Recommend me some lightweight guylines please?

[Cheeky Monkey]

Thinking about more Zing It but wondering if folks had any recommendation for fairly lightweight guylines. Not a true weight weenie myself but seems a shame to add loads of weight to my nice new Superfly tarp, especially as it'll need several more than your average diamond or asym equivalents.

Ta

[Taylor]

Zing it with 8' guys weigh next to nowt if you use Prussic loops. I'd weigh mine but my tarp is 300 miles away at present.
It's in the region of 10 grams though.

[thomthumb]

dyneema & lineloks on mine

from here

http://www.cleats.co.uk/

[Chew]

If you're looking for Dyneema or other lightweight strong cord, go down to your local climbing shop. You'll be able to buy in the lenghts you want, and they'll be able to seal the ends for you.

[Cheeky Monkey]

Tbh I was looking at some of this to try as it's about a tenner cheaper than Zing It:

http://www.frjonesandson.co.uk/products ... 1-5mm-50m/

Having bought Z-It and 2 mm climbing shop cord there's a difference in weight and bulk. Plus climbing stuff usually has a greater degree of stretch IME.

I've got matches to seal my own ends ;-)

[Cornish Neil]

I use 2mm mammut cord http://www.needlesports.com/Catalogue/R ... -the-Metre

[Anthony]

^^ Me too.

It does stretch slightly more than dyneema, but at 2g per M and and £3 for 10m it's well priced.

That said Ive picked up some 1.5mm dyneema type cord sold for venetian blind repairs for about £2 for 10m.

BPL sell 1.5mm reflective guylines for a reasonable price iirc.

[Cheeky Monkey]

This evening I have mostly been learning how to splice locked brummels and bury the ends of lines. It might have been easier to start with something a little larger than zing-it :x

I accept this isn't necessary and a few knots would have taken far less time. Hey ho, all I can see when I close my eyes is yellow threads :?