I use dynaglide. As mentioned before, it is nice to be able to splice it, but the main benefit to me is having a long piece of 1000 lb cord if you ever need it. You never know when it may come in handy in an emergency.
I use dynaglide. As mentioned before, it is nice to be able to splice it, but the main benefit to me is having a long piece of 1000 lb cord if you ever need it. You never know when it may come in handy in an emergency.
I apologize for my extreme tardyness to this thread. I have heard nothing new about the dyneema fishing line.
Even though its been reported that dyna glide weighs much more than its advertised at, I still use it for my maccat standard tarp. I just received my HG cuben tarp and will be putting some of the 1.2mm braided dyneema (I believe) line on it from Scott at mydiygearsupply.com. It says its only .9oz per 100'. I've handled it and like it a lot. Splicing seems very difficult and close to impossible though. Its the lightest line I've found short of mason line which just tangles too much.
If only that tech line came in orange for the guy lines. I do have some Orange Hi-Viz Dacron Line from Dive Gear Express (scroll down) I just found out was splice-able laying around for diving projects. Tested tobut it does not list weight. I'll do some testes and let you all know what I find. The orange is a bit more subdued than the Zpacks yellow. Not sure the stretch yet.several hundred pounds of breaking strength
I like kelty triptease just for the reflectivity. still a dyneema core, 188lb strength.
i dont know, i mean if your using about 20ft of any of those lines, its about .18oz (5 grams) between kelty triptease (the heaviest) and zpacks (the lightest). at 40 ft thats 10 grams difference, .36oz. i know some people are into counting grams and i can be at times too, but i feel the reflectivity and lack of headaches is worth it; theres probably better ways to save .5oz or even more in my opinion. although price could be another factor that hasnt really been discussed
I got 1.8mm 'cause I'm a gram weenie
http://www.abbeypro.co.uk/climbing-h...-1R5014-Y.aspx
Pdizzle, if you get by using only 20' of corsage for your tarp, I'm very impressed, and jelous, haha. I'd say the average person uses 30' for a full length ridgeline or 20' if not full length and 6' per tie out seems to be the standard and many use more. Right there that's 44'. Now if you're using a tarp with door and pannel pull outs, it could easily be tough to stay under 100' of cordage. Then with silnylon off course tarp tensioners are a huge help. Before you know it, on something like a superfly, you've got potentially 6+oz in tie outs alone. That's about the weight of my HG 4 season cuben tarp.
That's why there are gram weenies like me just doesn't seem rational to have as much or more in cordage weight than my tarp, or cook kit, or backpack weigh.
I think for my HG 4 season cuben tarp ill go with 3' per door, 3' for one tarp side, 6' for other tarp side (for porch mode), 8'-10' per ridge line pull out and 8' per pannel pull with 4'-5' of shock cord. That's 66' plus the shock cord and that's going pretty minimal.
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