Rescue Bands: July 2012

Rescue Bands and the parachute cord they are made with have many uses that can be employed for a number of different situations. Typically when thinking of a Rescue Band we think of its utility in terms of survival situations, like creating a sling for a broken limb, or using one of the inner cords as fishing line. Rescue Bands aren’t just for survival though; there are lots of ways that your Rescue Band can help you out in a less than dire situation.

Use your Rescue Band…

As a belt:

It sounds kind of funny but I can tell you from experience that showing up somewhere, like work for instance, in your khakis and polo and realizing you forgot to put your belt on can make for a long day. Granted a piece of paracord tied around your waist isn’t going to replace your Italian leather belt but it certainly beats not having anything.

As a backup surfboard leash:

For those of you that aren’t surfers http://ijustsurf.com/the-blogs/learning-to-surf/the-humble-leg-rope-surfboard-leash/ . Now that surf leashes are the main stream and just about every surfer is wearing them (not just for kooks anymore) it has become socially irresponsible not to have one on. It’s sort of like a courtesy; if you wipeout and have a leash on your board it’s less likely to catch a fellow surfer on its way into shore without you. So what do you do if your leash breaks? Most people, at least the people I know, don’t have an extra leash just in case their primary one breaks. Why bother, they cost upwards of $20 typically and they very rarely break. At the same time however, if your leash happened to break and you were at the beach with killer waves, would you want to leave to go pick up a new leash or risk riding without one and losing your board? No, but you don’t have to, you have the convenience of a Rescue Band on your wrist, just unravel it and attach it to your board and your good to go. (And Rescue Bands will replace deployed bands for FREE if you submit the story of how you used it through the website).

As a tow-rope:

No, not that kind of tow-rope, we’re sticking with the action sports and using it as a tow-rope for watersports. With the ability to hold up to 550 lbs your Rescue Band is strong enough to pull up even the biggest of friends. As a matter of fact I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone who weighs 400+ lbs up on a set of skis or a wakeboard, they typically just stick to floating. Anyways, typically when doing this sort of activity and the rope breaks the entire rope isn’t useless, it is usually just a 5 ft section of line that has become weak. Solution? I’m sensing a trend, use your Rescue Band and replace the section of line with it. A good wakeboard tow-rope typically will cost over $40, which is sort of a lot if all you need is a 5ft section to replace what broke.

A clothes line

This idea is actually not our own, one of our customers sent us a testimonial describing how they used their Rescue Band. As a college student she needed something to hang her clothes on to dry, and wouldn’t you know it, a Recue Band did the trick. If you’re not a college student trying to save your quarters you could still use this idea while your camping or on vacation where swimming is involved.

A zipper pull

One of the most frustrating things to do is trying close a zipper that has lost the attached piece you actually pull it with. It seems like this happens all the time and typically when it’s inconvenient. If you have a Rescue Band on, just deploy it and cut a small piece of it to loop through where the original pull was, problem solved, frustration averted. After deploying your Rescue Band as a zipper pull you will probably have a lot of surplus paracord, burn the end that you cut and hold onto it, you can probably use it for something else.

This Rescue Bands customer used his band as an emergency sling after a winter sports accident!

Wednesday, July 25, 2012

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