Comparisons for Nylon Webbing, Polypro Webbing, Polyester Webbing

As all of us know, webbing is widely used in our daily lives. In terms of webbing types, there are nylon webbing, Polypropylene Webbing, cotton webbing, polyester webbing, etc. Now I would like to have a discussion about the differences between cotton webbing and nylon webbing.

Nylon webbing is the most abrasion resistant of all the webbing types. It is flexible, strong, durable, and with a breaking strength from 1,400 lbs. to 5,500 lbs., depending on the thickness.

Nylon webbing is usually used in straps, leashes, belts, clothing, packs, bags, safety harnesses, tie-downs, slings, cargo nets, boat rigging, dog collars and restraints. It also suitable for luggage straps, backpacks, belts and handbags. For instance, nylon webbing is used as the core of our fabric-covered designer dog collars and leashes to make sure our family pets are safe.

Polypropylene webbing, also known as polypro webbing, is waterproof and UV resistant, but not as strong as nylon webbing. Both nylon webbing and polypro webbing have the same melting point of 300 degrees. The easiest way to tell nylon from polypropylene is to toss a short length of the material in water. Nylon will not float but Polypropylene will float on water.

Polypropylene webbing is great for outdoor applications. It is available in 2 styles: Heavyweight, and Lightweight. The lightweight polypropylene webbing commonly used for bags, sporting goods, luggage, personal flotation devices, backpacks, children's products, and general purpose straps. While the heavyweight polypropylene webbing commonly used for bags, straps, handles, reinforcements, sporting goods, luggage, backpacks, and general purpose straps.

Polyester webbing is often used for Cargo tie-downs, slings, climbing straps, seat belt and bag handles. It is strong and high abrasion resistant. Unlike nylon webbing’s stretch, it is UV light-resistant and will not rot or mildew. The break strength for polyester webbing ranges from 1,500 lbs. to 10,000 lbs..

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