The reason I switched to SIC guides are Harloy get easily cracked, especially tip guide, and lines go through SIC guides much smoother. A slight dent or crack on a guide can cut the braided line when loaded and I lost some nice tuna because of the problem.
If anyone use Harloy guides, I recommend to use SIC tip guides.
o solutie de verificareI had a similar situation. After years of surf fishing I remember once I switched over to fireline when they first came out, my line was getting cut off while fighting xxx. I had no idea why. Upon closer look I found that the harloy tip was getting rough on the inside part o the ring, almost sandpaper like. Perhaps the sand that was picked up on the fireline was the cause, I don't know, but none the less it was not smooth. This was enough to cut my line under load. Needless to say I switched to sic and never had that problem. Even if our eyes can not detect it, it is proven that sic is smoother than harloy which can result in a further cast, less friction, so on and so forth.
good point. Guess I'll start checking my guides with a cotton ball then
altfel spus conteaza si mediul in care folosesti inelele si firul cu care dai (inclusiv fibra din care e facut acel fir mai ales daca e impletit). Problema care se pune e cat de mult te afecteaza pe tine ca pescar (sau cel putin cat crezi ca te-ar putea afecta). Bineinteles ca sa nu regreti mai tarziu.The braided SUPER lines don't cut guides, the fine sediment that gets trapped in the braid does. So it all depends on how dirty the water is you xxx. The ceramic ring pecking order from the bottom rungs above simply that of a chrome ring; are made of alu. oxide PacBay's Hailoy (Darker almost brown ring material) and Fuji's Hardloy (lighter gray ring material). The next step up are the Alconite guides (much thinner black ring material) and after that are SIC guides, that are really expensive but not coated.
toti zic ca aproape orice inel e "braid friendly " sau rezistent la fire impletite insa majoritatea uita ca dupa primul lanseu pe riu nici un braid nu mai e doar braid ci un purtator de impuritati culese din apa
(uneori vorba unuia dintre cei citati firul devine smirgel- cine nu cred n-are decat sa faca 2-3 lanseuri pe olt zilele astea 
-)multi care dau cu pp si crankuri mari zilele astea au impresia ca baga fierastraul pe inele
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