Carabiner chafing concerns

[dfscott]

At a campout last weekend, I noticed one of my scouts was hanging his hammock from a #4 nite-ize S-biner. I was concerned that it wasn't strong enough, so I swapped him for the biners on my PLUQ (which were my stock ENO ones).

However, I noticed the nite-ize are not as rounded as normal biners, and since I clip it directly to my whoopie, I'm worried about it fraying the line. I don't have a lot of experience with amsteel so I don't know if my concerns are valid.

Should I just ditch the nite-ize and use normal biners or am I worrying about nothing?

[gmcttr]

Amsteel (dyneema) is a very abrasion resistant material. Keep an eye on it until you gain confidence, but I would not expect any problems at all. Many of us use S-biners and mini-biners clipped to whoopie slings to hang our UQs.

[nuttysquirrel]

don't hang from s biners. i don't belive they are even safety rated.

[Bubba]

don't hang from s biners. i don't belive they are even safety rated.

The OP isn't. He swapped out one of his scouts' S biners for one he uses on his UQ.

If amsteel is to be used for weight bearing, there is a manufacturer recommended amount of bend. Can't remember off hand how many fids it is.

[nuttysquirrel]

Should I just ditch the nite-ize and use normal biners or am I worrying about nothing?

what does he mean by this?

[lanejustin]

what does he mean by this?

He's worried about the S-biners fraying his whoopies coming from the UQ

[nuttysquirrel]

yeah, i wouldn't worry about that.

[mychal]

He's worried about the S-biners fraying his whoopies coming from the UQ

Nutty, Nite-Ize is the company that makes the s-biners.

[dfscott]

Thanks all and sorry for any confusion in my post. Yeah I'm hoping the 7/16 amsteel will be tough enough to hold my UQ, which is just tension, not weight. In retrospect, the biner will probably fail before the line frays...

[gunner76]

The amsteel is over kill for a UQ. I like to use micro binners myself.