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    If you really mean “glow in the dark”, that’s different from reflective cord. Reflective cord only “glows” when it with a light beam. Glow-in-the dark usually means the cord, or zipper pull, sort of absorbs sunlight (or other light source) and glows, for everyone to see, until the effort wears off (minutes or hours). It is not as effective as reflective cord because if you have to get up at 3 AM, by that time the glow on glow-in-the-dark cord is gone where reflective cord is always ready to “light up” when you shine a light beam on it.
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    Preventing night time falls...

    I find it usually always glows enough for me, but I don’t use head torch or hand held light when I get up.
    I can usually see well enough without, assuming the moon is around in some capacity, when nature calls.


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    One thing I do is practice walk my pee route before crawling in. Also check for low limbs so I don't get a limb in my eye. I abhor that!
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    Wow cmoulder, you have an amazing hiking site and your instagram pics are beautiful.

    When I hammock overnight, I tuck in with a path for peeing already mapped out. Believe me, it’s close. I’m old and have a long history of multiple broken bones from falls. Thankfully the ankle instability that caused those falls has been repaired. Glory!

    Nevertheless, I shan’t be night tripping, if it can be avoided.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Slack Packhiker View Post
    Wow cmoulder, you have an amazing hiking site and your instagram pics are beautiful.

    When I hammock overnight, I tuck in with a path for peeing already mapped out. Believe me, it’s close. I’m old and have a long history of multiple broken bones from falls. Thankfully the ankle instability that caused those falls has been repaired. Glory!

    Nevertheless, I shan’t be night tripping, if it can be avoided.
    Thanks, and yes it's good to have a plan... I just find a spot that is a good 15-20 feet downwind that is clear of obstacles and call it done!
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    I second Lawson glowire. When my headlamp hits it's like looking at lightsabers. It's also really high quality and so far I haven't see any flaking that other lines have. Also, it's miles brighter than other so-called reflective lines. I have one bought tarp I've been meaning to replace the lines because they hardly reflect at all.

    The only times I've ever tripped over one of my lines is when I've been moving around without my lamp and the cords are practically invisible. As for stealth, the reflective lines are as dark as any other when no light is shining on them.

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    I used them for years and they always worked well. I have since changed to bright yellow masons line. No reflector stuff, but still highly visible with flashlight or moonlight.
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