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xro's note on Camping/Tent Rope Tensioners
(german: Seilspanner)
Recently for CCCamp2023, I wanted to upgrade my new tent with fancy cord and spanners and thus, inadvertently, came to test and compare a few. Here's what I learned.
rope tensioners - the 4 types
rope tensioner - the classic 3 hole triangle
chinese aluminium tensioner with 2 holes and bent shape
big chinese aluminium tensioner with big hole
tensioning rope with rope
TODO
Connecting/fixing rope to tent
My new Quechua tent shipped with tent-rope that had oval toggle-buttons (oblong buttons; Knebelknöpfe) on one end.
The idea being that the rope is easy to remove from the loops mounted on the tent.
I liked the idea and imitated it by buying some of these toggle-buttons online. I think they introduced it because
- they can market it as more easy, as people don't have to tie a know
- makes the tent better packable, as ropes don't get entangled during the folding process
- when tying down the tent is optional, the lines are also optional
In hindsight however, I prefer the rope that is permanently tied to the tent, because
- it's quicker to deploy. The rope is already there
- I always tie down the tent
- the toggle-button can fall out while you try to fix the line if you slacken it for a moment, which is quite inconvenient
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