All equipment driven sports are the same.
Everyone is chasing the next product, some because they have the ability to actually take advantage of it.
Some because they just want it, even though they have no chance of taking advantage of it.
Mountain biking: there are a lot of guys riding 8k bikes because it makes them faster, and there are a lot of guys riding 8k bikes because it makes them look cooler and they have the money.
Tennis: there are people with 4 or 5 250.00 rackets in there bag and gear, others with used ones they got for 50 dollars
Pickleball: I see guys with 4 or 5-100 dollar paddles in their 100 dollar bag.
If a masterline rope would give me more buoys I would buy it. But, alas my problem isn't with the rope.
If we didn't talk about costs, gluts, multiple personalities and funny videos in the winter what else would we talk about?:)