Hāʻawi ka maʻa poepoe i ke kaumaha o ka ukana ma luna o kona ʻili āpau e pili ana, e kūlike me ke ʻano o ka ukana e like me kahi pūnaʻi palupalu a mau. Hoʻoili ka maʻa kaulahao i ka ukana ma o nā loulou metala pākahi, hoʻoikaika ikaika i nā wahi pili ʻokoʻa.
Ua hana ʻia kahi maʻa poepoe me kahi kumu haʻahaʻa o nā wili synthetic i pale ʻia e ka lima o waho. Aia kekahi mau hoʻolālā i ka lima ʻulaʻula hōʻailona hōʻailona ma lalo o ka uhi waho. He hōʻailona ʻike kēia ʻano hana: inā ʻeha ka lima o waho a ʻike ʻia ka lima ʻulaʻula i loko, hōʻailona ia ua haki ʻia ka pale pale a hiki ke hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻia ke kumu haʻahaʻa.
Aia ka pane i ka mea maʻa. Ua helu ʻia nā maʻa maʻamau polyester a me ka polyamide no nā mahana a hiki i 100°C (212°F) ma lalo o EN 1492-2, ʻoiai ua kaupalena ʻia nā maʻa polypropylene i 80°C (176°F).
ʻAʻole hele mai ka maʻa poepoe me ka lā pau i kaha ʻia ma kona lepili—akā, ʻaʻole ia he manaʻo e mau loa ia. Wahi a EN 1492-2, ua kuhikuhi ʻia ke kūlana ʻEulopa no nā roundslings, ka palena o ka hana (WLL) a me ka mea palekana, akā pili ke ola lawelawe i nā kūlana hoʻohana maoli. Hōʻike kekahi mau mea hana i ke ola o 10 mau makahiki mai ka hoʻohana mua ʻana ma lalo o nā kūlana kūpono.