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1/2" tube webbing for anchors, slings etc.

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Mongoclimb · · Seattle, WA · Joined Dec 2014 · Points: 0

I've just recently noticed 1/2 webbing in stock at a climb shop and at a fabric store. Has the tracer thread just like 5/8 and 1" sizes. Can't find any mfg ratings for it. Can anyone vouch for its durability? I'd like to use it for alpine slings and other pleasantries if they fit the bill. Roll said mil-spec fwiw.

F Loyd · · Kennewick, WA · Joined Mar 2018 · Points: 808

IDK +/- 2000lbs before knotted I would assume.
Do you have a manufacturer's name?

Mongoclimb · · Seattle, WA · Joined Dec 2014 · Points: 0

John Howard mfg
Mil-w-5625
Says breaking strength 1000lb

slim · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Dec 2004 · Points: 1,103

are you talking about this really thin light weight 1/2" webbing? i only use it for bail anchors or light rigging.  not strong enough for runners or major anchors in my opinion.
 
https://www.backcountrygear.com/abc-1-2-in-tubular-webbing-1-2-in.html

Mongoclimb · · Seattle, WA · Joined Dec 2014 · Points: 0
slim wrote: are you talking about this really thin light weight 1/2" webbing? i only use it for bail anchors or light rigging.  not strong enough for runners or major anchors in my opinion.
 
https://www.backcountrygear.com/abc-1-2-in-tubular-webbing-1-2-in.html

Ya dude. That's the one. Just good for lightweight stuff huh? 

Sunny-D · · SLC, Utah · Joined Aug 2006 · Points: 700

It’s called super tape and is used for tying off hooks and other big wall shinanigans.  I have it on my hooks and have loops of it to tie together nests of pins and what not. I wouldn’t use it for runners it’s not that strong. 

Healyje · · PDX · Joined Jan 2006 · Points: 422
Sunny-D wrote: It’s called super tape and is used for tying off hooks and other big wall shinanigans. 
That's not supertape which is a burlier, finer-weave webbing. These are supertape (or probably as close as you're going to get to what was called supertape):



Bluewater 15MM TUBULAR CLIMB-SPEC® 

Healyje · · PDX · Joined Jan 2006 · Points: 422

Thanks Russ - but I'd defer to your expertise on any sewn-related matter...

Sunny-D · · SLC, Utah · Joined Aug 2006 · Points: 700

Ok I have always heard the 1/2” stuff called super tape.  But that’s cool to know that it’s not. I use it as tieoffs for pins and hooks. Basically to hold groups of pins together and for not losing stuff that is clipped together.  

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