SAR Circular Slings
    EN795-B, EN566 & EN354

25mm Polyester Superweb.
Break strength as a round sling is 35kN when new and the test strength for EN354 which is the most arduous of the three standards they conform to is 22kN. The slings made from this material come as standard round slings and are usually sized by their circumference, i.e. 240cm circ. 120cm long. If required they can be made into a twin eye type. The standard colours are Orange and Black.
 
 
120cm x 25mm. Circ. REF: S0011

This is not the most commonly used sling but is used by some rescuers for their personal use..
 
 
240cm x 25mm. Circ. REF: S0012

This size is possibly the most used sling around the World.
It has many uses for the experienced rope technician such as, anchors/belay’s, self equalizing belay, foot loops for traversing, high steppers in aid climbing, chest harness, in an emergency two can make a sit harness or a rescue loop with leg loops and three can make a full body harness. They can be used as stretcher lifting sling for helicopter winching, casualty securing straps, stretcher carrying or sledging straps and many other uses.
Their break strength is 35kN far above the required

18mm Circular Slings.

   20cm REF: S0053
   30cm REF: S0016
   60cm REF: S0025
 100cm REF: S0033
 240cm REF: S0035
 490cm REF: S0036

These slings come in various lengths/circumferce and are used mainly by the military they are light and small to pack. They also tend to be used by rope access technicians for rigging horizontal lines and traversing anchors. They comply to the same standards as the 25mm slings but their break strength is 24kN.