Originally Posted by
ChillinOut
Opie - All I'm doing is stringing up a continuous ridgeline & using prussiks to stretch the tarp out & make it easy to centre it ok, nothing out of the ordinary.
The stuff I bought is Stein Skyline 2mm Dyneema and yes, it could be spliced if I knew how to do it. Majorly disappointed with it - I honestly am. I had to change my tarp setup so that I attached each end independently - it took longer, involved a lot of swearing and was less easy on the eye too. In all honesty ordinary household string would have been better as it's more "grippy" for a prussik to get a hold on.
Maybe it's just me. I know paracord can stretch, be heavy & bulky - but it's cheap & does everything asked of it. I bought the throwline because it was gonna be lighter, looks sexy & is almost as strong as paracord...total waste of money. It's only good for guylines IMO, that and tying up Christmas presents!
If the throwline was "grippy" it would be perfect, but since it's not paracord looks like a reasonable alternative. Does anyone know of lightweight "grippy" stuff I could try instead (that doesn't cost a king's ransom!!)??
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