When it comes to cordage, I'm a bit of geek, for which I make no apologies. If you want to avoid all that, the bottom line:is IMO It's better than Zing it, etc because works with just as well with hardware and holds knots like the bowline, and taught line hitch well. Long bury splices are very difficult to pull off, though.
On the web http://lawsonequipment.com/Cordage/S...mm-p1114.html:
HYOH, so I rig my tarp with !.75mm line. I use Lawson's discontinued Ironwire, which is similar to Lash-it and Zing-it. Except for the "Porch mode" tie-outs, where I went with 2mm Glowire for the reflectivity. I do end-only ridgeline tie outs to Dutchware Stingerz, I use knots to tie out to stakes. I'm reviewing it with that in mind.
Specs on the website are a 1.75mm .019 oz per foot, break strength 500 lbs. The diameter is spot on,measured by a dial caliper and, the weight is right on, near as my scale can tell. I can't make accurate measurements of break strength, but It took my 200 lbs and a little bouncing without any sign of wear, or stretch for that matter.
The big difference with the competitors is that it's not urethane coated, so it's dull rather that shiny and it has quite a bit of grip to it. My problem with coated lines is that they are too slippery for knots like a taught line (midshipman's) hitch, so I need a buntline or truckers hitch to my stakes. Probably a YMMV thing, but I just find a taught line hitch much easier to tie, and Statline will hold it.
My unscientific testing involved Taught line hitches tied in each end, with one loop over a hook in the ceiling, and my foot in the other. Full weight standing and a little bit of bouncing didn't move the knots. I did draw the knots tight and highly recommend using a slipped knot so you can undo it with a pull. I tied Prussics and they seem to hold just as well. I don't have feel for the forces on prussics in a CRL, so I can't say how well that might work. I also can't say what the ultimate holding power of the knotted line is, but it is certainly way stronger than the tarp it's tied to. So, more than adequate for MY purposes.
It's also very tightly braided, and much rounder than the others, which probably accounts for the knot holding ability, and certainly makes it very hard to splice. I took Lawson's warnings to that effect as a challenge. What's in the pic is NOT a long bury splice, it's me seeing if I could pull a tapered end through the braid.I barely managed to get it all into hollow part, but I don't see how I could have pulled the entire tail through.Maybe some sort of lubricant would do the trick. In the back of my head, I'm thinking that the thing to do if I REALLY want a splice is to remove 1 strand the entire length of the bury and taper the other 7 as usual. I won't get 100% of line strength that way, and probably not 7/8 either, but it should certainly be enough for a tarp. Just to give some comparison points, I use floral wire to splice and I taper before I bury. Done that way, 7/64 amsteel is a snap to splice, Zing it and Lawson Ironwire are fussy, but pretty simple, and Statline takes dedication. The tight weave and utter lack of "give" in the threads make knots a much easier choice.
I tried it with a Dutch Stinger and a Dutch wasp, and it's completely compatible. Pulls smoothly through the "Hooks" and locks under the antenna lust like the other lines.
It's somewhat less prone to tangling, but if you let that corner flap in the wind a bit, it will still tangle.
So, what am I going to do? I'm going to replace all my tarp to ground lines. I'll use a bowline to secure to the tarp, and return to a taught line hitch for stakes. I'll probably leave my ridgelines until they show wear. Then I'll get some more Statline and see if I can't pull off a 7 stand long bury splice.
BTW, the Statline is wrapped around a (small) Hungry Fish cord winder from Lawson. Just an impulse buy, bit it weights nothing and I can easily get all my utility lines on there side by side so it might wind up on my pack after all
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