Request for Advice: Hammock cord
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Compared to a cinch buckle or descender ring adjusting system, quite a bit. If you're going lightweight then every little bit counts. I use whoopies because they make adjustment simple & it's fun to say
Agreed, just worry about the uneven pitch, the rocky ground, the sloping bank, the bog, the ticks etc etc
Hmmmm, certainly given me food for thought in some of the posts. Still regardless of what you use NEVER put a hammock over rocks. It goes without saying that everthing on my hammock, including climbing rated krabs gets checked at each pitch and de-pitch. Water being soaked up by the paracord has never been a problem due to drip rings or zip ties. I only buy genuine 550 paracord from reputable suppliers.
2sxmalloy - even genuine paracord is nowhere near strong enough to be used as hammock suspension. Look at the graph shown below. Those are static strains. Every time you wriggle, the strain will double or quadruple. Dyneema/Spectra/Amsteel is not that much more expensive and far far better than a lifetime in a wheelchair.
The set upyou show in your photographs is excellent and it shows great attention to detail, but it uses the wrong materials and is dangerous.
The set upyou show in your photographs is excellent and it shows great attention to detail, but it uses the wrong materials and is dangerous.
It's sxmOlloy (sorry, but that really p155E5 me off). As I said in my last post it's given me food for thought so I will be reviewing my setup. Thus far I have had no slip ups and the genuine 550 paracord has held up fine, but I'll look again and have taken into account the graph shown ABOVE
I wonder who started the obsession with paracord - was it Lofty Wiseman, I wonder?
For simple lashing there is cheaper, stronger stuff out there (polypropylene). There's less stretchy stuff too (starter cord). I'm guessing that a paratrooper would have a ready supply so that's what they tended to use but the fact that it shrinks when wet & stretches too doesn't make it ideal in many of the situations we all use it for
For simple lashing there is cheaper, stronger stuff out there (polypropylene). There's less stretchy stuff too (starter cord). I'm guessing that a paratrooper would have a ready supply so that's what they tended to use but the fact that it shrinks when wet & stretches too doesn't make it ideal in many of the situations we all use it for
Agreed, just worry about the uneven pitch, the rocky ground, the sloping bank, the bog, the ticks etc etc
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