Tripping over guylines, where to get high viz?

**warbonnetguy** · 11-11-2013, 19:44

You might just try a bright color like yellow or orange, It doesn't necessairly need to be reflective, i can see our yellow guylilne at night from at least 5 feet away...plenty good to keep you from tripping over it.

**Seeker** · 11-11-2013, 19:58

I had this problem several years back... bought some Kelty Triptease Lightline for about $30. 50', I think I got. expensive anyway. lit my 6 tieout lines up like a laser lightshow... TOO much! currently, the 2 tieouts on the 'back' side of my setup (away from the fire pit) are white 3/16" cord. That's enough to see them. The two main head/foot tieouts are paracord. One of the 'near' side tieouts is paracord. the other is still Lightline, but only half of it.

You can also just buy some hunter's "Limb-Lights", which are a sort of twist tie with a rubberized reflective coating on it. You can just twist them around the middle of your tie out. (Hunters use them on tree limbs to find their way to/from hunting stands in the dark. You can see them for about 30 yards with no haze or obstructing branches.)

edit: just went back and re-read the whole thread. my apologies to 2Ply for repeating his/her idea.

**tbird911** · 11-11-2013, 20:53

I bought some Glo Wire from Lawson in the black midnight color. I've never used it until this weekend. The attached picture is in modified and what you see is pure Glo --- looks like this with very little light as a reflection source.

Remember this line is almost solid black with little silver bands in it, but boy does it light up when hit we a light source.

**Talox** · 11-12-2013, 21:13

I see you have a pair of sumglasses ther to keep from being blinded on your way back to the tarp at night. Smart Idea!!!

**Peter_pan** · 11-13-2013, 15:05

Bright colors that are not reflective is the key... That way they will not ruin your photos....JRB STL set are a high vis yellow with blue and turquiose to break up the yellow and no florescents to ruin the photos. http://www.jacksrbetter.com/shop/self-tensioning-lines/

Pan

**El-Beardo** · 11-17-2013, 04:18

Although you've already got a lot of options on here, I find reflective lines too much. A bright colour works well and still shows up fine at night (most of the time I'm using my head torch anyhow). I'm using the orange version of this at the moment and it works really well (and weighs next to nothing) http://litetrail.com/shop/litetrail-...a-guyline-cord . Zing-it is another good choice too, the yellow is bright, it's super light and it's hollow braid so your guylines can be knot free too!

**Wlb007** · 11-17-2013, 09:29

Originally Posted by El-Beardo

Although you've already got a lot of options on here, I find reflective lines too much. A bright colour works well and still shows up fine at night (most of the time I'm using my head torch anyhow). I'm using the orange version of this at the moment and it works really well (and weighs next to nothing) http://litetrail.com/shop/litetrail-...a-guyline-cord . Zing-it is another good choice too, the yellow is bright, it's super light and it's hollow braid so your guylines can be knot free too!

I got 100 feet of Warbonnets with my superfly and it is 20% cheaper at $20. I also bought 9" glow in the dark pegs on amazon. Am going to take two on my next hike one for each of the outer guy lines they are lighter than the aluminum msr pegs an with a flat head probably safer in the event someone does fall on them. I am also going to drop my small spade from my kit as the two large plastic pegs should be enough to dig a cat hole and save another 4 oz. will follow up and let you know how long they are visible and how sturdy they are

**Mic** · 11-17-2013, 10:23

Dutchware is having a sale. Check out their Zing It line.

http://dutchwaregear.com/

**bmwrider** · 11-25-2013, 21:22

Originally Posted by tbird911

I bought some Glo Wire from Lawson in the black midnight color. I've never used it until this weekend. The attached picture is in modified and what you see is pure Glo --- looks like this with very little light as a reflection source.

Remember this line is almost solid black with little silver bands in it, but boy does it light up when hit we a light source.

That stuff works great

**bigfanboy** · 11-26-2013, 22:43

Originally Posted by Spurr

Nite Ize lightens it up no doubt but seemed to tangle easy at least for me. Switched to zing it but like the reflective tape idea and may have to give that a go..

I just put Nite Ize, with plastic fig 9s, on my HH Hex, so far so good, but yes I can see that stuff is tangley.

Even if I were to change out the line again, I would leave a small 2-3 inch loop of Nite Ize on my Stakes, that has saved me a few times, when I put them down and can't find them at night.