Factor 55 Extreme Duty Soft Shackles | Knot Placement Break Test Video

Thanks for your patience on this. Here is the video of our soft shackle knot position test that many of you asked for. As mentioned before, we take the average breakage data from many sample tests completed. This video is typical of a single sample test. The first test is of our 10 inch soft shackle with the knot positioned in the middle of the span and the second test is with the knot positioned against the rigging, in this case the oversized test bed steel hook.
In the first part of the video you will begin to notice the white plasma fibers being revealed. This is simply the natural UHMWPE fibers that are not coated with the outer protective red coating.
As mentioned before, for these Factor 55 Extreme Duty Soft Shackles, the ultimate breaking strengths of either knot placement was within 2.2% of each other - between 44,000 and 45,000 pounds. We did not observe an ultimate strength advantage to either knot position arrangement.
Yes, we are interested in the ultimate strength data, but we are equally as interested in the repeatability of this data, as well as the behavior and repeatability of the failure mode. In all of the test samples, the ultimate failure mode was the same - the loop around the knot failed- highly repeatable.
So there you have it, highly repeatable ultimate breaking strengths, and highly repeatable failure modes. The exact qualities you want to see in your vehicle recovery gear.
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[@JimSpinner]

love my factor 55 gear, great products.

[@Mykey_C]

Well, I’m sold

[@anthonysmith-si7si]

You should do one with the pull on the other side of the knot aka where the knot would get pulled off by the noose

[@mavo0673]

How good is this gear I so pleased that we can get these products through 4wd outlets in Australia or just order them directly through the team at Factor 55 just great gear well made and worth every cent to buy

[@Morris4x4Center]

WOW!

[@offroad_express]

Does the knot placement make any difference then? It's not really visible on video. What's the braking point for both?

[@Factor55]

Factor 55 Extreme Duty Soft Shackles, the ultimate breaking strengths of either knot placement was within 2.2% of each other - between 44,000 and 45,000 pounds. We did not observe an ultimate strength advantage to either knot position arrangement. It does not matter where the knot is placed. The knot against the rigging broke at 44,000 lbs and the knot in the middle broke at 45,000 lbs.

[@doc559]

Factor 55 the best. No one else tests their products to failure. No on else's claims can be trusted. 🏆🏆🏆

[@MLDIYSH]

What diameter shackle?

[@White_buffalo_4r]

should have shown us the results

[@Factor55]

Should have shown more of the results in the video, you're right. This video was part of a Q&A Facebook post back in 2018. The results were shared in a separate FB post as well as an email newsletter and in the caption of this video. We have more tests coming up with new product releases and we will definitely have split screenshots etc in the edit. Thank you for your input! Much more to come!

[@96civiclx]

So what's the verdict? What lbs do they fail test @?

[@Factor55]

Ken Barker Between 44 and 45,000 lbs

[@biggs8729]

What’s the point of this video? I thought it was to show the strength difference between using the shackle correctly and then incorrectly. They broke two shackles and then showed the results of one test.

[@Factor55]

Did you read the caption of the video?
"Factor 55 Extreme Duty Soft Shackles, the ultimate breaking strengths of either knot placement was within 2.2% of each other - between 44,000 and 45,000 pounds."
If you would like hard copies of the test results please email [e-mail] and we will provide them for you.
Thanks!