Whats in the box:Reel, 400' (122 meters) Line and Stainless Steel Bolt Snap
North Florida cave diver, Woody Jasper, first invented sidewinder-style reels around 1980. Less likely to entangle than other reels on the market, Woody's original reel was made of aluminum and a PVC spool. The side-handle style of the reel lent itself to exploration because it could easily switch from hand to hand while laying out line. Twenty years later, sidewinder-style reels were popularized in the technical diving community when DIR enthusiasts began using them for paying out line in deep caves at high speed on a DPV.
Our Sidewinder series of reels are designed to be anti-jam by using precision machine tolerances between the frame and the spool making it nearly impossible for the line to slip between the spool and the handle. The Sidewinder Cave Primary (RE50400) with 400-feet (122 meters) of (#24) DuPont fiber braided line which has 220 lbs (99.80 kg) breakage strength with extra large stainless bolt snap. Reel has an injected molded polycarbonate spool which is breakage and crack resistant, it come with a stainless steel axle and high quality aircraft grade aluminum frame which are both corrosion resistant. A knurled lockdown screw has a low profile to prevent snagging and is easy to use even with gloved hands.