FLASH LOOPS~ an Amsteel/ GlowWire Daisy-chain

**Flash Grundelore** · 08-20-2017, 08:25

[...voice-over ala Dutch...]
"Hi, everybody. I'm Flash Grundelore, and today I'd like to show you something I've come up with that I call FLASH LOOPS."

Just as a POC [proof-of-concept], I tossed this together in about 15 minutes simply because I had the two pieces of line hanging out on my coffee table with no purpose...

Dog-boned ["locked" brummels] the ends of the amsteel*
Measured out one inch increments on the line
Pulled glow-wire thru to make eased loops
Passed g-w behind Amsteel and buried it backwards down into the first loops as needed

My thought on this was we almost all make our Whoopie slings with a foot or two of line between the larks-head on the CL and the returned bury on the whoopie loop. That section is under dynamic tension, even if it is just that of the hammock.
Putting a daisy-chain into that part of the line gives a place to hang small gear... either with mini-biners or just by tying or poking things like stuff sacks and shoelaces right thru the daisy-loops. This solution can of course be retrofitted into any piece of tensioned amsteel [any hollow-core line] like a ridgeline, and with basically no added weight.
The GlowWire loops [you could use nearly anything] can easily be pulled back out if the they collapse under weight from items on an adjoining loop.

[* in this case that was just so this wouldn't be a "throw-away" and could actually be used]

**RHunter** · 08-20-2017, 08:27

Bravo!

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**YakNPack** · 08-20-2017, 08:31

That is awesome! My pack doesn't have daisy chains and this is something that I could quickly add.

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**Flash Grundelore** · 08-20-2017, 08:46

Originally Posted by YakNPack

That is awesome! My pack doesn't have daisy chains and this is something that I could quickly add.

Let us hear how that goes. I only thought of these as being under dynamic tension. I don't know if the GlowWire end returns would work loose...

**CorwinC** · 08-20-2017, 10:43

A quick stitch in the end returns would be one way to stop it from working loose. Neat idea ... going to play with this a little. Ah, the possibilities ... if both cords were hollow core, the inner cord could have a locked brummel pulled back inside ... hmmmm.

**YakNPack** · 08-20-2017, 10:48

Originally Posted by Flash Grundelore

Let us hear how that goes. I only thought of these as being under dynamic tension. I don't know if the GlowWire end returns would work loose...

I think I will have to lock the loops for a pack, but your idea is awesome.

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**curlymaple42** · 08-20-2017, 12:01

BRILLIANT!!!! I'm going to play with this Flash Loop concept! Maybe with the Ironwire and Zingit inside for lips or something. I have plenty of dogbones around as well. Thank you oh inventor of the Flash Loop!

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**evanphi** · 08-20-2017, 18:14

This is awesome!

I have all my amsteel, plus I just ordered some Reflect It from Dutchware. Both hollow core... so I can splice the ends of the reflected bits in.

Very cool!

**Redoleary** · 08-20-2017, 19:00

Well done sir! That's a very cool little do-dad you've come up with there.

**oldgringo** · 08-21-2017, 03:23

Unless I'm missing something here in the wee hours, you could lock each loop before finishing the ends of the dogbone, as long as both cords are close to the same size.