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| - | Ok, my two cents. From the images, it appears that the extruded plastic coil failed where it was possibly tortured (heated and possibly contorted) to the point that the plastic essentially becomes "brittle". Note the transparency along the length of the coil until the failed end where the diameter has visibly shrunk. Boils down to poor design in a number of ways. You might want to window shop the multitude of homemade waist leash designs that are the fashion amongst us old-timers. Even my Dyeesma shock cord on my homemade waist leash is rated at 500 pd shock load and that is the weakest "link". The foot leashes that I use only on oc's are old school, the coil is coated braided SS cable with no bungee connectors. The first sign of degradation and it gets retired completely. It was good conditions for both a swim and to test your leash.\\ | + | Ok, my two cents. From the images, it appears that the extruded plastic coil failed where it was possibly tortured (heated and possibly contorted) to the point that the plastic essentially becomes "brittle". Note the transparency along the length of the coil until the failed end where the diameter has visibly shrunk. Boils down to poor design in a number of ways. You might want to window shop the multitude of homemade waist leash designs that are the fashion amongst us old-timers. Even my Dyneema shock cord on my homemade waist leash is rated at 500 lb shock load and that is the weakest "link". The foot leashes that I use only on oc's are old school, the coil is coated braided SS cable with no bungee connectors. The first sign of degradation and it gets retired completely. It was good conditions for both a swim and to test your leash.\\ |
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