Para cord ( reflective)

[Echidna not]

Hi everyone, I’m pretty good at tripping over guy ropes ,so I’m just wondering if anyone has used reflective para cord ? and where did you get it ? Would you buy it again ?
TIA

[Mark F]

There are at least 20 suppliers of reflective code in the 1.8 to 4mm diameter area. S2S, Kelty, NiteIze Lawson Equipment and on and on and on and on. Do a quick google and your prayers will be answered. You can even get it at Bunnings!

[Echidna not]

Thanks mark , I Don’t recall seeing any reflective at Bunnings , I have done a google search and most are suppliers from China most with shonky reviews and some from the US on fleabay , hence why I asked here.

[undercling-mike]

You can get spectra glowire from Tier Gear in Tasmania

[HarryS11]

I bought some sea to summit stuff a few years ago, it does absolutely nothing. Definitely test before you buy.

[Echidna not]

I bought some sea to summit stuff a few years ago, it does absolutely nothing. Definitely test before you buy.

Thankyou harry ,

[Echidna not]

You can get spectra glowire from Tier Gear in Tasmania

Thankyou mike , I’ll check them out ,

[ErichFromm]

Slightly off topic but can someone explain to me why paracord/550 is so popular? I bought a tonne of the stuff years ago and hate it: holds water so much it's like a wet rag after rain, not as strong as spectra/dyneema and often too slippery for knots like a prusik. I find the basic cord from bunnings is better...

And if the answer is "because you can pull out the inner lines and use as fishing line" why not just include fishing line in your kit?

[Echidna not]

Slightly off topic but can someone explain to me why paracord/550 is so popular? I bought a tonne of the stuff years ago and hate it: holds water so much it's like a wet rag after rain, not as strong as spectra/dyneema and often too slippery for knots like a prusik. I find the basic cord from bunnings is better...

And if the answer is "because you can pull out the inner lines and use as fishing line" why not just include fishing line in your kit?

Hi Eric , I’m guessing parra is popular because it’s more well known than spectra/dyneema, I hadn’t heard of either of the two until undlercling-mike mentioned one of them , but now I’ve been made aware of them I will be investigating it more.
And spectra/dyneema probs doesn’t come in as many pretty colours .
Thanks Eric

[CasualNerd]

Slightly off topic but can someone explain to me why paracord/550 is so popular? I bought a tonne of the stuff years ago and hate it: holds water so much it's like a wet rag after rain, not as strong as spectra/dyneema and often too slippery for knots like a prusik. I find the basic cord from bunnings is better...

And if the answer is "because you can pull out the inner lines and use as fishing line" why not just include fishing line in your kit?

It's just the equivalent of other well known DIY stuff like duct tape or superglue. It's probably not the best at anything but it's cheap and available.

I got 50feet of orange and reflective paracord to make a dog lead and it was less than $5 I think, certainly has it's uses !

[Mark F]

I think it is a US construct from mililtary specifications but now means 3/16"(?) cord with a woven sheath which of course means that it is unnecessarily heavy for most jobs bushwalkers require it for. Personally I always use a dyneema based cords usually in the 1.5mm to 2.5mm range. For lineloc 3 sliders the best thing I have found is a very light 7mm tape often used on neck lanyards etc.

[ErichFromm]

Slightly off topic but can someone explain to me why paracord/550 is so popular? I bought a tonne of the stuff years ago and hate it: holds water so much it's like a wet rag after rain, not as strong as spectra/dyneema and often too slippery for knots like a prusik. I find the basic cord from bunnings is better...

And if the answer is "because you can pull out the inner lines and use as fishing line" why not just include fishing line in your kit?

Hi Eric , I’m guessing parra is popular because it’s more well known than spectra/dyneema, I hadn’t heard of either of the two until undlercling-mike mentioned one of them , but now I’ve been made aware of them I will be investigating it more.
And spectra/dyneema probs doesn’t come in as many pretty colours .
Thanks Eric

Look it up: there is quite a large range of colours for spectra/dyneema. And to give you an idea how strong it is (it's basically cuben fibre) note that you can get thick versions for 4wd winches....

[teak]

I bought some 3mm reflective glowire from Simon at Tier Gear and have been happy with its visibility in torchlight, it helps avoid tripping over the guylines at night. The attached photo will give an idea of the quantity of reflective material woven into the cord.

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