I've never seen them in SS, Hmm. I picked up a bunch of the #0 nylon ones @ REI lastweek. I plan to use them as double ended mitten hooks. I've found that these are more durable and slightly easier to use.Originally Posted by Lerms
I've never seen them in SS, Hmm. I picked up a bunch of the #0 nylon ones @ REI lastweek. I plan to use them as double ended mitten hooks. I've found that these are more durable and slightly easier to use.
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Solid! I knew you guys would be all over this
Found em! $7.09 Amazon Prime eligible!
http://tinyurl.com/c9jtnpl
Anyone try out the stainless steel #.5 s-biners yet? I bought a set, planning on using them to attach a cheap tarp to some extra utility cord with prusiks to make a cheap(ish) car camping tarp.
If they're strong (and light) enough, i'll probably swap out my mini biners from my hammock tarp and use these.
Last edited by xeren; 05-02-2012 at 01:51.
I gave some to paprika Bohlmann for his birthday, I don't think he's used them to set anything up yet. As I recalled they looked the same thickness as the #1's they just have smaller gates and openings. I used #1's in the snow and they did fine, I am sure they will serve you well
great, thanks- makes sense, if the stainless steel #1's have a 35 lb break strength, these should still be more than fine to hold up a tarp
Last edited by xeren; 05-02-2012 at 16:39.
The #.5's are a fairly new product for Nite Ize. They are rated at 3 pounds each but Nite Ize is usually pretty conservative on their ratings.
Yeah, if their #1 has a stated rating of 5lbs, but members here have seen 35 lb breakage, i'm sure the #.5 with 3 lbs should be strong enough to handle a tarp ridgeline. I'll report back once i've tried them out.
I have not seen the nite ize in person yet, but have you seen these?
http://lawsonequipment.com/All-Produ...0-PK-p905.html
I think the guy is a forum member. ( plus he has the glowire)
These biners are the same one's that were sent on my jarbridge underquilt from AEH.
good luck!
I have seen those online, but have no idea of the scale of em, any chance you could toss up a quick pic so we know? might be a good thing for him to do for his website.
thnx MD
ugg, this is exactly the kind of thing i was looking for but couldn't find- the backwoods daydreamer DIY gear minibiners are only 50 cents each, but they've been out of stock for a while, so i ended up buying 12 of the nite ize #.5's for $14. oh well- they ended up being $1.17 each, so they're not much more expensive than the ones you linked
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