I"ve tried several brands of braid.. Stren, Suffix, Diawa and I think the difference in them all is pretty slim. What is important is to use the right size for the type of fishing you are going to use. I started with 30lb Stren Superbraid and it was pretty good stuff. Very slick and would cast great.. then they quit making it. I switched to Sufix 832 and its pretty good stuff as well. I had been buying braid in dark green color, with my old eyes really struggled to see the line.. so I switched to high viz chartruse green line and really like that. I use braid on my drop shot rig, my shakey head rig, my CRig rod and my deep cranking rod. The Crig and deep crank are 30lb dark green, the DS and Shakey head have 20lb Diawa 8 strand, also 40lb on my frog rod.
The difference in feel is dramatic.. the bottom will fool you for a little while as you get used to feeling every last piece of anything on the bottom using braid. Also with the feel on deep cranks.. the thump is really large!
I use a floro leader on the drop shot rig.. but straight braid on the shakey head. I have not noticed any line fear on the shakey head from tying the braid straight to the jig.. even the high viz chartruse!
Good luck with your change..
BD

I use the Cuda braid scissors. They work really well even without pulling it tight but it's still better to do so.

[quote=Phil Clark]
thats why you use a mono backing,no slips[/quote
I am not talking about slipping on the spool. Just the opposite actually. When that line gets dug in on itself that lure will come to a dead stop and possibly come back at you during the cast.
There is a better way to me than backing your spool up with mono. Just get a piece of cloth tape and put a wrap of it on your spool. They braid will cinch up tight and grab hold. No slipping. There is nothing wrong with backing I just don't like it.

Here's a good one I caught on Fork earlier this spring. It was 15# braid tied straight to the hook on a small T-rigged lizard. By the time I realized I had a bite the fish had run around the back side of this tree so I was a little out of sorts for a minute.



Gives you a good idea of the line strength. Not sure 15# fluoro would have fared any better.