Lift Bag line

[blacknet]

Hello,

Unraveling and kinking i'm not concerned with in the slightest as that's something I can control. As for #18 vs #24 goes #18 is 225 lbs and #24 is 230 lbs. What's 5lbs? It's not like your doing any lifting.

Ed

 

[Norm]

What Green_Manelishi said about braided, not twisted.
Braided is the only way to go, not only for safety, (unraveling and/or entanglement), but for strength, (it's usually much stronger).
Norm

 

[Rick Murchison]

Originally posted by Norm
What Green_Manelishi said about braided, not twisted.
Braided is the only way to go, not only for safety, (unraveling and/or entanglement), but for strength, (it's usually much stronger).
Norm

Don't think so.
I believe that you'll find that for any given diameter, twisted has a higher tensile strength. Braided is preferred in diving because it tends to kink less and is more resistant to abrasion. (IOW braided line's tensile strength holds up better than twisted with rough use)
In larger diameter line it is not uncommon to encase a twisted line within a braided line to get the best combination of tensile strength, low kink and high durability.
Rick