Ocean polyester

[mistahbenn]

My 28 inches of OP turned up today with a hitchclimber rapide. Will be testing out tmrw. Also got some silverstreak on the way just in case I love silverstreak, you can get it from Fletcher Stewarts

[mistahbenn]

A pic of my shiny things. Works well, OP grips with no probs.

[old snake]

Do you find the OP is better at gripping the rope when spliced or with fishermans terminations?

 

Ive never been a big fan of OP but i spliced some up and it seemed to work alot better. The stiffer tails on the splice seem to help in opening and closing the hitch. Just curious what others have found?

[mistahbenn]

i bought some OP without splices and it was rubbish, the inner just came out at the ends, find spliced much better, and yeh the stiffness helps with the hitch.

[Ben90]

I've got some OP, Conveniently the place I ordered it accidentally sent me 2, so I guess it's no loss if i don't like it as I can sell the other. I run a VT and had to put a Knut in the bottom to help it grip, but sometimes it's a nightmare to pull through. Maybe now it's worn in a bit I can remove the knut and it'll be fine.

[Tom D]

I've got some OP, Conveniently the place I ordered it accidentally sent me 2, so I guess it's no loss if i don't like it as I can sell the other. I run a VT and had to put a Knut in the bottom to help it grip, but sometimes it's a nightmare to pull through. Maybe now it's worn in a bit I can remove the knut and it'll be fine.

 

try this, you might like it, let me know how it goes.

 

http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/climbers-talk/17209-new-hitch.html

[Frank]

A pic of my shiny things. Works well, OP grips with no probs.

 

I think anything would grip that dirty old New England Hivee. Haha

[mistahbenn]

Haha yeh I know! Its all Rob could get his hands on at short notice. Ropes a rope though right? It does seem to like getting twisted of its own accord though, just on a straight climb. Strange!