I'm sitting here, tearfully contemplating life without Speer No Tangle line.
I'm sitting here, tearfully contemplating life without Speer No Tangle line.
Dave
"Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is the richness of self."~~~May Sarton
All this talk about Ed's production's just show's how much they added to the hammock community, here is hope's that not all is lost with the great product's that have come from Speer!!!!!!
The first commercially available UQ was the JRB Nest...It is still a great quilt, some 18 up grades later and probably the best selling under quilt.
On a different note...Congrats to both Ed and Karen and John and Darby... I'm sure that they will all benefit from this merger, as will the hammock community.
Pan
Ounces to Grams.
www.jacksrbetter.com ... Largest supplier of camping quilts and under quilts...Home of the Original Nest Under Quilt, and Bear Mountain Bridge Hammock. 800 595 0413
Could be. Regardless, it's a great design and, like I said, it permanently changed the underquilt market.
With all the new vendors making products now, it's nice to see the veteran cottages still standing out. People often post about their great experiences with the new guys, but it's more rare for folks to post that JRB and Speer still do same-day shipping, spend lots of time on the phone with potential customers, etc. So when an enduring design comes from a veteran maker, it's a great thing!
I hope this one comes back into production at some point.
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- Designer, Jeff's Gear Hammock / Pack Cover by JRB
IMPOSSIBLE JUST TAKES LONGER
You won't find the Speer no tangle line for sell at the usual places any longer. Ed told me at Trail Days 2 years ago he has the line custom made by Yale Cordage because they stopped producing it as a standard item.
I have two spools of the same stuff purchased 5 or more years ago at West Marine. It was made by Yale Cordage, called Pulse Line. I have a spool of 1/16 just like Ed's line and a spool of 3/32 which is purple in color, other wise just the same as the Speer no tangle line.
It is described as Double braid - UHMWPE core fiber / polyester cover.
link to an 2007 description of Pulse line.
http://pdf.nauticexpo.com/pdf/yale-c...-3869-_13.html
However, from the announcement statement, I did not get the impression that the no tangle line would no longer be available. I think it will be.
D
Now I have 2 things to be sad about.
1. I never got that snugfit
2. I never asked out Deana Anglemire from the 5th grade.
Maybe I can still get both on the used for sale market.
Last edited by Dutch; 04-24-2010 at 17:10.
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