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by mlhpdx 334 days ago
Dynema makes a huge difference, a true game changer in many ways. I came across it rigging sailboats where is started out replacing ropes and now replaces steel cables as well. Spectra is another brand with different, equally amazing properties.
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Interesting you've mentioned sailboats. I've encountered dyneema for the first time in spearfishing!
Spectra and Dyneema are both UHMWPE. They're different brand names (from Honeywell and DSM respectively) but chemically and mechanically the same, possibly with some small and insignificant differences due to manufacturing processes.
That’s an answer straight from an LLM methinks and not reflective of actual experience. Read up on real world tests for the practical differences. They are very similar but far from “the same”.