Why use webbing?

I would say there is something to take away in looking at weakness in webbing when it becomes damaged by a cut in the material.

Matt Roberts wrote:I'm still learning more and more. Last year, all of my family's outdoor climbing was at the RRG or Estes Valley, all on sport routes. This year we'll be doing some top roping in areas that I have to build some anchors, so I'll need to buy some gear. My question is this: why should I buy/use webbing for building top anchors vs. static line? It seems to me that the knots used for webbing (water knots) are less reliable than good old double fishermen in static line, and from what I can tell, webbing abrades faster when running over rocks/edges. I'm sure that there are advantages to webbing that I'm missing or else webbing wouldn't be so popular. Can anyone share some with me? Thanks much.

To help answer your question Matt-
For trees and such, a bit of static line is the best, 30' or so works well. For easier set-ups , I just use webbing, simple. Water knots are fine in webbing.
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