This weekend I successfully used the 4-5mm accessory cord teather on my hammer as a funkness in a pinch, but it got me thinking...
Has anyone used a Dyneema sling as a funkness? I have a heavy cable funk but it would be much lighter, rack smaller, and I will stop donating blood from the frayed wire rope, if I could just use a dedicated sling...
Does dyneema still have too much stretch?
How about the 5.5mm Bluewater Titan (Technora) cord? Single length with a loop at each end versus tied into a circle/sling ?
If anyone has experience with this please let me know.
I haven't actually used a cable funkness for years, though I haven't actually done a real nailing aid climb in even longer. Most of the nailing I do is while establishing free routes or alpine climbing and carrying a cable funkiness seems way over kill so I just use an old beat up sling. Works just fine for that usage.
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Dyneema has about 1% elongation at 30% breaking strength, vs ~0.5% for wire rope. Nylon/poly ranges ~6-12%
So I guestimate it's half as funky as steel, ten times funkier than nylon - given similar strength cords