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Which is better?  Mmmm.  As usual that depends on the job.  But I can tell you one very big difference that may come in handy for some of you out there.  I would like to address the welders and concrete workers out there for a moment, but everyone else is free to listen…

If you work with concrete, you’ll want to use a web retractable.  Why?  It all has to do with wet concrete and how it plays with web and  steel.  If you get wet concrete on a steel cable retractable and the concrete dries, it can be very difficult to remove from the steel.  On top of that, those pieces of retractable can prevent your retractable from retracting.  It can even get caught in the housing which spells disaster.  On the other hand, when concrete dries on a web retractable the concrete can be flaked off fairly easily by bending the webbing back and forth.

Now, if you’re a welder you’ll want to use a cable retractable.  Why?  Well, if you’re not careful you could actually melt the webbing.  I’m not positive, but I can almost guarantee that you’ll be in trouble.  A cable retractable doesn’t have to deal with this issue.  A side note, they do in fact make some web lanyards that are designed for welding, but as far as I know they’re only available as lanyards and not retractable lanyards.  Take that for what it’s worth.

So, what type of retractable do you find yourself using?  Web or Cable?

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