Divide by 5 is super solid for hammocking. Your weight is distributed even across both straps, giving you an actual margin of 10 to 1, comparable to climbing ratings where they are putting much more dynamic stress on the webbing.
Man, I love your tutorial video's. They are helping me quite a lot to learn and do stuff. I keep each 1 of yours in a special place so I can find them when I'm doing a project.
Just discovered your channel -- Subscribed! Thank you, Tac blades. I've a question or two, if you don't mind : ) Do you know whether stretch-stitches would be better than normal stitches for making webbing, as the webbing will stretch somewhat under load? I suppose that a zig-zag stitch naturally has a certain amount of stretch to it, but my machine has both normal and stretch zig-zag settings. As all I can lay my hands on is cheap nylon webbing, I'd like to maximise what little strength it has.
Johnathan Wilkinson i dont think it will make much difference it might be weaker as you ate putting 3x the number of holes into you webbing with a stretcj stitch which is mainly designed for lycra. I try to minimise the number of holes where ever possible.
Will you ever make a down jacket or do another review of one from Alibaba express? I looking for mid weight one with a high quality fill (850 fill power) simular to a Rab continuum jacket.
MrZimma frame no its too much work to get the rigjt fit and filling them without machine is a nightmare. I have an alpkit filloment mid layer which i love and a b&q down mid layer jacket for £25 which is also good.
I was curious about the weight savings of the Dyneema webbing, so according to Dutchware: 25 feet = 136.5g 136.5 / 25 / 12 = 0.455 g per inch * 39" = *17.8 g/m* or *5.46 g/ft* (to compare with Tac's labels on the other webbing).
Theball Player there is not a massive weight saving, but it is strong for the weight its a great tough webbing that works with all buckles. Full kevlar is lighter but suffers from UV and freying loose weave. You can also get pure dyneema webbing which is lighter but only in white.
Tac Blades I like it, personally. In terms of grams, it might not be massive as you say, but in terms of percentage, it's significantly lighter than same strength materials. Just comparing 25 ft standard webbing in one hand and Dyneema in the other, it feels significant to me. I'm not a gram counter, but I take the lightest option when I'm hiking in vs driving in.
