I was by REI the other day and happened to remember I wanted to get a second cordelette. Miracle of miracles, they actually had enough 5.5 spectra in stock. The fellow who cut the cord for me told me that he had read that spectra cord should be retired sooner that perlon as the interior fibers break down sooner. However, when I asked him how much sooner, He gave me the RCA dog look and said he didn't know. (Unfortunately a too common experience there.)
It sounds almost plausible so I thought I'd ask wiser heads. When would you retire a cordelette seeing use 20 times a year without holding a hard fall -
one year? four years? Till death it does part?