Originally Posted By: williamlatham
More often known as a soft shackle. Popular with the off road crowd if made out of spectra for strength.

As you say the soft shackle is make from spectra or similar material. It has an adjustable eye as opposed to the fixed eye of the soft carabiner
The E-Z Soft Carabiner has an adjustable eye and is a lot easier to tie.
E-Z Carabiner
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