Spool length vs line counter

[Hooked on Kings]

This is porbably a stupid question but I bought a new spool of 1500 ft braided line and when I went to split it between two poles, one pole I put on 750 ft and the other took 1000 ft and it looks like I might have enough to do a third pole. I guess it would have been nice to know this before hand , I would have put 1000 ft on both, is this common (spool length vs. counter).

[Big Water]

THE LINE COUNTER "ASSUMES" SO MANY FEET OF LINE RETRIEVED FOR EACH SPIN OF THE SPOOL. IF YOU ARE STARTING FROM AN EMPTY SPOOL (NO LINE ON), YOU ARE PUTTING ON LESS LINE THAN THE COUNTER INDICATES. IF THE SPOOL HAS A LOT OF LINE ALREADY ON IT, YOU ARE PUTTING ON MORE LINE PER SPOOL ROTATION.

[Hooked on Kings]

AAAHHH ..... got it....... makes complete sense. Thanks.