I much prefer the vinyl/pvc coated tip up lines by HT, Cortland etc.. The coated stuff doesn't freeze or tangle like the normal braided line, way easier to deal with when your out on the ice freezing your fingers.
Put Suffix pvc coated line on tip-ups this weekend and took the 8 and 9 year old son and daughter out to Carpenter Lake. 3/4 of a bag of smelt and 3 hrs later the kids still didn't have a cut on their hands from fighting three to seven pound pike.