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    Senior Member kitsapcowboy's Avatar
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    Quote Originally Posted by MikekiM View Post
    Dynaglide colors are ugly? Serious?


    These are not colors that will get someone dates...
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    I use dynaglide suspension to hold up my gram weenie when I whip it out.
    It works fine but like many UL choices its not usually an issue of working, but for how long. So I use it sparingly when I'm pushing for a SUL kit.
    Like Goobie I don't trust them for more than a season, and I inspect them fairly often after 30 nights of use.
    If you are out with different hang distances every night... they last longer. If you hang them in a pretty fixed position... they wear out faster.

    I use Amsteel 7/64th to hold up my butt.
    My butt weighs more than my gram weenie and if there is no reason to put my butt on the line I can handle the two ounces.

    As SGT Rock sarcastically says; "You're going to die"

    As the engineers say; a good rule of thumb is 1/5th the load rating or basically....
    Up to 200lbs- you can use dynaglide- but you should probably have a reason to do so.
    Up to 300lbs- use 7/64th Amsteel
    300-500lbs- use 1/8 th Amsteel minimum.

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    Quote Originally Posted by kitsapcowboy View Post


    These are not colors that will get someone dates...
    And the green sucks to splice...

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    Quote Originally Posted by kitsapcowboy View Post


    These are not colors that will get someone dates...
    I love those colors!!!


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    I kind of dig them too, but at 180lbs more or less, I'll stick with my tried and true amsteel. I'll make up the difference in grams elsewhere.

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    I was fortunate with my dynaglide UCR's. They never broke, but they did slowly lower me to the ground multiple times on their last night. I took their slippage as a sign to replace them. I don't remember the difference in weight, and don't care. It's just not worth it!!

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    Listen to Shug. He's right. Dynaglide is an arborist's product, throwline made for smooth travel over coarse tree limbs. I have a couple of hundred feet of it and like it. Great strength for it's size. Dynaglide is wonderful for tight tarp CRLs, least abrasive on the tarp, and for bear bags. I have my clothesline outside made of it, stretched with a KOLA, and it is just as strong and taught after weathering as six months ago, without any adjustments.

    Hang from 1/8" Amsteel and you'll sleep like a baby, every time, everywhere. No worries or second thoughts whatsoever. Do the numbers in grams and you'll see no significant difference.

    I take it you've never had a hammock snap and drop you instantly into whatever is beneath you, onto your spine. I have. I was young and lucky with short drop and soft ground, no rocks or roots under me. Imagine life in a wheelchair. No good.

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    Quote Originally Posted by kitsapcowboy View Post
    Also, addressing the elephant in the room, Dynaglide colors are ugly.

    Conversely, Amsteel is beautiful!
    I may be the only one, but I think k Amsteel smells good too. Call me crazy. 😀

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    Quote Originally Posted by BigE94 View Post
    I may be the only one, but I think k Amsteel smells good too. Call me crazy. 😀

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    This thread is taking a dark turn....

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    Pgibson,
    I have between a 10 and 12 inch bury. There are made pretty well if I do say so myself and I have fully inspected them for wear and tear and nothing found. They seemed to perform quite well the first 10 - 15 times used but later seemed to get "sticky" and more difficult to adjust.
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