Best products from r/Slackline

super late to this party but oh well:

If you are looking for something fun and packable I would suggest getting about 120' of balance communities regular feather webbing(the green kind not the pro), you won't be able to use it on highlines but it is super packable and a lot easier to rig than tubular and would be a great lightweight setup to have for traveling. plus you can also rig it primitive style pretty easily.

Once you do want to get a longline kit, it is hard to avoid the pully system. You can go on the cheaper side and get;

2* double pulleys (https://www.amazon.com/Fusion-Climb-Secura-Double-Aluminum/dp/B00P8D6H8I),

a rope grab (Petzl tiblock)https://www.amazon.com/Petzl-Tibloc-Ascender-One-Size/dp/B000AXTO8Q/ref=sr_1_1?s=sporting-goods&ie=UTF8&qid=1499726769&sr=1-1&keywords=tibloc,
a carabiner,

single pulley https://www.amazon.com/Lixada-Mobile-Single-Climbing-Rigging/dp/B01I10MMEM/ref=sr_1_5?s=sporting-goods&ie=UTF8&qid=1499726811&sr=1-5&keywords=single+pulley,

small rigging plate (https://www.amazon.com/Fusion-Climb-Aluminum-Little-Rigging/dp/B008KEDV36/ref=pd_sim_468_3?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B008KEDV36&pd_rd_r=9GSDV5MPNYH1V1ND0S8N&pd_rd_w=FUuA4&pd_rd_wg=eWUeb&psc=1&refRID=9GSDV5MPNYH1V1ND0S8N)

and about 50-60' of static rope (https://www.amazon.com/GM-CLIMBING-Double-Accessory-Fluorescent/dp/B01H5CY7SQ/ref=sr_1_3?s=sporting-goods&ie=UTF8&qid=1499726145&sr=1-3&keywords=static%2Brope&th=1&psc=1) this should work fine for you and is rated to 19kn.

The most expensive part of this pulley system is going to be the brake. I would recommend a gri gri just as the simplest option and with longlining stuff like this you should be okay getting a used one off of ebay, just inspect it well before use to make sure there aren't any defects or anything. You could go ahead and use an ATC and tie the tail off but I suspect you would lose a lot of efficiency in this already pretty inefficient but cheaper set up. You can also go ahead and get the slackbro's pulleys, they aren't the best, but they are so bomber and are still nice to have around after you are trying to upgrade and may be easier than trying to piece everything together.

When it comes to webbing, that option is kinda up to you, try and make some friends with local slackline groups and walk various types of webbing and you will find what you like best, I would recommend getting 100 meters for your first length though, it's not too much to haul around and when you start rigging highlines longer than 50meters, there should be plenty of people who also have 100 meter lengths that you can partner up with.

Also keep an eye out on slackchat used gear group on facebook, you can usually find some pretty decent stuff on there.

Good luck and happy slacking!

The first question to ask is what is your price range. If you are looking to save money and do not really care about having a super nice slackline then I wouldn't read the rest of my comment. If you are willing to spend more money then I would get a name brand that will be easier and better for slack lining.
Some things to know at the start is that yes you should get tree wraps. This is because if you are in your own property you will want to protect your trees, and if you are at a public park, you do not want to get slack lining banned because you killed their trees. They are cheap, but if you want to save money use beach towels. The next thing to know is what true length means. Slack lines will advertise a length of " X " amount of feet but that does not mean you can walk the whole distance of " X ". They will include the length of the ratchet which will make it seem longer, but you do not walk on that part of the line.
Another good thing to know is what you want to do with slacklining. If you only want to walk and do some basic tricks then you would be fine with something like the Gibbon classic line, but if you want to get into tricklining then you would appreciate the Gibbon Jibline. There is also long lining, which is more like the Gibbon Surfline.
My first line was the Gibbon Jibline. It is 49 feet long (true length 41 feet) and I found it on Amazon for $63 dollars new. But that was a sale price, now it is more expensive than that. I really like the brand Gibbon. I wanted to get into tricklining so I skipped the classic line went straight for the trick line to learn on. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B009AARZ3G/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_9xu3DbDCBPCF0
I also have a longer Slackline Industries long line. It is also a trickline and because it is longer, better for bouncing and getting more height. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01C7SVXT4/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_Fvu3DbFDFJ15Y
I know the Amazon review is bad but trust me I like this line a lot.
Even starting out with this line would be nice because you would not have to use the full 85 feet true length.
Someone said something about going to a store. A good store near me is called Sierra Trading Post. They have cheap prices on new lines. But for Amazon, I would check those lines out. The two I mentions are my top picks. I have used other brands but didnt have the same feel. Gibbon and Slackline Industries are worth the extra few bucks trust me.
Let me know if you need anything else! Glad to see more people wanted to start slack lining.

