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    Question Whoopie slings made with rope other than AmSteel?

    I got my first hammock over Christmas, and was looking into whoopie slings. I noticed most people use AmSteel blue, I eventually plan to purchase some of the 4,900 lb, but thought about purchasing some anchor line from my local bass pro until then. I found these two hollow braid lines and am wondering if they would work?
    http://www.basspro.com/Bass-Pro-Shop...roduct/104343/

    http://www.basspro.com/Bass-Pro-Shop...SSSELL_PRODUCT

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    According to the reviews, there seems to be issues with splices coming undone.
    I am still 18 but with 52 years of experience !

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    The 7/64" (1600lb) is plenty for hammocking. Unless you plan to use your whoopies to pull a jeep out of the river, I'd go smaller. This size is not that expensive and can be purchased in small quantities or already made whoopies can be purchased from the cottage vendors here.

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    The rope in the second link is not a hollow braid and will not work.

    While the anchor rope is a hollow braid and could be made into a whoopie sling, it's strength is lower than I would use. I don't have any experience with that type of polypropylene rope, but it may require longer buries in the splices to hold.

    As for amsteel blue, the 7/64" @1600 lbs avg breaking strength is adequate for most of us and the 1/8" @ 2500 lbs is used by those wanting even more of a safety margin.

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    Wow - that's some discrepancy between what you eventually plan to get (4900 lb. Amsteel), and the first link (84-210 lb. breaking strength) - which is insufficient to support anything more than a 20 lb. dog in a hammock.

    For that price, you can get 75 ft. of Amsteel 7/64" at Dutchware:

    http://dutchwaregear.com/25-feet-of-amsteel.html

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    what he said!
    YMMV

    HYOH

    Free advice worth what you paid for it. ;-)

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    Thanks! I'll hold out for some AmSteel and use the bass pro card for something else!

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    I purchased some anchor rope at academy sports when I first got started. I believe it was 3/8" and had a breaking strength of 500 lbs or so. Used it several times with no issues; I weighed abot 210-215 at the time. I hang very low to the ground so danger was minimal.

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    Here is a link to what I purchased from academy:
    http://m.academy.com/webapp/wcs/stor...r+line&Ntk=All

    Some particulars about the rope.
    - 360 lb. safe work load
    - 1,800 lb. tensile strength

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