I have Delrin spools by Terkel.
For the reasons Lynne mentioned, if you ever suffer from a case of the clumsies when your fingers are stiff and cold, either buy a Delrin spool or be prepared to say "screw it" when you drop your metal spool and it vanishes below you trailing out 120' of line or so.
In terms of rugged, how many of you have ever had a Delrin spool break on you?
I'm sure its happened, but its rare.
Biggest problem with metal spools that I see is simply that if you ever drop them you've got a PITA on your hands - you either jettison the spool and forget it, or else you deal with screwing around recovering it.
A spool that doesn't immediately sink if you drop it, but that floats there in front of you or sinks very very slowly, is much preferable to my thinking.
(Post Tobin-comment; I'm referring to a situation where you've removed the double-ender and are in the process of trying to blow a bag, when somewhere between start and gone you encounter "issues"...)
Your mileage may definitely vary...
For the reasons Lynne mentioned, if you ever suffer from a case of the clumsies when your fingers are stiff and cold, either buy a Delrin spool or be prepared to say "screw it" when you drop your metal spool and it vanishes below you trailing out 120' of line or so.
In terms of rugged, how many of you have ever had a Delrin spool break on you?
I'm sure its happened, but its rare.
Biggest problem with metal spools that I see is simply that if you ever drop them you've got a PITA on your hands - you either jettison the spool and forget it, or else you deal with screwing around recovering it.
A spool that doesn't immediately sink if you drop it, but that floats there in front of you or sinks very very slowly, is much preferable to my thinking.
(Post Tobin-comment; I'm referring to a situation where you've removed the double-ender and are in the process of trying to blow a bag, when somewhere between start and gone you encounter "issues"...)
Your mileage may definitely vary...