🔩 Koch Industries Galvanized 003253: Premium Quality 500 Feet of Durability Review

I'm impressed with the 3/32" cable. It seems stronger than I expected but still flexible enough. Be sure to obtain the correct size wire thimbles when making loops. I use this to hang bistro lights and it works really well. Be sure to pay it straight off the spool (e.g. by sticking a screwdriver in the hole) so there are no kinks.

Unfortunately some, but not all, of the cables I have used have rusted after a few months. I'm really not sure why only some of them got rusty, but maybe one of the reels was defective because I bought this cable twice separately. The cable is certainly sturdy and seemed to be of decent quality aside from the rust. The cable seems to have stretched a bit over time as it started to sag a bit. I've never worked with this type of cable, so maybe that's why. Maybe there is a way to remove the rust…

This cable is ideal for ziplining. I researched for weeks to design a longer than usual zipline. For such cables longer than 200 feet, they specify a larger wire gauge for safety/liability reasons. They recommended at least 5/16 inch steel aircraft cable up to 300 feet. Project background: Of course I built the zipline from scratch. This project was a present for my son for his birthday. I originally wanted to run a 5 to 600 foot cable across the pond, but due to availability I could not get a…