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    I've used Kelty Triptease in the past and was unimpressed when the sheath continued to slip over the core. Any type of friction knot turned into a mess. I stopped using it years ago, and I'll bet it was discontinued because others felt the same way.

    There are other reflective lines on the market today which are far superior. Others can chime in with their picks, but i like the 1.8mm Reflective Accessory Cord from Sea to Summit. I picked up a bunch of it on sale at Field And Stream years ago. I only use it on my winter tarps.

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    Well, I guess I should have mentioned the Triptease here before I bought it. I went ahead and also ordered some of the Lawson’s since it was even cheaper than the Triptease (and free shipping to boot). I’ll compare the two and maybe post my experience with each. It’s really easy to get caught up all the gear that’s available and spend more than you probably should.


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    No matter what i use, its connected to a prussic loop of mason line clove hitched to the D-ring.

    You can make adjustments from under the tarp at the corners, and it will in theory fail long before the tarp material does, and it can be repaired with an overhand knot.
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    Quote Originally Posted by kmjohnson1974 View Post
    .... It’s really easy to get caught up all the gear that’s available and spend more than you probably should.
    Ain't it the truth??!!

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    I like shock cord to tension my tie out lines a la Derek Hansen's rubber band tensioners -https://theultimatehang.com/2012/04/18/rubber-band-tarp-line-tensioners/

    I've used them gusty thunder storms without problems.

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    i mostly use paracord type 1, or paracord 100 or microcord, it's a 2mm line similar to paracord, in that it is reasonably stretchy, but it is much thinner and much lighter than the original paracord, also the roughly 100lbs break strength, although still a bit too much for a tarp imho, makes it closer to useable. i wouldn't go below 2mm because of confort and safety reasons. the paracord 100 is handy as it's so easy to find in quantity and in different colors (i guess thanks to the paracord survival bracelet micro-mega-industry). i use the tensioning system i developed and showed in a thread here (basically a VT with a tending loop attached directly to the tarp tieout, functioning like sort of a no-hardware lineloc). i prefer the more stretchy cord because of all the reasons jeff-oh mentioned in his post, but i hate shockcord about as passionately as silvrsurfr (although i do rank zip ties quite a bit higher in the shortlist of useless inventions, at least shock cord is useful sometimes if used wisely ). i think for a tarp, in the usage patterns we typically see, the main safety is brought by the long reasonably stretchy guyline, not short pieces of shock cord. if you want more consistency in terms of tension, the (additional) thing which helps the most is gravity (either by using simple pulley systems, or just hanging a bottle of water or such at the tieuot), for storm ops the gravity solution is irreplaceable if you want things really nice, because of a few things which are unmatched by other solutions in gusty conditions: the range of movement it allows without over-tensioning, and the harmonic vibration dampening it introduces.

    short version: throw away (or use elsewhere) the shock cord, but don't use dyneema as guylines either.

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    Tarp Tie Outs

    So I bought the Lawson’s Reflective Glowire and the Kelty Triptease. The Glowire arrived first, so I went ahead and tried it out as my tarp guy line. Fantastic stuff. Shines like airport runway lights in the dark and holds knots really well. I got the Triptease right before a 3-day hiking trip, so I just decided to use it during the trip as my food hanging line. It did ok until I went to take it down the next morning. The sheath on the line wound up shearing off, so then I had to cut the line to save what was left. It certainly looked good when I got it, but the Lawsons clearly seems to be the better of the two.


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    Quote Originally Posted by kmjohnson1974 View Post
    So I bought the Lawson’s Reflective Glowire and the Kelty Triptease. The Glowire arrived first, so I went ahead and tried it out as my tarp guy line. Fantastic stuff. Shines like airport runway lights in the dark and holds knots really well. I got the Triptease right before a 3-day hiking trip, so I just decided to use it during the trip as my food hanging line. It did ok until I went to take it down the next morning. The sheath on the line wound up shearing off, so then I had to cut the line to save what was left. It certainly looked good when I got it, but the Lawsons clearly seems to be the better of the two.


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    I had this exact issue when I tied a truckers hitch with it...

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    And now you know why no one carries it.

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