Directional Figure 8 VS Alpine Butterfly Loop #shorts #knots

The Directional Figure 8 VS the Alpine Butterfly Loop suggested by @williamlegget4 👊🏼

The Directional Figure 8 is best for making a load bearing loop in the middle of your rope. (Make sure to only load weight in the direction it’s tied in)

The Alpine Butterfly is a loop that is tied in the middle of your rope. Even after very heavy loads, the Alpine Butterfly remains relatively easy to untie! It can also isolate a damaged section in your rope, and is far safer than the Sheep Shank.

What do YOU think is better? 👀

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[carsonb.]

To be fair, both of these knots are designed to have the tension pass THROUGH the knots and continue down the line. As far as this test goes, of course the directional figure-8 wins because it was designed for the load bearing on the loop itself to be parallel to the line while alpine butterfly is designed for perpendicular loads.

I'm interested to see this same test, only with the loops tied on-line rather than the ends.

[BurchellAtTheWharf]

Try my loop vs your alpine butter fly 💪