I decided I'd like to have a go at making some long-ish tree huggers/straps but am in a bit of a quandary about what width & thickness webbing to use. The choice seems to be (all polyester):
* 1" ~1mm thick. Breaking strain ~1500lb
* 1" ~2mm thick. Breaking strain ~3500lb
* 1.5 " ~ 1 mm thick. Breaking strain ~2000lb
* 2" seatbelt webbing. Not sure of thickness but <= 1mm. Breaking strain ? but ample.
* possibly 1.5" seatbelt webbing.
It's hard to know what to use. My son's HH Cub's tree straps uses 1" webbing. My HH Explorer uses 2" seatbelt webbing which is quite soft for handling and stuffs well into a bag but, after only a few nights use, already has a damage point from a protuberance on a branch. Other suppliers use variations of the above. Is 1' wide enough to protect the tree? A commenter on these forums mentioned that some parks require minimum width (1.5"?).
So....what to use? What has a good balance between durability, weight, flexibility (for stuffing in my pack or stuff sack), strength & cost?
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