What material of cordage do you use for tarp lines?

[Ranc0r]

Zing-It for the ridgeline, Reflect-It for the tie-outs.

[rais'n hammock]

I use Lash-it for the ridgeline and Catzye for my guylines.

Catzye™ Reflective Hammock Line | Litesmith
http://www.litesmith.com/catzye-refl...-hammock-line/

[Trail Runner]

Zing-it 1.75 mm - hi vis enough for me. I just don't want reflective cordage.

I completely agree. I've been doing this for close to 30 years and if I haven't learned by now not to walk too close to my tarp then I deserve the faceplant that follows.

[W8lkinUSA]

^^^

Spiderline braided dyneema for this rookie..

[Biker61]

for ridgeline 3mm Dyneema
for guylines 2mm Polyamid (Nylon) from Online-Shop
I love the stretchy guylines because they nicely keep the tarp taught.

[Chesapeake]

On my Old Man Winter I have 3" loops of reflective shock cord on each of the tie out loops, and off of that is a 5' length of reflect-it thats larks headed on via a small loop at the end. To attach it to my stakes/spikes I just use a MSH. For my panel pulls, I ran out of reflect it so I used a doubled up 8' length of braided masons line tied to each pull loop.... It goes out to my up-ended trekking pole in the middle, a 6' length of reflect it with a small loop on one end goes over the pole tip next and then out to the stake/spike w/ a MSH. I'd like to add worms next, but for now it works just fine. To keep the doors open, I just pull the spike out and hang it back over the panel pull line so the weight of the spike keeps it open. I also use a Dutch zing-it continuous RL with lash it soft shackles, Dutch hook & wasp. By far the easiest RL to put up and adjust in my mind.

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[jaedee]

Zing it: 12' at each end of ridgeline and 6' at the tie outs.

[Bic]

my go to used to be zingit/lashit but over the years the simplicity and effectiveness of 3/32 tech line (like paracord but a bit smaller and lighter) is hard to beat. I often use a marlin spike hitch to throw on a stake... but even more often I find myself tying taught line hitches around a tree or stump and the tech line is a million times better than lashit or zingit.

[maximillian]

I like the Red Zing It for my CRL and tieouts.
Just recently got some Slide locks from dutch to use on my tie outs, haven´t fieldtested them yet, but looks promising from my inside-the-appartment-tarp-hanging trials......

[Twigs]

I started with para cord until I found out how much water they can retain. Then went zing it which is fine. I saw on this forum someone using

Dyneema 300# braided fishing line, along with these little toggles

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Connector-Pi...item1a16cca507

And this combo has worked for me. Super crazy light, I now leave the cordage on the stake, along with the little toggle and can quickly set up and take down, no more fighting cordage left on tarp.

I still use zing it to secure tarp to trees- I don't use a ridge line.

Hmm, this is an intriguing system, might have to try it out.

For me I use lash it and dutch flyz to tie to trees (~8ft each end - I don't use a tarp ridgeline) and teeny-tiny 1.4mm slick dyneema line from zpacks (the unbranded variety they no longer carry, one side has ~6' and the other ~9' for porch mode). This zline is practically unusable elsewhere (originally bought it to hang bear bags) but is really easy to tie to stakes using Andrew Skurka's method. It does occasionally decide to knot when stowed away, unlike the lash it, but it never creates enough of a problem for me to justify changing it out.

On my sil tarp my lines also have ~6" shock cord tensioners tied in (none on cuben).