How bad are knots in Dyneema?

PATRONS: I want to do more. Let me explain...

Thank you so much for all your support. You are the backbone of HowNOT2, and make my quest to answer every question about gear possible by being a reliable source of funds to cover the HowNOT2 operating costs (e.g. lab rent and improvements, hard costs of making episodes, etc.).  100% of donations go back into the channel, I don't live on it.  When I signed up for Patreon a few years ago, I opted to go with the "Per Episode" model and can't change it within the platform.  At the request of many people, I'd like to transition to simulate having a fixed monthly donation amount.  This gives you predictability and me the freedom to post as much as I want, in order to answer every question I possibly can. To achieve this, I am capping the donation-supported posts at 8X per month, as I anticipate ramping up my production to 15-30 pieces of content per month.

MAIN CHANNEL will still be the best and most thorough testing.  1x per week minimum, sometimes 2x.

The new CLIPS CHANNEL is about the quality I put out a few years ago, but is an outlet for simpler, shorter and/or niche(r) content.  Potentially 4-7x per week.

INSTAGRAM/SHORTS are awesome for concepts to get shit tested before making full videos or posting 1 off tests.  2-7x per week.

And finally, BLOGS are a great outlet when something is better in written form.  I'm literally working on 10 books like the bolting bible right now.

TODAY'S CONTENT (February: 3rd of 8 donation-supported posts)

You are supposed to splice Dyneema to retain most of its strength.  What happens if you tie a figure 8 in it?  

Our Results with Sk75 Dyneema with figure 8s: 

3mm - 4.06kN (MBS 10.2kN) 

4mm - 8.86kN (MBS 21.8kN) 

6mm - 12.93kN (MBS 34.25kN) 

8mm - 20.77kN (MBS 54.7kN)

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