I'm more or less with you stalker. I prefer carabiners, but they do compress/flex into smaller spaces and they are cheaper... and you get the little bit of satisfaction that you are using something that you made yourself.
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I'm more or less with you stalker. I prefer carabiners, but they do compress/flex into smaller spaces and they are cheaper... and you get the little bit of satisfaction that you are using something that you made yourself.
I think carabiners are more practical but the soft shackles are just kind of a fun. Plus if you've got the rope and you don't have the carabiners, one less thing you've got to buy.
I carry a couple of dyneema soft shackles most days. Occasionally they come in very handy.
But I make them Kohlhoff style. Much easier to make and use.