Beeline Lanyard

YoungBuzzer

YoungBuzzer

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SE PA
So we hang aloooot of xmas lights at work and I've been trying to figure out how I can limit some weight and bulky-ness. We normally use long lanyards (20'+) so thats alot of bulk. I decided to make one up for personal use to try first. I decided to try out 20' of 10mm Beeline with an ISC snap (I know its not the newest/safest one..) Spliced it up this past weekend. Its a class I double braid splice (didnt have a thimble on me). Most def the easiest double braid splice I've done so far.

Curious to see if anyone else is using smaller diameter lanyard rope/cordage. I've used it the past two days and really enjoy it so far! See what everyone thinks. First pic is of the whole lanyard.

Thanks for the pointers Tony!
 

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I used to run a 10mm lanyard for about 2 years, but just went back to a 12mm. I started thinking if I were to ever nick it with my hand saw it could cut right through it. But I did really like the smaller cord. It still stays in my bag just in case....

PS nice splice I need to learn to do that
 
I feel like it's worth mentioning that Yale no longer recommends splicing 10mm Beeline because of hemorrhaging issues. That being said, I used one for a while and really liked it.
 
I used to use beeline 10mm for my lanyard. Worked okay for pruning but garbage for removals because of it's lack of a good flip.

If you're just hanging Christmas lights up, and only for a month or two then I wouldn't buy it unless you don't mind spending the cash for a 2 month used lanyard
 
with my beeline lanyard i have a set up similar to Tom Dunlap's set up, using the eye of a swivel karabiner as the slack adjuster.
 
I've never tried the snap but sounds like its worth a try.

Banjo, yeah I was aware of the hemorrhaging issue. Ive never had the problem with it so far. Also, I would think that since theres no sharp bends in it that it would be less likely to do that. Just my thinking..

Familytree, we install, maintain and remove christmas lights for 5 months out of the year so I'm going to try keeping it on all year round and not switching back and forth. But I will see how it works.

Thanks for the comments/opinions, keep'em coming.
 
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I used to run a 10mm lanyard for about 2 years, but just went back to a 12mm. I started thinking if I were to ever nick it with my hand saw it could cut right through it. But I did really like the smaller cord.

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10mm ArmorPrus by Donaghys makes a good lanyard.

ArmorPrus has 2 strands of Kevlar amongst its Spectra core.

Very hard to cut, eg. when cutting legths of 8mm, I find it a lot harder to cut than regular 11-12mm doublebraid or 13mm 16 strand!
 
The one thing I would say about using Technora or any other Aramid in this kind of application is that their UV resistance is actually quite poor. This is not an issue in friction hitch cords, which are changed on a regular basis, however with items which are kept in service longer - such as lanyards - this might be a point worth considering.
 
I made a 18' 11mm Bandit 2 in 1 lanyard with ISC snaps spliced on both ends with a 3/8" tenex tec 6 coil adjuster spliced to a ISC swivel supersafe about 4 months ago and love it. The adjuster hitch is tended with a dogleash snap and it is heaven. Bandit/ blaze flips well, wears well, and is easy to splice. I am currently making a new one and will post a pic in a couple days.
 
Worthaug - Please do post pictures - I'd like to see what you've got as I've got a similar setup with Blaze and an ISC swivel at the adjuster. Mine's currently a single end with a distel and a dogleash for slack tending. It's a similar setup to Tom Dunlap's, but the swivel eye on mine is too small (???) to run the Blaze through so I use the dogleash. It is still really smooth, cheap, simple, and twist/tangle free. Maybe Youngbuzzer's Beeline would fit better through the swivel eye than the Blaze. Or maybe Tom's ISC swivel model is a slightly larger swivel eye? Don't know...Anyways, I'd like to see how you've made it 2-in-1 because it'd be nice to have that option. Cheers...
 
in your latest lanyard you could eliminate the brass snap and feed the tail through the captive eye on your snap. looks pretty sweet tho i am feeling like i want a 10 mm lanyard with a cinch on it
 
True, like Tom Dunlap's setup, but then it wouldn't be 2in1. I believe in his current setup, if he wants to clip in on the other side, he can just move the dogleash snap to the other side of his prusik, and voila, he's tied in and can tend slack with one hand.

Nice work on your setup, Worthaug.
 
Good call...I'm going to copy you. I tried hooking the dogleash into the carabiner frame like you originally had, but it wasn't working out for me. I might try attaching it to the swivel eye with a couple inches of Zing-It...That stuff is strong enough. Also, at ArborMaster, Rip Tompkins had spliced a loop of Zing-it to a small ring for friction saver retrieval...maybe I'll try my hand at splicing...That would make the whole setup of hitch and tender pretty slick while still being bare bones...
 
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