Penn Squidder Spool Change?

[Gadwall8]

I'm new to the Squidder also. I was told to wrap cotton string 4x around the plastic spool before spooling with mono. It was explained to me that because the mono stretches, it can exert enough pressure on the spool to crack it. The reel holds a ton of line so I did without thinking twice.

I have to say the reel is way cool and casts like a champ for me once I got used to it.

gad