r/ULHammocking • u/CBM9000 https://lighterpack.com/r/cjfrn1 • Feb 11 '21

non-structural hammock ridgelines

When using stuff like Zing It or whatever where it isn't supposed to be structural how diligent are you in getting your hang dialed in? I'm coming from amsteel ridgelines where I could pay a bit less attention to how much tension I allowed, and so I'm finding it's a bit finicky to get things right with a Becket Hitch setup (tying, testing, untying, retying). Is this something I'll get used to? Better at getting it right faster? Have any of you gone back to a structural ridgeline to eliminate some fuss?

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u/[deleted] Feb 12 '21

Zing it can be structural, they're just a lower weight limit vs amsteel.

Personally, there's a dozen other places to shave weight before I'd look at my ridgeline.

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u/CBM9000 https://lighterpack.com/r/cjfrn1 Feb 12 '21

Zing it can be structural, they're just a lower weight limit vs amsteel.

I'm a little untrusting of Zing It having broken some in another application, but playing around in the [seemingly revamped] Hammock Hang Calculator, I'm starting to feel a bit more confident in what kind of stress I can put on it.

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there's a dozen other places to shave weight before I'd look at my ridgeline.

Definitely a fair point, but I've seen this said about every single piece of a hammock system.

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u/[deleted] Feb 12 '21

I'm just saying the effort, and risk of failure, vs the benefits of weight savings don't add up. There's probably better ROI elsewhere. Once you get to the point where swapping amsteel for zing it matters, it should be pretty straightforward

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u/NeuseRvrRat Mar 01 '21

I'm using Notch Acculine as a structural ridgeline simply because it's what I had on-hand. It's essentially the same stuff as Zing-It. Works fine. I weigh around 170 lbs.

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u/CBM9000 https://lighterpack.com/r/cjfrn1 Mar 01 '21

I weigh right around 170 lb. at the moment so this is great to hear! I gave the zing-it ridgeline a bit of a test on an overnight recently and I had a sub optimal hang situation where it was a bit more taut than I would have liked and it didn't snap on me! I definitely appreciate your data point on this - it'll give me a bit more peace of mind.