Good Deal?

**Edie** · 02-10-2014, 14:15

Is this usable for tarps and such? What size?
http://www.overstock.com/Emergency-P...Y&searchidx=22

**gmcttr** · 02-10-2014, 14:57

It's usable but would not be my first choice and the manufacturer doesn't give strength specs. Polypropylene is lower in strength than polyester. The 3mm should be ~1/8" which is larger than typically used.

A search will turn up better prices such as here... http://www.campsaver.com/glow-in-the-dark-ropes

**SilvrSurfr** · 02-10-2014, 15:16

Not my first choice either. Polypropylene degrades quickly in sunlight, and is not very strong. The price of $.08 looks attractive, but you'd be better off paying $.14 cents a foot for 1.75 mm Zing-it. It's pretty popular on HF, is strong (480 lbs. breaking strength) and splice-able.

http://www.wesspur.com/throw-line/zi...hrow-line.html

**Edie** · 02-10-2014, 15:33

Thanks, I figured as much.

**SilvrSurfr** · 02-10-2014, 15:43

If you're keen on reflective/glow-in-the-dark line, there's this stuff:

http://diygearsupply.com/product/reflective-glowire/

I don't go for this kind of stuff 'cause it's not splice-able, weighs a bit too much and costs too much ($.25 per foot). I'm blind in one eye and have zero depth perception that gets worse at night, but I have yet to trip on a tarp guyline or run into my tarp ridgeline, but some folks seem to have this problem.