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Poll: Dutch clip or caribiner?

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OBX2Kayak

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02/28/2013 07:49PM

Carabiner

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KevinL

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02/28/2013 08:20PM

Clip

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RainGearRight

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02/28/2013 08:57PM

Biners

There's always money in the banana stand.

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nathan_ollman

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02/28/2013 09:00PM

biners

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TomT

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02/28/2013 09:30PM

Biners

"Life is not about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself." --- George Bernard Shaw

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NickMc

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02/28/2013 10:27PM

Dutch Clips

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Craig K

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03/01/2013 08:00AM

Right now I'm using Carabineers but I'm thinking of switching one of my hammocks to a web strap and trying out the Dutch clips.

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LuvMyBell

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03/01/2013 09:01AM

Biners. SO much more versatile. Clips would be okay for hanging hammock straps around a tree I guess.

Free people are not equal. Equal people are not free.

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Tony

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03/01/2013 09:45AM

carbiner

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IBFLY

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03/01/2013 10:58AM

carabiner - though only because I haven't experience with the clips.

who knows where I'll end up?

You say that like it's a bad thing.

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jcavenagh

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03/01/2013 12:24PM

Main hammock="K" clips (but only because a certain really nice fella around here sent me a set gratis... You know who you are...)
Secondary hammock=biners

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MagicPaddler

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03/01/2013 12:50PM

Tried both prefer the Clips

The question of the day is Freedom or Socialism?? MagicPaddler

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The Lorax

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03/03/2013 08:28AM

'Biners

I love the smell of silnylon in the morning. It smells like........victory!

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flychucker

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03/04/2013 10:41AM

clips

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toddhunter

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03/04/2013 10:56AM

clips

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Savage Voyageur

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03/10/2013 10:42PM

I use a caribiner with my straps.

"So many lakes, so little time." WWJD

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bwcasolo

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03/17/2013 09:11AM

biner's and whoopies.

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