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it may appear that that stuff takes traditional knots well, but considering the loads I suggest looking further if you want knots that are anywhere near the load strength, and be prepared to lose from 20% to 50 % of the load value if there is any kind of knot.


Agree...knots I know. That would be the one of a couple downsides of using really thin lines as suspension rope. As a line gets smaller, the mechanical advantage knot bends/loops produce on itself is huge. That certainly makes sense for hardware, too.
I'll typically wrap my suspension line 3-5 times around the tree, and tie off with a couple halfhitches. Fatter line also protects the tree if huggers aren't used, which I normally don't. My new beener is for use with hugger straps.
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