Product Review: Berkley Line Stripper

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Product Review:

Berkley High Speed Line Stripper

Price 26.95

Purchased from Bass Pro

General Impression: Poor design and quality make for a product that is near useless on line less than 80lb mono.

Recommendation: Do not buy this product.

As I prepare for this years offshore fishing I wanted to replace line on about 4 to 6 reels. This product caught my eye so I made the purchase.

http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/store ... rchResults


The product is made in China. The Berkley name was reassuring at the time of purchase. It requires #4 D batteries (not included).

In general it works by running a motor with a rubber wheel and this runs against another spring loaded rubber wheel. The line is passed between the wheel and the friction is supposed to grasp the line and shoot it out the exit hole.

After playing with it for an hour I got it going with some 80 lb mono. However there is no way to adjust for a tighter grip on smaller line such as 40lb mono.

It does not state what the lower limits of line it will strip. It states “up to 400lb”. It also claims “350 yards per minute”. My results suggested about 450 yards an hour.

I may try some modifications to get it to work with the smaller diameter lines.

Avoid this product!

Richard

 

[Megabyte]

If it's that bad on 80# mono, it'd probably be useless on my 80# braid.

 

[Bryan 2530]

Try a 1 litre soda bottle chucked up in a cordless drill. You can drill a hole in the cap and put a bolt through it. That you can chuck in the drill and reuse. Once all the line is stripped off you take off the cap and toss the bottle in the recycle bin and use the cap on another bottle. I did this once and found it to work OK just remeber to run the drill in a direction to keep the cap tight.

The pic below is from one you can buy minus the bottle but Parker owners are cheap (atleast this one is) so I made one myself.

Try it out and let us know how it worked.

 

[Outta Here]

The pic below is from one you can buy minus the bottle but Parker owners are cheap (atleast this one is) so I made one myself.

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I put the bolt and nut thru a FREE empty spool. :wink:

 

[Megabyte]

The cordless drill idea is perfect!
Why didn't I think of that? :roll:

 

[Bryan 2530]

I put the bolt and nut thru a FREE empty spool.

I have done that too but if you want to reuse it you need to empty the spool or find another. Water bottles are more abundant to me around here. Plus you can throw the whole thing in the recycle bin.

 

[rangerdog]

Richard, this is what I use. It also has a hook sharpener. It zips the line off right into a paper bag for me. I have had one for years and then got another with a berkley spooling device. I just finished using it to de-spool my whole spread! Works great on braid.

 

[DaleH]

I use this type, like shown below, this one here sells for $10 from Cabelas. The one I use is larger in diameter and dumps a spool fast! But I can't find it on-line.

See how it looks like 2 cones attached small end to small end? That's exactly how it works! You bolt together with the wing-nut and strip the line off. When done, remove the wing nut, the 2 cones separate and the old line dumps right off. Works slick!

Oh yeah, works with any drill, cordless or not !

 

[T-Bro]

I also use the small handheld Berkely hook sharpener and stripper for light line work (15-40#) mono and light braid (30-60#). I have bought a Swifty system because it is so versatile.

http://www.charkbait.com/cs/cshL_Swifty.htm

With this system, I can strip and clean my flylines, remove and wash the spectra backing on my tuna reels, and pull the mono off my larger international. It is also a component of the professional grade line winders out there.

T-Bro