Is this usable for tarps and such? What size?
http://www.overstock.com/Emergency-P...Y&searchidx=22
Is this usable for tarps and such? What size?
http://www.overstock.com/Emergency-P...Y&searchidx=22
It's usable but would not be my first choice and the manufacturer doesn't give strength specs. Polypropylene is lower in strength than polyester. The 3mm should be ~1/8" which is larger than typically used.
A search will turn up better prices such as here... http://www.campsaver.com/glow-in-the-dark-ropes
Not my first choice either. Polypropylene degrades quickly in sunlight, and is not very strong. The price of $.08 looks attractive, but you'd be better off paying $.14 cents a foot for 1.75 mm Zing-it. It's pretty popular on HF, is strong (480 lbs. breaking strength) and splice-able.
http://www.wesspur.com/throw-line/zi...hrow-line.html
"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds." Ralph Waldo Emerson
Thanks, I figured as much.
If you're keen on reflective/glow-in-the-dark line, there's this stuff:
http://diygearsupply.com/product/reflective-glowire/
I don't go for this kind of stuff 'cause it's not splice-able, weighs a bit too much and costs too much ($.25 per foot). I'm blind in one eye and have zero depth perception that gets worse at night, but I have yet to trip on a tarp guyline or run into my tarp ridgeline, but some folks seem to have this problem.
"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds." Ralph Waldo Emerson
I just ran across it and thought it might be useful for my tarp. I can trip on a line in daylight.
Lawson equipment is working on some killer glow wire
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