I bought 75ft of the Spider/Poly to make up some tree straps. It’s fantastic stuff to work with. It has a nice tight weave but is very pliant. It cuts easily with a sharp rotary cutter and the mix of polypro and Dyneema melts nicely at the cut end for a neat finish. I used V69 thread, a regular domestic machine with a ball point needle and sewing was no problem. Some of the finished straps I’m going to use with my Beetle Buckles. I can’t see the Beetle Buckles coming off accidentally but just in case I folded back the last inch of the webbing on itself and plain stitched close to the fold to create a flap, like the ones you often see on the hip belts of packs. You can still thread the doubled-over flap through the buckle to install/uninstall but it’s just an extra bit of security for my bling! UPDATE Oct 2020: 6 months on and these Spider/Poly straps have performed brilliantly. I made a pair that are 130″ long and occasionally I’m left with a long tail. Borrowing another idea from belts and harnesses, a couple of months ago I added a 3/4 inch wide elasticated band loop to each strap to tidy up the excess strap. I leave the band near the Beetle Buckle, adjust the strap length as normal then just slide the elasticated band up to the sewn tab and the straps look really neat and tidy. 1g for the pair, hope those two borrowed ideas help someone!
