I have 2 reels spooled with 30# PowerPro Braid Yellow and both of them have broken several times.

I thought I was doing something wrong but if someone else has had problems it makes me think it is a line problem.

I only use Palomar Knots and I know it is the line breaking because each time I have found the 20-30 yards of line and retrieved my lures each time.

I’ve been using the 30# for over a year and haven’t had any issues at all. Been using 50# and 65# for several years and no issues there, either.

Never in salt or fresh.

I have considered zebra mussels. But two different rigs with line from same spool makes it suspect as defective.

Going to respool both rigs, if it happens again I'm going to use heavier line.

I heard there were issues with the early version of super slick v2.

NEVER

I had a bad spool of 30lb PP
it would break when just testing the drag on a spinning reel. I threw out a pop r, popped it 1 time and it broke 20 foot away from my rod. It was not an eyelet issue, just a bad spool. I still use 30 lb PP, the stuff is awesome. 1 out of the 15 spools I have bought over the last 15 years is not enough to run me away

I’ve never had an issue with PP

All 3 break offs were about 5-20 feet from knot.

I've noticed there are weak spots. I did a test and tried to break the uni knot, double uni (might be the strongest knot I've ever seen for terminal tackle), loop knot and the palomar using big leather gloves from multiple spools of Sufx 832 30#, PP 50# and PP65#. I found weak spots in some places - but not like 10# weak. More like actual 30# rather than the 50# test we've come to expect from 30# braid. The PP line did the same in 50#. The line would break sometimes and sometimes I could pull it with a truck and it wouldn't break. Interestingly - None of those knots broke in my test. The 65# is good for skiers