ZIGZAG WRENCH TETHER

[DanCognito]

Hi folks, in the process of making a zigzag wrench tether and before i jump straight into it i was just wondering if any of you had any photos of ones that you have made. I have a 10mm quick draw sling or a 12mm one depend on the distance above the links once finished, a couple of edelrid anti-twists to stiffen the tether up. DMM perfect-o and a bunch of heat shrink tubing. put all of that together and i think ill have a pretty slick tether that i can also add to a hitchclimber and hitch to perform the normal SRT set up. 

[DanCognito]

Over the Christmas period ice had a lot of time to sort equipment out and modify some stuff. I got round tk.making my further out of a lot of heat shrink and a dmm quick draw. I will attach some photos.

[Tommy_B]

I made one and it worked well until it didn't! I found that it was good to ascend but didn't grip consistently and did cause me to drop a few foot. I couldn't get the tether to cinch up tight enough to guarantee that it would bite. I was using the newer zigzag so be interested to see how you get on with it.

[DanCognito]

On 31/12/2019 at 21:20, Tommy_B said:

I made one and it worked well until it didn't! I found that it was good to ascend but didn't grip consistently and did cause me to drop a few foot. I couldn't get the tether to cinch up tight enough to guarantee that it would bite. I was using the newer zigzag so be interested to see how you get on with it.

ill put it to the test and get back to you. 

[Treetom15]

I know it kinda defeats the purpose of making your own, but a petzl chicane is about £115 on FR Jones, might be cheaper in time vs money? 

[stewmo]

the chicane is also a much slicker setup...

[teresa green]

anyone had any more success with this set up dont want to give in to the chicane

[Dbikeguy]

I ran a wrench with a ZZ then tried a chicane at a show last year, felt smoother so bought on early this year.
Tried both side by side and the chicane is way nicer to climb on, silky smooth up and down.

Wrench now sits with friction cords for when i go rec climbing and mates come to try this tree climbing stuff, they get the ZZ and i go back to the dark ages to remind me how good i have it haha