TRILENE BIG GAME vs Stealth: which is safer?
BERKLEY TRILENE BIG GAME is the clear pick. SpiderWire Stealth carries a failing PFAS grade, and we never recommend buying a failing product.
Our pick
Berkley
TRILENE BIG GAME
PFAS grade
Excellent 85/100
Overall grade
Good 63/100
Verdict
Buy with care
Hazard flags
⚑ 2
Material
monofilament nylon fishing line
Confidence
72%
LikelyUV degradation and embrittlement
PossibleMicroplastic release during use
Spiderwire
Stealth
PFAS grade
Good 50/100
Overall grade
Poor 42/100
Verdict
Skip
Hazard flags
⚑ 2
Material
Braided fishing line (polymer blend, coating unspecified)
Confidence
35%
PossibleCoating leachates (unspecified polymer additives)
PossibleMicroplastic shedding
Where these two actually differ
- We flag UV degradation and embrittlement and Microplastic release during use on the Berkley and not on the Spiderwire.
- We flag Coating leachates (unspecified polymer additives) and Microplastic shedding on the Spiderwire and not on the Berkley.
- The Berkley is monofilament nylon fishing line where the Spiderwire is Braided fishing line (polymer blend, coating unspecified), which is most of the difference in these two grades.
- The gap is 35 points, wide enough that this is not a close call, and the Berkley is the one to buy.
- We are less certain about the Spiderwire grade, at 35% confidence against 72%, because it discloses less.
Both products run through the same public rubric: materials, coatings, brand disclosure, lab findings, and recalls, plus a beyond-PFAS hazard analysis. Grades are model-based estimates, not lab tests. How grades work →
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