LiteOutdoors Guyline & Tensioner Kit 60' - 1.8mm Ultralight Reflective Tent Cord, Lightweight Non-Slip Cord Adjusters, for Camping, Hiking, Backpacking Paracord Rope Guy Line

If you're looking to shed some weight and improve the pitch of your REI or other mid-priced tent, this is a great solution. The 1.8mm Dyneema line is super strong and light, but unlike many of the cheaper options here on Amazon, the cover stays intact while being knotted and un knotted. It is more stiff than something like regular nylon or paracord, but the Dyneema is very strong and the reflective surface actually works. The tensioners have to be be "hard tied" to an anchor point with a loop of line (either to your tent corners or your stakes) and then you run a line up through the tensioner and out - it is VERY easy to thread them and they hold tension extremely well. The only problem is that they are very difficult to loosen while they are under tension - you basically just have to pull your ground stakes to break the tension, THEN you can loosen the line because. This is because they lock by jamming a cam into the line when under tension and there is no external means to push the cam back out of its wedged position while the line is under tension

This cord is genuine Dyneema / Spectra UHMWPE para-cord, 1.8 mm thick with a 200 Kg min. breaking strain, suitable for very lightweight technical tents in extreme conditions (or anyone else who likes lightweight, strong kit). It’s supplied from a Canadian outdoor co. remarkably, Post-free from N. America, even without Prime & only took 8 days to arrive by DPD. I bought this pack because the sliders / adjusters with it are sized to suit the thin cord, 1.8 mm being the second-thinnest available after the min. 1.5 mm (you can get 3 & 4 mm from other sources but …. WHY ?)? There’s 18.5 metres, 60 ft. The cord & adjusters are the same as supplied with my Canadian Durston X-Mid 2P lightweight backpacking trekking-pole tent, but the was supplied with the minimal 4 guy cords & the supplied cord is black. So I’m adding 4 extra guys, these are bright reflective - I may in fact replace the existing ones also for visibility reasons if I’m using it on a campsite rather than on the fellside. Looks great - not tested yet - Canadian stuff tends to be engineered to a high spec. even if actually made in China, Taiwan or Vietnam. I have absolute faith in it & it’s worth the $27:50 US (£UK £21:50) & no import-duty payable.

The guy out lines on my Big Agnes Tiger Wall UL2 Platinum are not adjustable. Getting that perfect pitch with the fly was simply not possible before. With these adjustable guy lines it has been a massive improvement, I can get the perfect angle and tension with ease. The rope is firm and does not stretch, the tensioners work great. I'm happy with this purchase and would recommend it to anybody.

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Overall I was quite impressed with this package. This is indeed 1.8mm line, I don't know what the other reviewer is talking about. It also appears to be dyneema as the core expands when heated, similar to other dyneema lines that I've used. Very strong, absolutely zero stretch. Handles very well, easy to tie knots with little slippage, and a good flexibility, but still slightly stiff. The reflective weave in the sheath is functional, but not bright. More important to me though, is that it doesn't hamper the "feel" and flex of the rope, as I have experienced with other reflective cords (*cough* Niteize *cough*). The line-locks work very well, though I can't say I've tested their strength limits, or durability. They certainly seem to lock the line in place, and are very simple to adjust. The plastic feels tough.