Can rope be too thick for full suspension?

[youraffection]

TL;DR Going for full suspension. Have two ropes: one 10mm and one that's roughly 3 inches or so. Will the latter's width affect full suspension?

I have access to two ropes. One is a 10mm thick jump rope.

Normally, I'd consider this okay already, and I've seen people say that 10mm is already good. However, I'm trying to go for full suspension, and I'm also a very heavy person (~100kg).

Fortunately, I have access to a suitable hanging point, but I'm worried that the 10mm rope might snap, especially since I don't know what type of material it's made of and its load capacity.

Unfortunately, most of the other ropes I have access to are smaller than that, and the only one that isn't is very thick in comparison.

Best I can tell, it's something called a battle rope (?). It's very heavy-duty, and I'm more than certain that it can take full suspension, if not a long drop, but would the excess width affect my attempt? Kinda worried that it'd prolong the time before unconsciousness or something like that.

 

[Ta555]

TL;DR Going for full suspension. Have two ropes: one 10mm and one that's roughly 3 inches or so. Will the latter's width affect full suspension?

I have access to two ropes. One is a 10mm thick jump rope.

Normally, I'd consider this okay already, and I've seen people say that 10mm is already good. However, I'm trying to go for full suspension, and I'm also a very heavy person (~100kg).

Fortunately, I have access to a suitable hanging point, but I'm worried that the 10mm rope might snap, especially since I don't know what type of material it's made of and its load capacity.

Unfortunately, most of the other ropes I have access to are smaller than that, and the only one that isn't is very thick in comparison.

Best I can tell, it's something called a battle rope (?). It's very heavy-duty, and I'm more than certain that it can take full suspension, if not a long drop, but would the excess width affect my attempt? Kinda worried that it'd prolong the time before unconsciousness or something like that.

I don't know if I'd trust a jump rope. That's a toy, not made specifically to hold a lot of weight. For the thickness, the only thing I can tell you which someone here explained to me is that the thicker the rope the less pressure you'll get on your neck (physics equation and such that is beyond me). Like think about how a thin rope cuts into your neck real bad l, that's because the thinner the rope the more pressure it will exert (again something something physics). I have a 10mm and a 12mm. Personally I'd probably go for the 12mm just for personal preference and I'm quite slim. This is all just personal opinion!

 

[Someone123]

Actually 10mm = 0.39 of an ince, or less than half an inch. If a rope if too thick then it may not tighten up enough- 3 inches is way too thick. It's hard to tell what widths of rope you actually have because your converwion factor is not correct for mm to inched- you can see good conversion factors on google. just type convert mm to inches and a calcultor will pull up- or type convert inches to mm. Also, it would be helpful to know your wieght to have an iedea- can you buy rope at a store? I have some 12mm rope that is 0.47 of an inch thick and with my weight at 200# it is way more than enough, but the width isn't the only factor- it needs to be able to support quite a but more than your eight due to force from twisting. You can test the rope's strength by letting it hang straight down and trying to climb the rope and then see how it does.

 

[Insomniac]

very good question.

 

[Gustav Hartmann]

Why is your access to ropes limited? You can buy them in every hardware store or "find" them in harbors.

My weight is about 90 kg and I will use a 20 mm mooring rope. I was hanged with this rope many times and I blacked out reliably within 10 seconds.