I saw a few posts about these last year so bought a pack. I fitted the CL260 in plain black to our Carolina M a few weekends back and they are absolutely spot on. So easy to use and IMHO much, much better than standard sliders.
They will be going on the Monty when it gets its first outing of the year in a few weeks.
Anyway, I just thought I'd mention them as they are fantastic and I haven't seen anybody talk about them on here for ages.
I've got them too and have replaced sliders on a little Eurohike Tay that I use for weekends away. Will be using them next on my Outwell Carolina 3, along with the Delta ground pegs. A brilliant combination to keep the tent where you pitched it! LOL
Fitted them to the guys on our Monty 6 a couple of weeks ago. They are a brilliant bit of kit and make tensioning the guys easy; and once locked they are not going anywhere!
Agree about clamcleat line loks being great, and I have not had any issues with mine.
Changed the sliders on all the guys for my tent, including storm guys, as well as those for the canopy and windbreaks.
No more sore fingers trying to make the guys tighter in dry as well as wet conditions.
DK
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- 2027: ? NL+DE+FR
- 2026: FR+DE
- 2025: 17/77
'24: 10/49; '23: 9/47;'22: 8/46; '21: 9/34
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If you read the thread in order force ten you will see that it was me who made the recommendation in the first place. My post about not being great on a wet line was in reply to weetabixface about using a tautline hitch.
Maybe I should have done a quote to make it clearer.
And at weetabix face.... I'm a bit of a fan of knots as it goes My favourite to tie is the Portuguese Sinnet or one-handed bowline.
We used to use the tautline hitch back in my Scouting days. They were fine on 3 strand rope, but it just doesn't agree with the parallel strand guys on my tents. The sleeve bunches up on the core and it all ends up in a right mess.
That would indicate to me that the guys on my Outwell are horribly cheap, but you'd never know that when they charge £8 for a pack of four!
I wish I had bought the reflective guys in a 30m reel from Clamcleats before I got my pack of Outwell guys, as the former is great in the dark and less expensive.
DK
------------- Apple The Campervan - A Van For Work, Rest & Play!
- 2027: ? NL+DE+FR
- 2026: FR+DE
- 2025: 17/77
'24: 10/49; '23: 9/47;'22: 8/46; '21: 9/34
* Ex-tenter
* Treat life events like a dog: if you can't eat it, play with it or hump it, p1$$ on it and walk away!
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Topic: Clamcleat - Line-Lok
My favourite to tie is the Portuguese Sinnet or one-handed bowline.
