So I had to get up to adjust it again and watched closely and one of my Beckett hitches slid as well.
Hmmm. Not sure it was worth the weight savings.
Once both straps slipped down both trees during night
For me, from then on, always twice around tree.
If tree is too large for strap to go around twice, that is ok because there is more surface area and more friction to hold me up without sliding
The slide down was one time out of over a hundred times—it left me inches from ground
And more than once becket hitch slipped
Then I changed to Carolina becket hitch, shown in one of my videos, Phantom Grappler Recommended Ties part 2 of 2
Around 4 minutes 10 seconds in, it shows Carolina becket hitch—it limits how far your strap can slip
The slipknot is placed about an inch from hitch exit. If strap slips, slipknot stops everything, when it can’t get through hitch
Your mileage may vary, do what works for you
How were you attaching it to the tree? What kind of tree?
I could see the webbing potentially slipping on something relatively smooth like beech but highly unlikely on some scraggly-azz oak.
I use Kevlar straps and attach to the tree with a slipped buntline hitch which makes a constrictor loop (lasso!) that gets tighter as the load is put on it. Never had it slip on any kind of tree, easy to release in the morning.
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I put my strap through a simple sewn-eye on the end (very common).
I find that it can slip if you don't cinch it up to the tree first. If there is much of a gap between the tree and the point where the strap feeds through itself, then there is an opportunity for slippage. So be sure to snug it up.
It may also depend on the tree: if you're on birch or some other slippery bark tree, i can see how this could happen. Most of the trees i'm on are very rough.
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