Its called 'shock cord' and its used to hold modern tent poles
together...comes in different sizes and colours too!

On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 6:47 PM, Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@gmail.com
> wrote:

> "Scrunchies" are those small circular elastic bungees that are commonly
> used to hold long hair back in ponytails. They are available in the hair
> care department of just about any drug store or Walmart-like store. Come
> in cheerful colors for just about any occasion.
>
> To bundle together the optional support poles for my Shady Boy awning*
> I've been using scrunchies, but they are kind of wimpy for the job and
> before you know it, the the bounce has gone out of the bungee.
>
> I'd like to find a more substantial way keep these slippery, heavy,
> fiberglass poles bundled. I reckon it's about 9 to 12 inches around the
> bundle, the circumference. Are there industrial-grade UV-resistant,
> no-break-when-frozen scrunchies? Stretchy-strong o-rings I think I'm
> looking for. In easy-to-find florescent yellow or red.
>
> Something nice. Not too expensive.
>
> =============
> * Mounts on Vanagon, which qualifies this post for drive-by Vanagon
> content status. Barely.
>
> --
> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
> 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
> Bend, OR
> KG6RCR
>

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