I'm not a big guy, and if the wife gets her way, I ain't getting any bigger! I'm around 180 and am trying to decide if which diameter I should get in the Amsteel Blue. Any suggestions, opinions? And not weight releated!!! Thanks guys!
I'm not a big guy, and if the wife gets her way, I ain't getting any bigger! I'm around 180 and am trying to decide if which diameter I should get in the Amsteel Blue. Any suggestions, opinions? And not weight releated!!! Thanks guys!
My whoopies are on order, so my experience is only theoretical, but from all I've read 7/64 would be plenty strong for your weight. I'm sure others with actual experience will chime in too.
7/64 definitley. 1/8 is overkill for your weight if you hang at the usual kind of angles and use splices to join the stuff..
Abrasion isn't a problem with dyneema unless you give it a really hard time.
I'm 50 lbs heavier than you and hanging off 7/64. No problems yet.
Dynaglide would even be plenty strong for you. But 7/64 amsteel is more than plenty strong.
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You are looking at 1800 or 1600 lbs of breaking strength. Sure you get a little less with the splice but I think you will be ok either way.
Are you DIYing? If so read the tutorials on here they are great.
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Heck, I have spent close to a dozen nights on 7/64 amsteel, and I am 300 pounds. I did opt for 1/8 on my last order and will be giving the 7/64 set to my son.
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7/64 would be plenty strong enough for your weight but IMHO you could get away with using dynaglide woopies. Did you consider dynaglide at all? Just curious HYOH YMMV.
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210, using 7/64ths here.
7/64's will serve you just fine.
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