Splice or tie (boom vang)

[Watto]

I’m in the process of building a boom vang using some 6mm spectra. Just wondering on opinions or whether to tie the rope to the becket or if I should have a go at splicing a loop to the end of the rope? Watching some videos in confident I could splice successfully however the mrs was a rope access tech so her knots are pretty good (far from my double knots)

[Watto]

Got the rope through each other just can’t manage to get the fiddle down the guts. Abort or just barrel it off or whip it?

[Raya]

I find that whipping works well. I finish the whipping with a coating of "whip-end dip".
Here's my boom vang.

Boom Vang whipped end

[Watto]

Cheers ray,

So you only whipped it? Pretty sure my splice is structurally sound and the whipping is just to tidy up the end.

[Raya]

Watto,

I first use a needle to "sew" the two ends together with stiches under the whipping. Probably not as strong as a proper splice, but I've never had one come apart on me (yet).