ISC Reflex

[Mick Dempsey]

Anyone using one of these yet? I’m thinking of getting my young climber one.

 

Like me he cannot abide the ZZ because of its self tending, so was wondering if it self tended at all?

[Mesterh]

1 hour ago, Mick Dempsey said:

 

 

Like me he cannot abide the ZZ because of its self tending, 

Thats the best bit!

 

[Joe Newton]

2 hours ago, Mick Dempsey said:

Anyone using one of these yet? I’m thinking of getting my young climber one.

 

Like me he cannot abide the ZZ because of its self tending, so was wondering if it self tended at all?

Any mechanical will self tend. It can be a double edged sword like that.

 

If your lad wanted the best of both worlds I'd suggest a hitchclimber setup with a 75cm e2e tied with a catalyst hitch. Requires a bit more user input but that not the worst thing in the world. 

31 minutes ago, Mesterh said:

Thats the best bit!

 

Until you want to pull slack into your system for any reason and the device just eats it.

[Joe Newton]

I personally think the Reflex looks awesome as a "one device does everything" affair.

 

I'll be giving it a few months while the keen kids are guinea pigs though. 

[Mesterh]

"Until you want to pull slack into your system for any reason and the device just eats it."

 

Yeah but you just put a bit of friction on the rope, use a foot or a knee against the tree. The bigger issue I found was when above the anchor point, it is a bit of a ball ache to pull the rope through it. IMO the self tending which allows way easier free climbing outweighs the negatives.

 

Horses for courses and I suppose thats why there are so many climbing devises on the market ATM. 

It would be interesting to run a poll to find out what the majority of people are using. I recon prussik loop would still be up there!