Cord for bear bagging?

[freckles]

What type of cord do you use for bear bagging?

[kayak karl]

i use zing-it. lite and smooth. meant for throwing in trees.

[Spokes]

2mm cord is all you need. Get 50 ft then cut 10 ft off to use as a clothes drying line when you get to the shelter or between trees if tenting.

Cheers!

[Spokes]

i use zing-it. lite and smooth. meant for throwing in trees.

I use to use that stuff when stringing up ham radio wire loop antennas. It's freaking narly stuff. Takes up too much room in my pack but it does slide nice over tree branches that's for sure.

[kayak karl]

2mm cord is all you need. Get 50 ft then cut 10 ft off to use as a clothes drying line when you get to the shelter or between trees if tenting.

Cheers!

zing-it is 1.75 mm. i thing your thinking of amsteel

[Spokes]

Heheheheheee..........

[atmilkman]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dyneema-2mm-...496?_trksid=p4...

[SunnyWalker]

Pretty small cord. Certainly not traditional rope. Also, check out the B.E.A.R. system of bear bagging. Its on Backpackinginmontana.com

[Sarcasm the elf]

I've been using regular para-cord tht can be found at the hardware store. Some folks prefer BRAIDED (not twisted) mason's line and I'm gonna give this a try next since its cheaper and lighter.

Mke sure to also bring some extra rope for a clothesline or misc other uses. I frequently forget to bring a separate piece for this, and as a result I keep cutting a few feet off of my bear bag line every other trip .

[MuddyWaters]

get 2mm dyneema cord.

Reasons:

1) Its light. 50' only weighs about 1.2 oz
2) It does not tangle
3) It does not absorb water and get heavy
4) It does not tangle
5) Its light, 50' weighs only about 1.2 oz
6) Its very strong, about 1000 lb breaking strength
7) Its slick, slides across tree limbs smoothly
8) Its not very expensive, ~$15.
9) It does not tangle.

[moocow]

i will second zing-it. i've been using it since 2005 when I started tree climbing. freakin' love that stuff. it's super light, it packs small, it flies, and it's super strong. but with 1.75mm line, I've learned that it's all about having a ziplock bag to flake the line into. you don't want to coil.

[Spokes]

See what you started Kayak Karl?

[kayak karl]

you could use lash-it if you must have the 2mm!

[MuddyWaters]

The dyneema that Lawson equipment sells is rated around 1000 lbs, the cheaper dyneema cord may only be about 500lbs.

It may not matter until a persistent bear actually drops onto your food sack from a limb , or jumps and grabs onto it. Stronger is better. Vendors like MLD and Lawson and Zpacks have selected the strongest , lightest cord available to sell for the purpose.

[Zippy Morocco]

Dyneema all the way! I do manage to get it to tangle though. Still, it's great.

[chiefduffy]

Walmart's finest.

[Spokes]

The dyneema that Lawson equipment sells is rated around 1000 lbs, the cheaper dyneema cord may only be about 500lbs.

It may not matter until a persistent bear actually drops onto your food sack from a limb , or jumps and grabs onto it. Stronger is better. Vendors like MLD and Lawson and Zpacks have selected the strongest , lightest cord available to sell for the purpose.

1000 lb test? Good golly why for a food bag?

[Rocket Jones]

+1 on braided mason's line. Once I used mine to hang 3 bags on it when my buddy's line broke. No problem.

[Lyle]

Mason's cord works well for one person with reasonable weight food bag. I have hot pink - easy to see.

[Spokes]

You crack me up!