As others have said 7/64 will be plenty to hold you up. And Dyna glide would work for you as well given people with more mass than your stating have done so successfully.
As others have said 7/64 will be plenty to hold you up. And Dyna glide would work for you as well given people with more mass than your stating have done so successfully.
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I like the 1/8th,,super easy to work with,,not a gram counter and as light as it it,,no biggie..but 7/64 works just as good..have 100 ft of it,,so going to use it up.
I've thought about using Dynaglide (I use 7/64 amsteel now) but I'm a bit over 200 and I'm not sure how far I want to push the envelope.
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Yeah, but Dyanglide is kinda hard to work with, isn't it? I've been doing some continuos loops and fixed-eyes with Zing-It and it's much harder than the 7/64 Amsteel.
I don't think it's really any harder. What I don't like about it is that it's more stiff. I've never used Zing-It.
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I went with 1/8". I am an overkill kind of person though. I'm sure the hammock will fail before my whoopies will.
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+ 1Originally Posted by Silverlion
I'm 280 and opted for the 1/8 mainly because I feel a little overkill is a good thing.
But 7/64 will still get the job done.
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Done. 7/64ths on the way. I got 50ft, sounds like that is a general size people get around here? Thanks so much guys. Catavarie- I would be interested in seeing your rig. I'll pm you. On the way to the Warrior Dash today so it'll be after the weekend.
50' is a nice small order. I think I started with 50' as well. I've since order about 200' more. You'd be amazed at how quickly it goes. Whoopies, continuous loops, soft shackles. It's addicting.
I use dyna glide and I'm 185lbs. No trouble yet. 7/64 is easier to splice but dyna glude isn't to bad.
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