Lanyard idea.

[Mick Dempsey]

Seems obvious but doesn’t seem to be on the market.

I don’t stow my saw as a rule, weird but that’s the way I started out and I don’t seem to break the habit, but if this existed I might do it more

 

So the idea..

A dog lead type lanyard that stops hard at arms length, but reels in as you move it towards your harness for stowing (the stowing hook on the reeling in device) Got to be robust for bigger saws (560 max anything bigger might be too much for the spring)

I’d pay €200 for something like that.

Does it already exist? If not why not?

 

[htb]

You could develop one yourself on a slow day, I can just imagine you presenting your ideas on dragons den.

Borrowed a recoil saw strop one after other climbers raving about them, nope I was raving at it as if you did not stow your saw it kept wrapping round your climbing line, mildly annoying. 

So still using a traditional saw strop like yourself.

[carlos]

good idea, but i wonder if somthing that is powerfull enough to reel back in might have too much resistance when reaching out?

my mate dosent bother with a saw lanyard at all!  wouldnt trust myself  without one but i guess it never tangles!

[Mick Dempsey]

6 minutes ago, carlos said:

good idea, but i wonder if somthing that is powerfull enough to reel back in might have too much resistance when reaching out?

my mate dosent bother with a saw lanyard at all!  wouldnt trust myself  without one but i guess it never tangles!

No, it only reels in when you take the weight of the saw in your hand. Like a dog lead.

[Steve Bullman]

How to mount it to the harness(all makes) i think would be the main hurdle to overcome 

[Mike Hill]

Didn't reg come up with something like this?

[Mick Dempsey]

I missed that Mike.

It’s not the IPhone I’ll give you that!

[Mark Bolam]

It’s a shite solution to a problem that doesn’t exist.

Just learn to high-clip your saw.

You’ll nail it in about 3 days.

[Steve Bullman]

1 minute ago, Mark Bolam said:

It’s a shite solution to a problem that doesn’t exist.

Just learn to high-clip your saw.

You’ll nail it in about 3 days.

‘High clipping is amazing’ said no one ever.

 

it’s not a problem, but it’s just not slick. I climbed for 21 years and never felt any sort of chainsaw lanyard set up I tried was perfect. 
 

A recoiling lanyard would be quite cool if it worked.

[Mick Dempsey]

Ok, another idea.

Something as light as a 2511, with a recoiling lanyard, but also a magnet on one end that when you (without having to look) touched it against your recoil set up, just held it in place till you grabbed it for the next cut.

I know a lot of guys can stow (and unstow) their saws instinctively, like gunfighters or whatever.

But this would be better.