Ultimate Fluorocarbon Comparison Chart

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I decided to reorganize my string set stash and relabel my stock of fishing line strings, and in doing so was looking up lots of different diameters of fluorocarbon. This evolved into the desire to make a chart so that others can compare multiple brands in one handy spot.

Sorry baritone folks- I kept it to soprano-tenor since they are tuned the same. Caveat to the Seaguar line: their website lists 50lb line as .028, but the spool I have is labeled .026. Hope it is helpful to those shopping around or mixing and matching! Let me know of any errors or additions and I'll make them. It was a bit tedious getting it translated into html, but worth it I hope lol.

**edited to fix that Mya Moe standard strings are made by Worth. Added tensions (indicated by a T) for strings that I could find one for.**

Brand Size/Designation A E C G Low G option
Anuenue Black Water Soprano/Concert .019 .027 .031 .022
Tenor .023 .027 .031 .025
Beansprout
(made by GHS)
Soprano/Concert/Tenor .022 .026 .030 .022 .030w
D’Addario
clear fluoro
EJ99SC Soprano/Concert .0205
T-7.90
.026
T-7.13
.0319
T-6.77
.0224
T-7.49
EJ99T Tenor .0205
T-12.30
.026
T-11.11
.0319
T-10.53
.0224
T-11.66
.0413
T-9.91
Fremont
clear fluoro
Soprano/Concert/Tenor .0205 .0260 .0291 .0224
Fremont
Blackline
Med. Soprano/Concert .019 .027 .031 .022 .036
Hard Soprano/Concert .022 .027 .031 .023 .036
Tenor .023 .027 .031 .025 .036
GHS
clear fluoro
H-20 Soprano/Concert .026 .033 .035 .0307 has singles available
H-T20 Tenor .026 .033 .035w .0307
H-T30F Fingerstyle Tenor .027 .035 .035w .0307
Molina Signature .026 .032 .035 .028
Living Water Soprano/Concert .0205 .026 .0291 .0224 .036
Tenor .022 .026 .0291 .0244 .036
Martin clear fluoro Soprano/Concert .0191 .0251 .0340 .0220
Tenor .0220 .0284 .0340 .0251
Mya Moe (made by Worth) Soprano/Concert .021
T-9.2
.026
T-8.3
.029
T-7.0
.022
T-8.9
.043 T-9 or .026w T-8.1
Tenor .022
15.0
.026
T-11.1
.029
T-9.3
.024
T-14.1
.043 T-9 or .030w T-14.3
Oasis
GPX clear fluoro
Bright .0215 .027 .030 .023 .029w
Warm .023 .027 .030 .025 .029w
Seaguar Blue or Pink Label fishing line leader
(possible combo)
Light/Soprano/Concert 30lb .020 50lb .026 80lb .032 40lb .024 (blue) .022 (pink) Big Game 90lb .036 (blue), Big Game 100lb .036 (pink)
Medium/Tenor 40lb .024 (blue) .022 (pink) 60lb .029 80lb .032 50lb .026 Big Game 90lb .036 or 100lb .041(blue), Big Game 100lb .036 or 130lb .041(pink)
Uke Logic Soft .019 .025 .032 .023 .036 or .30w
Hard .023 .028 .036 .025 .042 or .30w
Worth
Clear or Brown
CL/CL-LG Light 46”
BL/CL-LG Light 46”
.0185 .026 .029 .0205 .0358
CM/CM-LG Medium 46”
BM/BM-LG Medium 46”
.0205 .026 .0291 .0224 .0358
CT/CT-LG Tenor 63”
BT/BT-LG Tenor 63”
.0224 .0260 .0291 .0244 .0358
CH/CH-LG Heavy 63”
BS/BS-LG Strong 63”
.0224 .0291 .0319 .0260 .0358
 
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Nice easy to read updated version with strings (Uke Logic) not in the older charts. What's your opinion of the Seaguars?
 
If you need Seaguar fluorocarbon line heavier than 80LB there are plenty of options in their big game listings, e.g., Seaguar Pink and Premier are available in 100LB+. I'm not too fond of Seaguar Blue—on the bright side and seems to fray too easily—but love the tone of Pink closely followed by Premier. Plus, they're more fray resistant.
 
Great stuff. I would love it if you had a file that could be downloaded, either a spreadsheet or pdf to keep as reference.

As far as Worth Brown, I think the size is the same as clear variety
 
Editing to add pink option since diameters were close and the big game options. Thanks for the tip! I've not tried the premier or pink- I ordered the blue a few years ago for students (and my son) who can be a bit rough on their ukes and haven't played them much personally. I restring for free.
 
Great stuff. I would love it if you had a file that could be downloaded, either a spreadsheet or pdf to keep as reference.

Thanks. I actually wanted to upload a pdf initially. If anyone wants it in pdf or word feel free to PM your email and I'll send it out :)
 
Thank you. This is quite interesting, several sets have tenor and other sizes with same gauges. So are they interchangeable and only difference is in length? It is also notable that there seem to be very few standard gauges and the main difference is how they are combined by the brands. Does this mean that it's all basically the same stuff?
 
The density and surface texture also impacts the tone and feel of a string. It's really obvious when you go from different materials—fluorocarbon to composite to nylon. However, even fluorocarbon can vary a lot in feel and surface texture. I prefer really smooth strings of higher density (less finger noise and slightly better tone) but some like the opposite.
 
Wow! Anthroterra,

What a great resource. Thanks so much for doing this.
 
Wow very nicely done! I'm actually surprised at some of the similarities and differences. Like the Oasis having the same C and E strings for both sets.
 
Nicely done. One question...Martin Carbon...do you mean their traditional fluorocarbon, or the new premium which are Carbon Blacks repackaged (and no longer sold by Aquila on their own)?

I meant their fluorocarbon- thank you for pointing out :). I was thinking of how D'Addario labels theirs as simply "carbon". It's been corrected.
 
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This is awesome!! Thank you for taking the time to pull this together.
 
Thank you for sharing! I have always believed that finding the 'best' strings for any particular instrument is a journey and one well worth taking.
 
Thanks so much for doing this, Anthroterra. A most valuable resource.
 
I decided to reorganize my string set stash and relabel my stock of fishing line strings, and in doing so was looking up lots of different diameters of fluorocarbon. This evolved into the desire to make a chart so that others can compare multiple brands in one handy spot.

This chart only covers clear pure fluorocarbon and does not include Worth Browns or Freemont Black Line, for example.

Yeah, thanks for sharing this!

Is there a reason you didn't want to include Worth Browns or Fremont Black Lines?

If you're not excluding them, I have some Fremont Black Lines sitting in front of me if you want to add them.

For medium soprano/concert:

1st: .019
2nd: .027
3rd: .031
4th: .022

Hard soprano/concert:

1st: .022
2nd: .027
3rd: .031
4th: .023

Tenor:

1st: .023
2nd: .027
3rd: .031
4th: .025

Their low G soprano/concert strings are the same as their high g hard soprano/concert set, except for the g string. The low G for all scales, tensions, black and clear is: .036, and they're available as singles.

So you can add that for the clear Fremont low G, even if you don't want to add the Black Lines.
 
Is there a reason you didn't want to include Worth Browns or Fremont Black Lines?
I originally excluded them since the color would be a more obviously different composition, but I think they're close enough to go ahead and include since they're so popular. Thank you for the info- I'll add them :)
 
Stupid question time. Assuming the tension is just a function here of the diameter, then could you make your own "soft" tenor set by just using more narrow soprano or concert strings? For example the Uke Logic Soft set is pretty close to the Martin Soprano/Concert strings.
 
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