VT vs Distel

[basilbrush]

I use ocean poly VT on 13 mm for my lanyard and find it works fine ,iv also used the knut and again I think this is as good as the VT , but as stihlmadasever mentioned zig zag is a great bit of kit on 11.7 rope. If you have the money this is what I would use.

[Arrozdoce]

16 strand rope user here. I tried 10, 9 and 8mm cord. The thicker 10mm or at least the 9mm marlow friction cord works better for me, it feels better in the hand, it don't have drastic "performance" changes when you try different VT's setups (which is good in my opinion) and because its a thicker cord it have more area of contact with the climbing rope which can be good in many ways.

Distel is a safe choice and with 10mm cord I can even go 3topwraps and 1 bottom with the distel making it more sporty (im 9.44 stone, 60kg, 132 pounds).

I kinda like the Martin/michiokan a bit more than the distel. Both safe bets.

If you wana try VT in 13mm line I would go 80-90cm for 9mm cord or 90cm for 10mm cord.

The best you can do is get some cheap cord cut to length and tie double fishermans knots. You can try multiple things that way, it's cheap and to be honest there is little to no real advantage on using eye spliced cord in your main hitchclimber climbing system. To take real advantage of the VT you need to try different setups to fine tune and then cut the cord the size which is tight for that setup.

Edited May 6, 2017 by Arrozdoce

[MattyF]

What's peoples ideal ocean polyester setup to use with 13mm rope? I got a length of 10mm o.p which I tried (for first time) with a vt on a hitch climber. Soon got hacked off with it and just used it as a prussock, but would like to get this sorted. Don't climb with enough other folk who use them to get help with it.

 

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Join us for a recce climb some time bill. VT is the best hitch I've found once set right with your ropes , found the distel bound up to much for my liking ,the beauty of the VT is it never binds , self tends and sets easy if tied right. Happy hitch is another good one not quite as sporty as the VT but you don't have to hardly dress it as much to set it.

[jrose]

I love the VT myself, I find that a well tuned VT will outperform a Zigzag or Spiderjack any day of the week. Problem is it takes a lot of playing to get to that stage!

 

I'd buy a few lengths of cord, forget eye to eyes as I find cord length is crucial and you can't adjust the eyes unlike a fishermans

 

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[billpierce]

Join us for a recce climb some time bill. VT is the best hitch I've found once set right with your ropes , found the distel bound up to much for my liking ,the beauty of the VT is it never binds , self tends and sets easy if tied right. Happy hitch is another good one not quite as sporty as the VT but you don't have to hardly dress it as much to set it.

Cheers matty gives me a shout when your next out and about for a climb

 

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