With so many quality and knockoff sling manufacturers out there how do you know you have a quality sling?

To be honest, it is almost impossible to tell with just a visual inspection. Here are a few ways to check.

• Track record of the manufacture is one way of knowing.
  While this is a good start, you likely don’t know if the sling was made for a distributor under their private label program or the actual factory.
  They could always change manufacturers and or quality and still have the same overall look.
• Physical inspection will only give you so much information.
  You can do a physical inspection but this isn’t always practical if you are buying them over the phone or on-line. Then it’s difficult to know if the stitching is done correctly and the grade of polyester is of top quality.
• Proof Testing.
  This would be the ultimate assurance that the sling will do what the manufacturer claims it will do. This, however, is extremely costly and time-consuming.
  Firstly you will need to find a shop that has a test-bed.
  Then each sling will need to be test pulled to 150% of the working load. But wait, some manufacturers do not allow you to proof load their sling or it will void their warranty. You would have to get written permission to do this.

Well, we have taken all this effort out and had our factory do the Proof Testing for you. All our LPT slings are Proof Tested to give you a baseline confidence that you have the sling you ordered at the quality level you’re paying for. Critical lifts are now less critical.