Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2019/07/02/bungie-cords-bungie-cords-bu.html
…
The ball end bungie straps come in handy too.
Oh do tell.
9 Likes
Hmm.
Bungee cords were my constant companion when my only transportation was a motorcycle.
7 Likes
I can’t look at a bungee cord without imagining it slapping me in the face somehow. Too many traumatic attempts to use them that ended in failure.
2 Likes
A contractor acquaintance told me to never rely on bungie cords to keep things on a vehicle. Instead, he relies on rope and ye olde boy scout knots. His reasoning is just drive down the highway and notice all the bungies on the side of the road.
I was dubious at first but sure enough now I notice TONS of bungies on the side of the highway.
5 Likes
I need these for my urban survival kit.
A few bungie cords, a tarp or rain poncho, and you can have a plow-point shelter up in a minute.
3 Likes
That’s my description of Motel [negative] 6.
1 Like
Includes 10”, 18”, 24”, 32”, 40” Bungee Cord and 8” Canopy/Tarp Ball Ties
Yet, none of which, alone or in combination, are ever the right size for what you’re trying to do.
7 Likes
Um, they stretch / extend to the correct size. I thought you should know…
You light one end of the 24" cord, then wait till it’s burned halfway through…
4 Likes
Same here. I even happened to have this particular “tub o’ bungee” then, except it didn’t come with the ball-ends, and was much less expensive. I still have half of them, at least.
2 Likes
Bungies are great until you lose an eye, and then you move on to cam lock lashing straps. Or rope and a trucker’s hitch. You do miss that eye though, and you wonder how it’s doing these days.
6 Likes
They stretch to half an inch too short or half an inch too loose. Now where did I leave my half-empty glass?
5 Likes
NRS tie down straps are a better choice.
3 Likes
I cannot imagine, myself. But I do find the pointed end on these a most useful alternative feature. 
Seriously, I acquired a load of these a few years back and they have done as much service as standard bungee cords. Very versatile, not least in the ability to daisy-chain them.
2 Likes
Can confirm. We have quite a collection of cam lock tiedowns. Definitely useful when hauling beehives around, taking scrap metal to the recycler, stacking cut tree branches to drive to the chipper machine, etc.
This one is very useful:
If you’ve got to drive any distance with stuff that must be anchored down, you don’t want it shifting, working itself loose, falling off, falling over, rolling around inside your vehicle or outside and on to the drivers near you.
3 Likes
2 Likes