I built mine piece by piece after shopping around for the best deals and also getting some hand-me-downs from friends. I can highly recommend Andy Lewis' own Slack Bros. pulleys because they have an integrated brake which is an additional $80-$150 you won't have to spend.

Regular climb-spec nylon webbing tied into slings can be used until you feel like investing in some spansets. MFRexpress is by far the most affordable place to buy spansets that I've found.

Catonslack sells the most affordable weblocks by far and even with the $20 shipping from Poland you're still looking at $50 for a good banana lock compared to $125 for all the other options. Right now the new models are on preorder for an additional %30 discount. Recently ordered two Catlock Pros myself for $97 shipped and I'm super excited. You can also get by in the meantime with a couple heavy steel shackles and some steel rings for linelocks but you won't be able to pretension, won't be terribly cheaper than a single Catlock, and you'll outgrow them pretty quickly.

Any small pulley can be used as a multiplier. Even a carabiner will work albeit not very efficiently. I use one of these which are available on Amazon but I purchased it directly from Aliexpress for about half the price. Use it with a prusik cord and you've got a very efficient $20 multiplier system.

Your next biggest investment is going to be the static rope. The size you need is going to be determined by the sheaves of your pulleys (Slack Bros. pulleys like 11mm) and the length you'll need can be determined by using Balance Community's Rope Length Calculator . This is going to cost about .70-$1/ft and you'll just have to shop around all the different sources to see what might be on sale at any given time.

Also, join Slackchat and Slackchat: Used Gear groups on Facebook if you're not already a member and look out for what's being offered. Some good gear can be had for some good prices if you can catch it before everyone else.

>over $600 to start

If you want a cheaper version of the above, without having to buy all the Slacktivity equipment (I live in the USA, so importing all that comes out as quite pricey), you can do the following:

• Buy 2 cheap stainless shackles and approximately 20-30 feet of 1 inch tubular webbing (any type will do). Tie a frost knot (or an overhand on a bite with extra slack will do, as there is essentially 0 force on this ever) in one end of the webbing, and make your own soft release.
  
• 3 - 5 of these 1 inch pulleys off of amazon. Use a grinder/hacksaw/drill to grind off the metal nub on the end, and go to the hardware store to buy some locking nuts, washers, and a 1.75" bolt.
  
• Some skate bearings off of amazon (4 bearings per homemade webbing pulley). These go over the bolts, with washers in between, of the pulleys that you took apart to make a homemade set of these. Buy some cheap pear carabiners to go with them. You have now made your own highslides/cheap hangovers for 1/3 - 1/2 the price depending on how many you wanted.
  
• Find a 3d printing service near you and 3D print your own linegrips. Buy some very thin rubber (most people recommend the 1 mm vibram sheets, but I used this cheaper one and it works fine) and super glue, thread it with ~6mm cordelette and you have your own linegrip. Do this as many times as you want.
  
• Tie some cordelette into bunny-ears knots with differing lengths on each one, and clip your homemade webbing pulleys to each loop. The loop lengths should be long enough that your webbing pulleys don't hit each other. Clip one of the sets of webbing pulleys to your home-printed linegrip, and the other set to anywhere on your anchor. These are your homemade soft RPs.
  
• You need 1 weblock. For price, instead of buying 2 stainless shackles, just get 1 and buy the cat-on-slack soft release to hook in directly to your soft release. Or get the normal weblock they sell and hook it onto your stainless shackle. For weight, get a weblock that does not have sharp edges at the connection point and use a soft shackle (discussed below) to connect it to your soft release (like the alpine weblock or use a purelock to go straight into your soft release, both of which are pricey).
  
