's firts revolutionary High-precision Drag Checker
How to Use Drag Checker
What is drag checker?

This product is a dedicated precision instrument for measuring the line tension and drag brake force of the fishing reel. The drag checker makes the drag and knot tying setup easy and quick.

Until now, there had been only two ways to manage the drag setting.Use anglers senses according to experience and intuition or measure using a spring balance.By the former setting, the value changes each time because it is not the numeric information.  Though the measurement is numeric, using spring balance is very inconvenient because it takes more than two people and a wide space.Being different from above cases, Drag Checker enables us to measure as precise number at any point of line by oneself.  Because it has "a recording system" to show the measured value, the drag force can be checked even while fishing by a single person easily.Since the drag checker can be used even after throwing a rig in, it became possible to set drag depending on the change of the line amount left on a reel.The ideal drag setting depends on a tackle balance or individual fishing style.Drag Checker is the world-first tool to express drag function in numerical form and  to maximize the performance of angler.
This is the must for serious anglers. About 30% of line strength is said to be appropriate drag force. All measurement is by metric KG.

DC-2001 up to 1kg
DC-2003 up to 3kg
DC-2005 up to 5kg
DC-2015 up to 15kg

DRAG MEASUREMENT

As you know drag prevents the fish from breaking the line. The drag checker makes the drag setup easy and quick.

[Bobcat]

I have never used one or even seen one before. I did see another post about it the other day and looked it up.

It looks interesting but not interesting enough to get me to spend the $$ on it.

[oc1]

If I understand it, a spring scale with the little slide thing that records the maximum pull will do the same thing.

[jurelometer]

Allegedly more convenient. But I am not so sure.  The only advantage is that the dial is closer to the reel. I would still rather use a €5 digital luggage scale, which is also useful for weighing my luggage if I am traveling.

But  if I needed to make my wallet €75 lighter, and my gear bag half a kilo heavier, this could be just the ticket.


-J

[MexicanGulf]

It seems quite quick, I'd be curious to do some tests using this tool and the same way the classic scale... I would like to evaluate everything with a 45 degree inclination