Best guyline for use in a linelock?

some borderline diameter cord will work with a double pass around the lineloc.

I will try that right away…

thanks.

BM

I have been using Lawson's Glowire with mine, and if it weren't for the reflective threads, which tends to cause the cord to not bend uniformly and slide as smoothly, it would be ideal. I recently ordered some 2.5mm cord to try with the line locs, hoping it will be an improvement for times when the reflective nature of the cord isn't as important. But for guy lines, I am a big fan of the Glowire, and it does work with the line locs.

The yellow cord that MLD sends ya. Done.

Is Lawson's Glowire the same stuff as his IronWire?

The Ironwire and the Glowire are different… Haven't tried the line locs with Ironwire…

"The yellow cord that MLD sends ya. Done."

But it doesn't look like mld sells it seperately. The only guylines they list on their shelter accessories page is 1.5mm stuff for use with the micro line locks.

I've been eyeing the lawson equipment glo-wire and iron-wire. I may just have to get some of that…

BM

Email Ron. I'm sure he'll sell ya some.

I use the Lawson Glow Wire on all of our Scout Tents with the Microloks and love it. Now the Scouts don't trip and tear my tents during the day or night any longer.

If you want a lighter line lock for your guylines, tie a tautline hitch and call it a day. No need for a line lock.

I'm just lazy. :)

Not sure the weight, but light, 1.5mm. Google it. Good stuff.

"If you want a lighter line lock for your guylines, tie a tautline hitch and call it a day. No need for a line lock. "

I did that on my tarp- but on the 'mid it pitches pretty close to the ground so the guylines are really short and it's very hard ot tension a taught line hitch on a short section of line. Plus, you get the cool pulley effect with a linelock- but the real reason I tried them out this time was for the cool professional look to my project :). I used linelocks on the six major tie out locations, and D rings on the rest. Makes it look more sano…

BM

Another option is the micro line locks that Z-Packs sells. Joe says they work with small diameter cords, i.e. 1mm +/-

Cords & Line Locks

Braided mason's line.
http://www.backpackinglight.com/cgi-bin/backpackinglight/forums/thread_display.html?forum_thread_id=34486&startat=20

I use the 1/16 in 300′ rolls shown here. I can’t say that it is the best but it is cheap, light and knots well.

here

Link?

corrected

I use 1.7mm EZC2 Tarp Guyline with reflective tracer from Gossamer Gear with Zpacks Micro lineLocs

When using lineloc 3’s I use Lawson Glowire 2.5mm reflective cord. I even cut off the straps from a SMD Lunar Solo and replaced with the above. On the GG The one I also swapped out their guylines with glowire because I found their 1.8mm cord slipped too easily in their line locks. I know you can go with thinner cord and micro linelocs, and I’m sure it’s just me but I find the micros annoying!