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Postby TilmanHH » Sun Jun 29, 2008 1:03 pm
I wanna have a new shackle for my leash. I want to use it for 5. line and also to clip it onto the chicken loop.
Which one do you recommend?
The first one: I had made experiences that it opens by itself. That sucks. . Also I heard that they are not stainless steel.
The second one: I´m afraid that a line can get into the shackle by itself.
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Postby jakemoore » Sun Jun 29, 2008 3:01 pm
http://www.apsltd.com/Tree/d270000/e267250.asp
This is what I use on the kite end. I use a bigger steel one on the harness end. Its very small and light and it never opens by accident and doesn't snag lines and fingers like the carabiner style. Stainless would be better but really its breaking load is bigger than me. I have a safety release on the leash as this is not a substitute for a quick release.
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Postby TilmanHH » Sun Jun 29, 2008 3:13 pm
Oh dear I remember these ones from the beginning of kitesurfing. They were very dangerous as people used it as a quick release. But for my purpose (leash end to the kite) I think you´re right, because I have a quick release at the harness end.
If nobody says "NO to this", I will order it...
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Postby -andre- » Sun Jun 29, 2008 3:27 pm
perhaps you can update the second one with a little tube so you cant catch other lines.
the one from new kiteboarding has it too!
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Postby TilmanHH » Sun Jun 29, 2008 4:08 pm
sorry at the picture I don´t see how this works. How do they manage that you can still put the 5. line into it? And more important: I need a big shackle that I can put into the chickenloop! Your pic doesn´t look like that you can put it into the chickenloop. The shackle is big enough, but the tube seems to make that impossible.
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