Net Life Expectancy - Nets & More

Proudly Made in the USA

We sell only USA made Nylon.

Nylon is the most common material used in sports nets. There is much "import" nylon on the market. This "import" nylon is often of a much lower quality than USA made nylon. Often this "import" nylon has only half the strength of USA made nylon. "Import" nylon often does not have the UV resisance of USA made nylon. (Some companies substitute polyester for nylon when nylon is hard to get. Good, but not as good as nylon.)

PE (polyethylene) is sold by many companies because it is cheap. (Polypropylene is about the same as PE.)

Ultra is the latest in high performance fibers. It is starting to gain in popularity, but it is still relatively expensive. Kevlar was the first high performance fiber used, but Kevlar does not have the strength and UV resistance as the more modern UHMWPE (ultra-high-molecular-weight-polyethyene) fibers that we call "Ultra". Ultra is manufactured by many companies with the most common trade names of Spectra and Dyneema.

Twine Type	Twine Diameter	Twine Strength	UV Protection	Abrasion Resistance	Expected Life Personal Use	Expected Life High School	Expected Life College/Professional
#18 PE	1.7 mm	100 lbs.	poor	poor	2 plus years	1 plus years	Not Recommended
#36 PE	2.5 mm	185 lbs.	poor	poor	4 plus years	2 plus years	Not Recommended
#15 Nylon	1.3 mm	120 lbs.	excellent	excellent	4 plus years	2 plus years	Not Recommended
#21 Nylon	1.7 mm	200 lbs.	excellent	excellent	6 plus years	3 plus years	Not Recommended
#36 Nylon	2.2 mm	350 lbs.	excellent	excellent	8 plus years	5 plus years	3 plus years
#42 Nylon	2.6 mm	370 lbs.	excellent	excellent	9 plus years	6 plus years	4 plus years
#60 Nylon	2.9 mm	560 lbs.	excellent	excellent	12 plus years	8 plus years	6 plus years
#96 Nylon	4.0 mm	900 lbs.	excellent	excellent	14 plus years	10 plus years	8 plus years
#18 Ultra	1.5 mm	420 lbs.	best	best	15 plus years	10 plus years	8 plus years
#36 Ultra	2.2 mm	840 lbs.	best	best	20 plus years	15 plus years	13 plus years