New device-ART Blackbird

[Treetom15]

This just popped up on my YouTube feed-looks to be a nice well thought through bit of kit. Anyone here know any more about it? Looks like it works well for srt & ddrt unlike a lot of other devices 

 

[green heart]

Looks like £500- well spent, if you're a contract climber/teenage tree-monkey!

For the 'older' climbers like myself, I think I'm happy sticking with knots, for that kind of money ?

[parkertrees]

3 hours ago, Treetom15 said:

This just popped up on my YouTube feed-looks to be a nice well thought through bit of kit. Anyone here know any more about it? Looks like it works well for srt & ddrt unlike a lot of other devices 

 

Looks like it ticks all the boxes, SRT/DRT ready, mid line attachable.

 

My SJ3 is due for replacement so will probably grab one of these when they're available

[flyingjoiner]

Looks interesting, 

Using the chicane on the zz is nice, but the zz not being midline attachable is a bit of a pain.

 

Arbsession (I think)has them for 600 quid😧

[Dan]

Looks really good. 600 quid is a lot of money though!

[parkertrees]

1 hour ago, flyingjoiner said:

Looks interesting, 

Using the chicane on the zz is nice, but the zz not being midline attachable is a bit of a pain.

 

Arbsession (I think)has them for 600 quid😧

That's a pre-order though, delivery sometime in July I heard. Rather just pay when its actually available than give a shop a 600 quid interest free loan for 2 months lol

[Treetom15]

I didn’t realise it had such a hefty price tag! I would assume all the wearing parts would be replaceable similar to the rest of ART products? Wouldn’t be bad value if you get 10 years out of one, my ZZ doesn’t tend to get much beyond 2/3 years before they slip a lot. 

[flyingjoiner]

2 hours ago, parkertrees said:

That's a pre-order though, delivery sometime in July I heard. Rather just pay when its actually available than give a shop a 600 quid interest free loan for 2 months lol

Yeh, wasn't gonna give em 600 quid for nowt, ideally I'd have a climb one one first as well

[Dan Maynard]

6 hours ago, parkertrees said:

Looks like it ticks all the boxes, SRT/DRT ready, mid line attachable.

As I have these things with RRP wouldn't want to give them up. This maybe looks a bit smoother, but then again if you watch a video of RRP they fly around in a way that I don't.

[parkertrees]

20 hours ago, Dan Maynard said:

As I have these things with RRP wouldn't want to give them up. This maybe looks a bit smoother, but then again if you watch a video of RRP they fly around in a way that I don't.

Looks better form a Ddrt stand point than the RRP (although ive not had a propper climb on either so cant really comment)

 

If its 80% as good as my SJ3 at Ddrt and also does SRT, then its a winner for me