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It looked as if that solid bar was a bit like the lower half of RRP? I am getting more tempted to take the plunge.

All those items could have been found in my house when I was growing up. In fact most of those items would be in every member of my families house.

Are you climbing again then Steve?

For those who haven't got to see one in the flesh yet, the difference from the ZZ is the solid bar that pushes against the rope below the flexing zig zag section. I guess this is what allows it to work in different set ups. The more weight applied the more pressure it puts on the rope. The ZZ doesn't do that. You can see it just above the red body of the device. That part will wear eventually though I'm sure

Added a magneato thingy, works as it should. I think ISC should make something specific for the Reflex, in red/black

Hi Folks Its been interesting reading this thread, everyone excited about product but doubtful it will be any good at the same time, then boredom set in while waiting for the bloody thing to turn up and convo drifted off to Duran Duran FFS! The I was expecting lots of pics of it in use now that many seem to have got hold of one, but no, just the one chap in NZ, Hi! So, I've had mine for about 2-3 weeks now, and basically I doubt I'll use anything else again, what with being so old and all that! I've had 3 or 4 ZZ's, a 1st gen now in the bin, a mark2 and a mk3 with extra holes for Chicane. I recently replaced the third one as it was slipping on Adrenaline which is what I mostly use. I also recently bought a RRP and was getting the hang of it nicely. Loving the midline attachment which gives so many more initial set up options for SRT access and no more holding onto the ZZ while you pull half the rope through it to, and also getting to use both ends of the rope has got to be better for the rope? So the Reflex looked like a good idea to me! Had one on Pre order from Sorbus and got it a couple of weeks ago. I would say that it does everything it says it would. I'm only 85kgs these days (some might not believe that) plus kit, so I can use it fine without any extra friction devices added. The removable swivel is not easy to remove when the rope is installed so its not that much of a bonus, I doubt I'll use it that way. Used with Adrenaline I would say that the self tending in DRT is exactly the same as the ZZ. If you have enough rope weight below yhou and you pull in towards the Reflex it will self tend. Then switching to srt is great without adding any extra kit. For cinching onto a stem it works great, more on that later though................

Like Mick says. Is it the accent?

As you drive up the road toward old coal yard, opposite there is a gate leading into a field. The woodchip can be dropped inside the gate on the grass infront. ill stick sign up in the field for for guidance. Inside the gate is a hard standing to drive onto.

If the seller said it ran fine on regular fuel and you have only tried it on aspen. my advice would be to try it on regular pump petrol before you start messing with anything else. this will prove if the seller was being honest about it running or not. if it runs on petrol and not aspen then this would suggest there is an issue with a non metal part in the carburettor, ie a diaghragm (most likely the problem) as others have suggested, if a machine has been run on regular petrol for a considerable time, there is a chance that the rubber parts are already damaged before you switched it to Aspen and that Aspen has highlighted this issue. usually this doesnt happen and usually machines will swap over without any changes. the quality of rubber used in machines is constantly changing, hence why there are still machines out there which have been ran on petrol for over 15 years without any carburettor issues yet some new machines will experience problems very quickly. luck of the draw really.

Oh ok? Tired and rough days here in Norway. Bloody freezing. As for the extra stretch from a big eye. That’s just what I was informed about 20 years ago when I started splicing. 😜

I think Alex meant you gave what seemed the correct response a while back but it was not acknowledged.

I don’t think many people cow hitch their rigging line. But a lot of people do just clip the bina back onto the line. If the eye is larger the bury of the splice would be outside of the connection and not add stress or bend the throat of the splice. Interesting what Marlow came back with. Did they provide any break testing data? As I mentioned earlier the information I received from Nod, I am sure I asked the guy who splices for HB as well back in the day. I used to buy rigging lines without splices and put one in myself. That way you can make them whatever size you want. On a 16 or 19mm rigging line the throat of the double braid splice will be quite long. Using a rope that size and strength could mean you are rigging decent sized chunks. If something like having a large diameter eye reduces the risk of the throat being bent around timber and thus reducing it, Surely that is a good thing?

Alex, wtf are you on about? Or are you implying I am invisible because I don’t respond within a couple of hours? News flash I was at work. 😛

They do have PU in the soles. They are all utterly overpriced shit. Until they stop making the soles out of stuff that forces you to buy new boots every year for £300 I won’t buy any.

anything after the discovery 2 seems riddled with problems, electrical and plenty other known faults, including a propensity to snap the crankshaft for fun.

My andrews are 3 yrs old and the soles and foam are still good. I have heard good reviews about this place, they will do shoes and boots by post. Cobbling - Cobblers And Coffee COBBLERSANDCOFFEE.CO.UK Are leaky soles getting you down? High heels got you feeling low? Lack of laces leaving you listless?

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We all agree on that, does anyone cow hitch their 50m rigging line? You could attach a pulley to the eye and rig off a loop with the tail of the cow hitch, is perhaps the only use I can think for that. Not very common, I imagine? For that you wouldnt need or want the half hitch over the eye, so it becomes just a girth hitch.

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I used to use haix. Got supplied some.blue mountains and the tongue somehow became packed with sawdust. So I moved over to the airstreams dreamy... Well untill they changed the soles. Then the chops, Andrew's and now zambrlans. Zambies have no foam part so that can't fail, I need the next size up.

Yes, when I bought my saw I had an order going into L+S Engineers for a bunch of spares anyway and I just added a new filter for spare and some extra fibre washers. Stihl call it a gasket, part no. 1144 129 0900

Long loop on a dead eye which is cow hitched pushes the splice back behind the first knot and so lowers the loading both shock and otherwise, maybe that's what people mean?

Yep that easy 😁 what you don’t realise is by the time you collect the timber cut it to size ,kindle it and deliver . One person can make 5 bags an hour 🤣

I'm in Haix Trekkers at the moment, been ok. Some of their more expensive models are listed as vibram sole, which is maybe where I'll go next.