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Originally Posted by champ198
i have been looking at the Fugi guides but i am a little lost on trying to pick a set for my next rod.......looking for a set for a Bass Casting rod 7' in length 12-20 lb line range.....looking for a good guide that is light weight....saw that the SIC guides are supposed to be 45% or so lighter than the others.......any one know that if this is right? and what is the next step down from them if the SIC guides are the better ones out there
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45% lighter than what?
In the weighing I've done...identical frames...Alconites weigh X. SiC's in the same frames weigh 15% less than X. And titanium framed SiC's weigh 30% less than X. Very consistently.
I really don't use many guides other than Fuji's but from what little I've seen, Fuji does a very good job at keeping their weights as low as possible.
Alconite is the best guide under SiC in Fuji's line. Probably the best bang for the buck out there in the world of guides.
Some hardness values of various ceramics...
Stainless Steel (SS): 400
Chrome: 800-1000
Carbaloy: 1000
Aluminum Oxide: 1200-1400
Alconite : 1300-1500
NanoLite : 1800
Zirconia: 1000-1400
Zirconia PVD: 1600
SiC: 2200-2400
If light weight is critical, and keeping sensitivity high is critical, then the titanium framed SiC's are the way to go.