• Don't buy pre-constructed soft shackles, as they gouge you for the price. Buy your own 1/4" amsteel and make your own soft shackles (1 or 2 is fine for long-lining, make 4 or 5 for highlining as you will swap these out for the steel ones on your soft release).
  
• For anchors themselves, buy static rope. There are plenty of options out there, and what thickness/weight/breaking strength you want depends on your personal priorities in anchor construction, so I won't make a specific recommendation to you. Canyoneering static rope tends to be better in terms of weight/breaking strength, but is pricier. Depends on what you want.
  
  This allows you to use the above posted method, even up to a 27:1 mechanical advantage (if you 3d printed 3 linegrips, with 5 pulleys so you could put 2 extra 3:1 multipliers on a 3:1 system) without losing efficiency. Rigging 100m in the park is impossible just using normal carabiners; you really need the webbing pulleys/hangovers. Best of all, you've accomplished this at a fraction of the price of buying pre-made gear, and none of your janky homemade pulleys or linegrips are life-dependent pieces of gear if you went highlining.

Slackline is not Tightrope, and as such the line is free to bounce and vibrate. A static line would have little to no bounce or stretch. It is hard to explain why you want stretch, but you do. If you longline you want just a wee bit of it, 2-7%, if you do tricklines you want a bunch. (if you do longline, 1inch is your line for you, if you prefer tricks, 2inches is usually the only way to go) Slackline is really what you make of it, I like to longline with tons of bounce and sway, others prefer super tight lines, others nearly no tension at all (see: rodeo line) It is really up to you to figure out what you like and to design a line around that. Here is a list of 1inch lines around the world http://slacklink.org/images/WebbingStats.png (see rageline) I would personally recommend a gibbon classic, 82ft of 2inch flat webbing with a ratchet handle. It is a fantastic learning line and super fast to set up. It is also on sale on amazon for $66 and free shipping. If I didnt already have 2, i would snag it. (http://www.amazon.com/Gibbon-GISL211-P-Classic-Slacklines/dp/B008AT9HGQ) any other questions, please feel free to ask.

Congratulations on the new rig! I strongly recommend, though, that you consider getting oval non-locking carabiners instead. Those Black Diamond screw-lock HMS carabiners will work, but you will be cross loading them. HMS carabiners are meant to be loaded at the spine and nowhere else, whereas oval carabiners are intended to be loaded at the basket. A slackline will always spread the load out away from the spine.

Also, there's no style of carabiner more convenient to use for a slackline than an oval. When putting tension on the primitive, the ovals naturally center the lines to overlap each other. When I used to rig with HMS's, I found that the lines could slide out from under each other if when I was less attentive to pull direction, which often prevented locking of the tension and multiple grumbling resets.

So far, my favorite biner for primitive is the "Rollerbiner". While most Americans I've talked to don't think they work, Rollerbiners seem to have had great success for Europeans.

Otherwise, Camp Oval carabiners are the next best bet. Camp's biners are just as strong as the next brand, but their oval carabiners don't have that pesky hook nose for the gate. Instead, their ovals have a keygate, which is a significant improvement, aside from convenience, in the safety and longevity of a slackline. Hook-nose carabiners have the tendency to grab, and, in some cases, cut your line, whereas keygate carabiners never have these issues.

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First, you're going to have an impossibly hard time trying to rig a primitive past 100'. The max I've ever rigged one is 120', and that was over a fairly forgiving valley and 6' off the ground at each end. Even then it was 1' off the ground by the time I was in the middle, and that was with a multiplier and two guys hauling on it. If you want to start getting into longer lines you really need to invest in a pulley system. There are a ton of write-ups on this already and I'd suggest checking out NW Slackline for some solid info.

Personally I use the following for my longline setup:

• 2x SMC Double pulleys
  
  
• 2x 10' Green round sling
  
  
• 250' threaded, tubular webbing, made from standard 1" webbing with 5/8" threaded inside. After using different, more expensive solutions in my friend's kits, I found this both cheaper, and more comfortable to walk on. Plus I had the 1" webbing laying around anyway.
  
  
• 1x 60m static rope. Nothing fancy, the cheapy $100 stuff on amazon works.
  
  
• 1x GriGri 2 - you can find these cheaper used.
  
