Cambium Savers

[Guo7]

I’d go for an adjustable one with rings rather than plain rings each end. Something around 2.5–3m seems to cover most trees I’m on. The prussik makes it easy to snug up whether it’s over a limb or round the stem, and you don’t have to keep retying knots. They are a bit harder to retrieve off a stem if you really crank them tight, but as long as the bark’s not too rough and you don’t jam it in a union they usually pull out fine with a decent flick and a retrieval cone/ball. Big step up in comfort compared to a sling and steel crab, and you can actually get it back from the ground.

[markieg31]

I have been using the art one with the cocoon pulley, it's the muts and has been for all the years I have been using it. I can only recall it getting stuck twice in the last ten years. I think it is the design of it. Only trouble is it is an expensive piece of equipment to be smashing to tarmac from 50ft upon retrieval, I should lower it down but never have. Due to be replaced. I do use srt a bit, particularly for access.

 

When I came to the art pulley saver I could not believe the difference in friction between that and a regular ring to ring one I had been using previously!

[Joe Newton]

On 05/11/2025 at 12:41, Rich Rule said:

I always used to do that, go backup and get it.  Apart from the times I didn’t and lo and behold, it got stuck.

 

I changed to SRT a lot of years ago.  Hey presto, my cambium saver hasn’t got stuck since.

 

 

I'll raise you. I've gone full circle. I predominantly climb SRT but use a cambium saver as my top tie.

 

 

[Rich Rule]

Never used one SRT.

 

do you have to climb back up to retrieve or can you bring it down from the ground?