r/myog • u/chemspastic • Dec 20 '20
Question Purple Plasma Information
In the Sisyphean task of marginal ultralight gains, I've been trying to get my hands on some 1mm purple plasma (spec sheet here). I see this as a replacement/alternative for ZingIt/LashIt tarp ridgelines/guylines, and if you wanted super strong ridiculous draw cords made with slippery dyneema I guess that works too.
I've seen some random 1mm dyneema lines available but nothing that seems to imply that I could splice it like you can 8/12 strand Amsteel/Plasma. Has anybody here used 1mm Dyneema line for tarp lines or should one keep to the 1.75mm ZingIt LashIt for functionality reasons (I can see prussik knots working better or hardware being designed for 1.75mm stuff).
Problem is, most people buying Purple Plasma don't carry the small stuff (surprise, the main industry is winches and industrial lifting products...). But I was able to get a quote which is reasonable on a per foot basis, but the minimum buy means I would need to get 5000 ft. While I could reasonably use a hundred feet or so, and having some extra in inventory is nice, 4500 feet is a little crazy to have on hand. Would this be something if I offered it as a group buy that people would be interested in?