#0.8 PE line: strength and diameter by brand

Size #0.8 (0.8 go) is 160 denier under the JAFS standard for PE line. The chart that VARIVAS publishes puts it at about 0.153 mm, as a rough guide only.

The lines below rate #0.8 at 12 to 18 lb. Compare figures with the same basis: a maximum is higher than an average for the same line.

LineMaxAverageStandardBasis not statedDiameterLengthsSource
YGK X-BRAID UPGRADE X8———16 lbnot published100 m, 150 m, 200 mMaker’s page
DUEL HARDCORE X816 lb / 7 kg—6 kg—0.153 mm150 m, 200 m, 300 mMaker’s page
Seaguar PEX8 Pitch Color Changer18 lb / 8.2 kg16 lb / 7.3 kg——0.148 mm150 m, 200 mMaker’s page
Sunline SIGLON PE×812 lb / 6 kg———0.153 mm150 m, 200 m, 300 mMaker’s page
VARIVAS PE 8 Stripe Marking Edition16 lb——7.24 kgnot published150 m, 200 m, 300 mMaker’s page

Published diameters — DUEL: same as the approximate PE diameter in the JAFS chart; Seaguar: same as the JAFS standard diameter for nylon and fluorocarbon line; Sunline: same as the approximate PE diameter in the JAFS chart. We have not measured any line. Links to makers' pages are not affiliate links.

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