Synthetic Soft Shackle for Boating ATV UTV SUV 4X4 Truck Recovery Together with Recovery Rope 1 Pack (3/8'', Orange)

I am looking to try a soft shackle as an alternative to a steel one for a large boat anchor snubber application. Time will tell how this compares to a $300 metal clasp that I use today. The product seems to be well made and as I have limited experience with this I need more time to validate how it works. However my fits observation is that the protective cover, while it should be a good idea, seems to make it more difficult slide the braid to tighten up the loop. It's still possible but seems more work that it should be. I'm ordering a design without the protection cover to see how it compares.

Great design works well, plenty strong. Only used it a few times so far, but I did pull a vehicle about 10 miles with many starts and stops, worked well.

Soft shackles are an excellent, lost cost, lighter weight alternative to steel bow shackles. Unless abrasion and/or sharp metal edges are present, these are actually superior to steel bow shackle. Quite a few manufacturers offer these, but those from QiQu appear to be the least expensive.Some vendors sell the same sized ones for SEVERAL TIMES the price. It's possible that for a given diameter that pricier ones are stronger. BUT #1) I've not found any failures so far. #2) If I was ever at the strength limit for a given diameter, I'd just select the next larger diameter, and it would STILL cost much less than the pricey ones.NOTE: For dynamic pulls (abruptly applying a lot of tension (rolling start), all of my use has been with a 'kinetic recovery rope' instead of a tow strap.

Not sure if it's good other than being big. I ordered two for the price. The first one had fraying so I ordered a replacement. The first, third, fourth and fifth pics show the fraying. The second and last pics are from the second shackle that I ordered not the replacement. There's no fraying there. I compare my Factor 55 to this. You can see the difference. The protective black sleeve are wrap at the ends so it doesn't move. If I ever have to use these then I will update the review. I have yet to use my Factor 55. The replacement came with no fraying.

The first time I have used soft shackles and I was impressed with how well they worked. The small cord to release the loop after a load is great, I think a shackle without this feature would be hard to use. I pulled out a few heavy rigs with a kinetic rope and the shackles performed well.

very interesting design, good quality materials, actual strength is a question

So far I haven't had a chance to do a real world test of this item and the 1/2" variety I purchased at the same time. The build quality looks very good. The stopper knot is very firm and the extra cord has been trimmed neatly with no loose threads.The sheath material covering the body of the shackle is very soft and seems like it will snag/shred easily. Only time and use/abuse will answer that question. I picked this up to connect a winch extension line to my primary winch line or to use with recovery straps.There's an extra cord that can be pulled to help release the shackle after it's been hard loaded. I haven't put more tension on this yet than I can generate with my hands so I don't really know how problematic releasing the shackle will be. The cord seems very tough and is a constrasting color to the main shackle body making it easier to spot.I'll update this review once I have a chance to use these for some recovery operations.

I also purchased theQIQU Nylon Kinetic Recovery Rope-Heavy Duty Car Towing Rope with Soft Shackle for Off-Road Recovery 4x4 SUV Truck Jeep ATV/UTV (7/8 inch30 feet, Blue)which came with two soft shackles but I wanted extra because if one breaks it's nice to have backup. And they are much lighter than a metal shackle to boot!Used one to help pull a guy out of a ditch, he was driving a 90's era honda civic type car which probably is quite a bit under #3k in weight. Ran this through the tie down point and connected the quqi recovery rope to that and to my hitch shackle and pulled the guy out easily. Not much of a strain so not a real test though.