Just a quick chime in. I don't see any rule violations here. Jaegoor's posts are often direct, and sometimes come off a little harsh, but that's not against any rules. There is a rule against abusive or threatening language, but the only thing I see here is him giving his opinion on a sling. If there's disagreement with his opinion, anyone is free to post a reply.
I did make a slight adjustment to the forum rules (
https://slinging.org/forum/YaBB.pl?virboard=1;num=1639081613). It is rule #3 that references threatening and abusive language. I added 'no name calling'. But I'll reiterate that I don't think any of that has been done here. If I'm missing something, please feel free to reply to me in this post, or send me a PM if you would prefer to discuss things privately.
Jaegoor wrote on Mar 27
th, 2024 at 1:26pm:
What's special about it?
And, I'll give it a go. I also have one of the LD-1 slings from Sarosh. Regrettably when it arrived I hung it up with my other slings, and it got buried behind another one. So I never used it. To make sure I wasn't just making stuff up, I went out and did a 100-Round with it after work today. So here's what I would say about it:
Let's start at the finger loop. It is a basic leather loop, but almost deceptively so. It's design is very intentional. It's intended for use with different grips and finger orientations, as Sarosh demonstrates in his sales thread for the LP-4 sling (
https://slinging.org/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1661972992).
The cords are Dyneema. So they have very good flexability, low (almost zero) stretch, water resistant, and abrasion resistant.
The pouch is leather and looks simple, but again the design isn't an accident. The leather is very light but fairly stiff. This causes it to want to open at release, and helps the projectile clear it very cleanly. The flared sides allow for a glande to sit securely, but also allows the pouch to hold round projectiles extremely well. I did my 100-Round with tennis balls. Not one misfire. Nothing came out until I let go of the release cord.
Next, the release tab (image attached). To my knowledge this is a design by Sarosh, and he has a lot of people really liking it. Myself included. The design seems to fall somewhere in between a (regular) release tab and a release knot. It has the security of a knot, but can be held very lightly (image attached) so it releases fast and clean like a tab. It really is a wonderful design!
Now let's talk about the cords connecting to the pouch and the finger loop (images attached). I have no idea how he does this. The cord loops through the holes in the pouch and finger loop, and then looks like it's braided back into itself. There is no knot! The connection are clean, beautiful, and strong. As I said, I have no idea how he does it.
You said it was 'a simple sling'. I would agree that it is on a first glance. Once a closer look is taken, there is lot of innovation and craftsmanship put into it.
And last, how it slings. It sounds like Wide Right was having some good results with it. I also did better than I expected to. As most know, I'll mention the caveat that I mostly use braided paracord, so these light weight, fast release slings need some adjusting to. My 100 Round overall wasn't great. But my last bucket of 20 had 14 or 15 on target. As mentioned, I was expecting to be terrible, but I was getting some bunches of hits as I adjusted. I might cut a little highlight video together. Not sure yet. One other thing to mention though is the speed. This sling was absolutely launching those tennis balls at the target. During the session I remember making a comment about it feeling like a tennis ball cannon (or something to that effect).
Those are just my thoughts. Others might feel differently.
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