Which length for a tree saver strap?

[Air Cooled Nut]

With my birthday and Christmas coming up, I'm being pestered for gift ideas. I figure a good freebie gift from everyone (kids & wife...oh, and the husky) would be a tree saver strap. I live in the Pacific Northwest, west of the Cascades, so there's more trees than people. What would be a good all-rounder tree saver length (6', 10', dude just call AAA, etc.)?

 

[Cj2atruck]

I’m in the PNW as well, and the trees are not that big, so the standard 8’ tree saver should do the trick.

 

[RalphJeepGuy]

8' covers most trunks out here, but I'd lean toward a 10' if it's the only one you carry. The extra length lets you go around a bigger tree or reach one that's a little off your line without having to wrap it twice.
A couple of things worth asking the gift-givers for: a wide strap (3" or so) is kinder to the bark, and check that its rating is comfortably above your winch's pull, not just equal to it. A soft shackle or bow shackle to join the two eyes is handy too. Never loop the strap back through its own eye, because that chokes the tree and the strap.
If your usual anchors are farther off the trail, a winch line extension pairs well with it.