Saw Shane's post two years ago and tried it. Still use nothing but for all guy-outs. For an inveterate experimenter like me, that says a lot.
Saw Shane's post two years ago and tried it. Still use nothing but for all guy-outs. For an inveterate experimenter like me, that says a lot.
in·vet·er·ate /inˈvetərit/ Adjective
Having a particular habit, activity, or interest that is long-established and unlikely to change.
(of a feeling or habit) Long-established and unlikely to change.
Synonyms
confirmed - ingrained - deep-seated
Thanks WV, once again, learned something new.
Just got a set of these lineloks myself, will be using shane's method in conjunction with the JRB STL's I got on my new tarp. Cant wait to play with it.
The Line-Locks work well in very cold weather for you can set them up without removing your gloves or chopper mitts.
I just ordered some of the mini line loks so I can try this method.
I've been using the mini line locks in the regular way the instructions specified. But I didn't like that because the line doubled when you shorten up you could never get the tarp down close to the stake. Shanes way solved that and is way better. All I had to do was connect the shock cord directly to the line locks and rethread the line. The line I use is only 1.25 mm Zline from Zpacks and it holds great and allows room for 1/8 inch shock cord.
Ok. I've been using the line loks for a couple of weeks and I had one nasty wind storm. I'm using a 1mm dynema (just playing) and had some slippage. A half hitch behind the line lok fixed that, but I wanted to warn you guys about another issue that I found. Originally I rigged it up like this pic that shane posted:
The 1mm line actually cut through the plastic. I don't know if 1.75 would have cut through (it really was crazy windy) and don't think it would have happened under "normal" wind. Anyway, I got several sets, so I rigged up a little different and have not had had any problems other than some slippage under heavy wind (which a half hitch fixed)...and like I said, I'm using 1mm, so that could have something to do with it. It is easy and quick though. Thanks for posting.
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It looks like the hammock forum store is out of stock on the mini line loks in all color varieties.
Please let me know if anyone has a reputable alternate source in the US for these.
I ordered line from Dutch to try Shane's system out, but my web search for alt mini line loks was not productive.
Thanks.
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Don't know, the first time I went to order, they were out. The next time, they had them, and I stocked up. I did a search, trying to find them when I first tried ordering, and couldn't find a source. That's when I waited, and kept checking back. Maybe a PM to a mod can point you in the right direction, as to who runs the store, and can tell you if they have more coming in? Just a thought....RR
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