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I'm most definitely going to get one with a cable inside now as a measure of protection from cutting. I figured that the chainsaw would rip right throuigh it, but never considered that the handsaw could cut it as well.
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Aerial, a flipline with a cable inside of it, is in no way "protection from cutting". For a conventional climbing saw, say under the 55cc mark, one mishap and cut and you would be about 1/3 to 2/3 through it. The difference between a rope flip line and a rope with cable core flip line is not protection, but a time extension in the unlikely even of you cutting it. 0.25-1 second to cut through a rope flip line, about 2-4 seconds to cut through a cable core flip line.
There is one more difference I should state though, you shouldn't climb near power lines with a cable core cuz one flash and you'll be ash
