Tactical Toggles on the Ridge Line

[Tim (Slowhike) Garner]

I’m liking the simplicity and light weight of using plastic toggles on my tarp ridge line (1.75mm Lash IT).

On the side tie outs (1.75 Zing It), I use lines that I can take off and put them where I want them on the tarp sides. As much as possible, I tie those to fixed objects (trees, limbs, roots, rocks).

It’s usually not a problem in the woods of the southeast US, even if I occasionally need to add on an extra length of line to get the right angle. I like to hang my tarp high and open if weather permits.

For the stakes, I use a clove hitch. It’s fast and simple and lets me put the stake anywhere I like.

 

But I’ve not found much discussion on the reliability of the plastic toggles in high wind.

It seems that under pressure, the center, separating the two holes might take the most abuse, but with the lines pulling towards the ends and the line resting on itself. it seems to me that it could take a lot of force.

I try to go to a somewhat sheltered location to camp if I can, but sometimes you still get the hard wind.

[Tim (Slowhike) Garner]

As of now, I’ve only found two people selling the tactical toggles for ridgeline and demonstrating on video.

How to Hang a Tarp Tutorial w/ GO! Line and Tactical Toggle Knot Replacement Devices (youtube.com)

MYERSTECHHAMMOCKLAB – Etsy

[Kevin Babione]

Are you talking about line locs?  I have these on all of my guylines:

I’ve never had them fail – my stakes will pull out, but these seem to stay locked.  I’ve heard that other people have had them slip, but they work well for me.  For my ridgelines I’ve gone to Dutchware Gear – I have a Dutch Hook for one end of my ridgeline and a Wasp for the other and it allows me to set up my ridgeline very quickly.

[Tim (Slowhike) Garner]

No, I have Line Locks too, but these are Toggles.

[Tim (Slowhike) Garner]

https://go-outfitters.com/

If you look up Go Outfitters, they have a video demonstrating the toggles on the ridgeline.

[Tim (Slowhike) Garner]

Update; I had wondered if the toggles would be subject to breaking in high winds.

At our annual Grayson Highlands Fall Festival group Hammock group hang in Vaginia, they were put to the test.

It was this past September (2024) on the weekend of Hurricane Helene. We knew it was coming but I’m not sure if many or any knew how bad it was going to be.

 

We had some tarp issues but nothing that couldn’t be corrected after things began to calm down Friday afternoon, except one tarp that a limb tore.

But the toggles held with no issues.

 

If anyone is interested in see a little more about that adventurous hang, with pictures and a video, check the thread on Hammock Forums. Southeast events.

I think people began to talk about the storm on page 15.

VA, Grayson Highlands Fall Festival, Sept 26 – 30, 2024

 

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