Originally Posted by f0rm4t
Only ever used camo 550. Never had a need to consider anything else really.
...If it isn't broke
The only beef I have is that it sucks up water, and becomes heavy. I hate to pack away kit wet. But on the other hand, I would have to hang the tarp up to dry at home anayway....
Victory awaits the one, that has everything in order - luck we call it
Defeat is an absolute consequense for the one that have neglected to do the necessary preparations - bad luck we call it
(Roald Amundsen)
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for me i use 550 para... bloody love the stuff use it for everything!
There is pleasure in the pathless woods, There is a rapture on the lonely shore, There is society, where none intrudes,
By the deep sea, and music in its roar, I love not man the less, but Nature more.
Great advice, thanks chaps.
I ended up buying a 100 metre roll of the Webtex 3mm paracord for £9.95 post free. Now just waiting for my line loks to make them up into guy lines.
should of made some loks mate its only a peice of plastic with some holes drilled in made a few out of a flat bit of birch a few years ago lasted for a good few years
There is pleasure in the pathless woods, There is a rapture on the lonely shore, There is society, where none intrudes,
By the deep sea, and music in its roar, I love not man the less, but Nature more.
The wooden ones are great, mine are still going strong and I made them in December 2010.
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Isn't it nice when someone says "that's a great piece of kit, where did you buy that", then you can modestly reply "you can't buy it, I made it myself". The moral is, it's amazing what you can achieve if you put your mind to it.
"No better burden can a man carry on the road, than a store of common sense." - Hávamál: 10
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Sorry, I must have named them wrong. Its these ones
http://www.ebay.co.uk/bhp/clam-cleat
Ahhhh used them on the sailing boats
Border Bushcrafters
Isn't it nice when someone says "that's a great piece of kit, where did you buy that", then you can modestly reply "you can't buy it, I made it myself". The moral is, it's amazing what you can achieve if you put your mind to it.
"No better burden can a man carry on the road, than a store of common sense." - Hávamál: 10
http://midgefodderbushcraft.blogspot.co.uk
Para cord tried and tested since birth! Bank line is good though; in the past I've tended to braid it for extra strength and importantly, visibility!! Saying that, garden jute is quite strong when braided and no great shakes if lost or snapped...
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