Glow ropes

Same experience with the GITD paracord - wasn’t very bright, I bought it thinking it’d make for good guy lines for a tent also, but never bothered using it.

I have a tent with reflective threads in the lines and that works well with only a small amount of light (I guess at a festival there will be some ambient light around to make them show up…)

Other idea would be to leave a light inside the tent, so the tent itself is a little illuminated. That’s my usual trick when camping, so I can find the tent in the dark and have a reasonable idea of where the guy lines should be :slight_smile:

I’m not sure if it’s still worth it or if anyone mentioned this before, but here’s something I saw in AliExpress and made me remind this thread:

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32894563098.html?spm=a2g0s.8937460.0.0.6a162e0erfcsfz

Maybe it is useful for your purposes Agro :+1:

Agro, did you finally pick any of glowing ropes?
Don’t forget to make some pics. I would gladly take advantage of your findings as I’m planing a scouting bivouac with my toddlers…

(Woodstock is just frog’s leap away)

Thanks MascaratumB. :slight_smile:
I’m leaving for Pol’and’Rock the day after tomorrow so it’s unlikely to arrive by then. Just like the relfective rope that is on the way. So…for this year I can only try glow tape strips. For the next one - I have a lot of time to collect and test various ideas. :slight_smile:

GITD tape isn’t super expensive. Why not apply a few pieces taped over each of the guy lines. Like about 4 or 5 “tags”? Or if you camp frequently, maybe get some cheap GITD markers and use a little duct tape to secure them in place spread across each guy line?

That’s what I intend to try this year. :slight_smile:

Atwood 1.18mm Micro Cord Uber Glow!

MLH Micro Guy Line Glow in the Dark Tensioners

Do you have some experience with it?

I use the MLH micro tensioners. I’ve used Atwood cord and it is a great product, but the only experience I have with the GITD version is seeing it use by others once or twice and it seems to hold a glow reasonably well.

I have no idea about availability in Poland however.

Thanks, you seem to be the first person recommending a glow rope while having some experience with one. :slight_smile:
The cost is quite high so it will be at the end of my list of the things to try - but I will put it there. :slight_smile:

One caveat, I’ve only seen the GITD relatively early in the evening. If your main concern is drunks stumbling around at 2 AM, I have no idea how well it is still glowing at that point.

Honestly I’d probably just hang a red fauxton from the middle of the guyline.

Sounds good. Btw, if you don’t mind my asking… your strange avatar. Can’t quite make out the detail. Someone’s head covered in aluminum foil?

That prevents them from reading my mind. :slight_smile:

Oh, good, so I’m not the only one who thought that.

Welcome to the club. Aside from the breakfast one, how many does that make? :wink:

Don’t you, forget about me. Don’t, don’t, don’t, don’t. Don’t you, forget about me

Ah, but your eyes are exposed. To really do it right, you’d need to…

Some people like to sleep covered in aluminum foil.

Security is always a matter of tradeoffs. With eyes covered usability suffers a lot.

I sleep in a Faraday cage. Side effect - no phone call will wake me up at night. :slight_smile:

I really think you should consider the EL wire that ImA4Wheelr suggested. I don’t know how long the batteries last but you will not miss it in the dark. This model has slow and fast blinky modes.


I have this odd, curious feeling that you’re not kidding.

Me kidding?
Never.

Anyway, I’m back from the festival.
I tried the glow tape, it didn’t work at all. There was too much light around killing night vision.
When I used a flashlight to charge them - they were visible. But not enough to catch attention of a sober person, let alone a drunk one.
Without chariging they were barely visible when I knew where too look. Useless in that setting.

So…a glow rope would probably work even worse.
I guess it takes some electricity to be visible in such setting.