Attention!! We will match the price you find of a lift needed to re-rope your pole plus include the rope and 2 stainless steel clips.

     Another option is the halyard with a wire cable in the middle also know as wire-core rope.  As the name suggest there is a wire center in the rope.  While the double braid rope has essentially two ropes in 1, there is a rope within a rope the wire-core rope has a cable inside the middle as you can see in the picture below.  Now this may seem like the ultimate rope to have but there is some draw backs to it.  The choice will be yours as to if the draw backs out weigh the pros.  The cons to wire core rope is that it tends to be a little more stiff. The stiffness of the rope is not too bad at the beginning. You almost cannot tell to much but over time it will get more and more stiff.  Since it it metal inside the rope if you live by the ocean the rope will really get stiff quicker than if you didn’t.  The salt air tends to make the wire part of the rope corrode a little and causes the wire to kink up more.  Sometimes you can undo the knot that keeps the rope together and unkink a little of them but it still feels stiff and it just happens quicker if you live by the ocean.  The main advantage though of this wire-core rope is that when you replace it, you will almost never lose it due to breaking.  All rope will eventually wear down over the years.  Wind and how often you take the flag up and down will make a difference but with wire-core rope you will see the wire before it actually cuts all the way through and be able to replace it before you lose all the rope off the flagpole.  If you fly a large flag in very windy areas if you lose the rope due to the rope accidentally wearing down too much your flag could fly across the road or into people and that would not be good.  Also if the rope does come down then you have the problem of replacing the rope by having to pay someone to climb it or get a lift and that is more expensive than someone just coming to the site and restringing a new rope using the old one.  

    We know this is a lot of info but that only help you know that you made the right choice when you do choose what rope.  As a tip. If you are constant raising and lowering the flag and alway make a mental note to inspect the rope, then you can catch it before it tears and get it replaced before it comes down.  You can then use a single or double braid rope with no issues. It will always be nice, flexible and never get stiff. If you leave your flag up and its in a high wind area and never get a chance to inspect it then a wire-core rope will be good for you so that the once in a while that you do check the rope it will be obvious that the wire is showing and its time to replace the rope.  Another reason to get the wire-core rope is if the pole is situated in a place that is prone to theft.  The wire-core rope is not 100% cut proof if you have the right tools but a knife, scissors and even some small wire cutters will not be able to cut the rope so that someone can steal your flag.  The choice is not as hard as it seems now that you know the types and practical uses for them.  Quick inspections of the rope from time to time will prevent the rope from coming down and then it will be dramatically cheaper to replace it.  If you still have questions then please feel free to call so we can discuss where your pole is at and about how tall and we can recommend some options for you.

    In connection with the rope are the flag snaps or clips.  They usually get replaced when the rope does if they are worn a lot.  It is very obvious when they are worn and should be replaced when they look pretty bad or operation of them is difficult.  Usually the ones that come with a pole are cheap ones that do the job for the time being.  Some smaller poles will actually come with plastic ones which will work but if there are any types of high winds where the flagpole is located then you do not want to use plastic.  Cheap home depot ones will work to but we always recommend stainless steel ones.  For the little bit extra money you get 2-3 times more use out of them.  We only install stainless steel snaps since we don’t want our customers to call back complaining about the snaps wearing down too soon but if we do change out your rope and you want to buy your own snaps thats ok with us.