Carbon-Fiber Toggles

[Kevin Babione]

I picked up some carbon-fiber toggles for my hammock setup (Marlin Spike Hitch) and was surprised after my last night when I noticed both of them were crushed in the middle…

The "knot" on my tree strap was slightly stuck inside the toggle! If I were going to be out another night I would have picked up a nice stick to use rather than trusting these any more.

Anyone else out there have issues like this? All of my other toggles are aluminum and I've never had a problem with them. These carbon toggles have a smaller diameter than my aluminum toggles – I wonder if that was part of the issue?

[Javan Dempsey]

Doesn't surprise me. This is not the direction of load that CF is ideal for.

How weight savings over aluminum tubing ones is there? I use toggles made from a cut easton nail stake, and have never had a prob. They're also alot easier to see if I lose them.

[Kevin Babione]

I just weighed them…

My scale only goes to the gram level, but here are the results:

Carbon fiber toggle – 1 gram
Aluminum toggle – 2 grams

I just ordered a set of aluminum toggles to replace the CF ones…I guess I'll be carrying a couple extra grams with me next trip.

My toggles have short loops of string on them and I tie them to one end of my tree strap so they're always where I need them. About the only way I could lose one would be if the string broke or if I lost (or forgot to take down) my strap.

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