Ring Buckle Supports

**headchange4u** · 08-02-2008, 11:47

I always had a little bit of slippage. Just use a slip knot next to the rings as illustrated in slowhike's pics.

**thecrumb** · 08-02-2008, 12:36

Perfect!!! A picture IS worth a thousand words...

OK. This is a great setup for a newbie - I'm on a motorcycle so not too concerned with weight.

Now I need to work on my ridgeline length.

**slowhike** · 08-02-2008, 18:10

Originally Posted by Dutch

Man Slowhike you have a lot of pictures.

Yeah, I need to weed through & thin them down again probably<G>.

**FanaticFringer** · 08-02-2008, 19:06

Man this thread is never gonna die.

And neither is my love for cinch buckles.
http://www.onrope1.com/store/index.p...d=118&parent=4

Thanks to AngrySparrow for sending me a free pair a good while back. I was a die hard SMC ring man until I took AS up on his offer. No back-up slip knot to tie with these.
Never had any slippage. Very popular around here. See for yourself.

**Coffee** · 08-02-2008, 19:13

Originally Posted by FanaticFringer

Man this thread is never gonna die.

And neither is my love for cinch buckles.
http://www.onrope1.com/store/index.p...d=118&parent=4

Thanks to AngrySparrow for sending me a free pair a good while back. I was a die hard SMC ring man until I took AS up on his offer. No back-up slip knot to tie with these.
Never had any slippage. Very popular around here. See for yourself.

Nothing to add other than I click on this thread to be the 700th post and you beat me to it.

**6 feet over** · 08-02-2008, 19:15

Originally Posted by FanaticFringer

Man this thread is never gonna die.

This is exactly the thought that went through my mind when I saw this thread active again.

As I haven't read all 701 posts, what is the advantage of rings over buckles? (I'm using buckles...)

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**Dutch** · 08-02-2008, 19:21

I think ring buckle are for people who don't want to admit cinch buckles are better. Just Kidding

I think after cinch buckles came out many people switched but rings work well and do the job as long as you do that half hitch.

**Tobit** · 08-02-2008, 19:24

Originally Posted by Dutch

I think ring buckle are for people who don't want to admit cinch buckles are better. Kinda like southbounders and Canadians.

QFT and FTW!

I love my cinch buckles as much as neo loves his Claytors.

**FanaticFringer** · 08-02-2008, 20:05

Originally Posted by 6 feet over

This is exactly the thought that went through my mind when I saw this thread active again.

As I haven't read all 701 posts, what is the advantage of rings over buckles? (I'm using buckles...)

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No advantage.....minor disadvantages.......keep using your buckles.

**GrizzlyAdams** · 08-02-2008, 22:30

ring buckles have an advantage that you can convert your web-based suspension to a lightweight rope-based suspension, keep the rings as is, and have it be just as easily adjustable (using a Garda hitch on the rings) as with webbing. But lighter. I'm not seeing that possibility with the cinch buckle, that's a web-only device.

The extra half-hitch with the ring buckles is to my mind a total non-issue time-wise, or convenience wise. For a given webbing based system I don't see any significant differences between rings and cinch buckles.

Grizz