  
• Another 10-12' sling to anchor the GriGri. This can be standard webbing as it's only taking ~1/4 of the force on the line at any given time.
  
  
  
• 1x SMC Single for the multiplier
  
  
• 1x Rope grab again for the multiplier
  
  
• 3x 1 ton bow safety shackles - no link, had these around the house. Get ones that fit inside the pulley beckets for a more minimal setup.
  
  
• Some number of STEEL, SCREWGATE carabiners. I'd have to open my kit up to count them. Connects all the bits together. Not hard to find at any outdoors store.
  
  
• 4x Steel rap rings. Again you can find these at most outdoors stores.
  
  
• Some extra bits of greater than 1" webbing to protect your line at the anchor points.
  
  
• Beefy tree protection. My girlfriend made me some amazing double walled, super thick felt ones with straps and tie-offs, but it's not hard to make yourself with a sewing machine and some patience.
  
  
  There's probably a few things I'm forgetting as it's winter and I haven't set my line up in a while. However this should be a good place to start, and get you an idea of budget. Longlines are expensive, but it's really a one time investment on gear that taken care of properly will last 10-15 years, excepting the line which is 5 years max.
  
  I have some pictures kicking around if you'd like to see how it goes together. Feel free to shoot me any questions you might have.

I got this one.

slackers 50-Feet Slackline Classic Set with Bonus Teaching Line https://www.amazon.com/dp/B007S3MHMG/ref=cm_sw_r_apa_l43uybEJMK2GS

It includes a leader line for you to hold onto. I don't recommend him using it as I think it's a crutch when first starting but it's nice when I bring friend who want to try it as it let's slacking be fun Immediately.

My personal favorite, and widely recommended, is the Gibbon Andy Lewis Signature Trickline:

https://www.amazon.com/Gibbon-Andy-Lewis-Signature-Trickline/dp/B00E6FFJVA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1540382640&sr=8-1&keywords=andy+lewis+trickline

Next best options would be the Boss Line or the AGGRO Line from SlacklineIndustries imo:

https://www.amazon.com/Slackline-Industries-Boss-Line-Competition/dp/B073R2XVZX

https://slacklineindustries.com/collections/2-inch/products/aggro-line-kit

If you're looking to take your tricklining to the next level I'd go for a kit with two ratchets, shackles, and slings. Most of the big slack brands sell a kit like this and you really can't go wrong with any of them.

The Andy Lewis Trickling from Gibbon is a solid choice and it's currently $90 off on Amazon.

Use a 2 pulley multipier, video here...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gKMeeAk460

Pulleys like these...http://www.amazon.com/Fusion-FP-8151-ORG-Rescue-Pulley-Orange/dp/B008KECI8K/ref=sr_1_20?s=outdoor-recreation&ie=UTF8&qid=1407130520&sr=1-20

..are cheap to buy. You'll just need 3 or 4 more carabiners, 2 pulleys and bit of rope. The tension achieved is impressive, literally the power of 3 people.

You can use scrap 25mm or 50mm webbing. If you're using 50mm webbing buy a rectangular quicklink connect the quicklink to your round sling anchor. Remove the existing sewn loop webbing on the ratchet and replace it with scrap webbing tied to to the ratchet. Now create five wraps with the scrap webbing to the quicklink and tie it off and you have your system.

I can take photos of my system later.

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Quicklink: https://www.amazon.com/Stainless-Steel-Square-Quick-Marine/dp/B0768YBHR7/ref=pd_sbs_468_t_0/143-6132812-1472415?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B0768YBHR7&pd_rd_r=cc798e6f-7e36-4920-83d6-fcd59013ab4b&pd_rd_w=TOWh1&pd_rd_wg=CR08M&pf_rd_p=5cfcfe89-300f-47d2-b1ad-a4e27203a02a&pf_rd_r=ZCWXX3PKGQ1JJYYTF082&psc=1&refRID=ZCWXX3PKGQ1JJYYTF082

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Round Sling: https://www.amazon.com/Liftall-EN60X8-Tuflex-Sling-Endless/dp/B004OTORO8/ref=lp_3094006011_1_9?s=industrial&ie=UTF8&qid=1574356732&sr=1-9