samson tenex

[John Shutler]

i tie my own hitch cord,so the worry of splices is not an issue for me,the thing that concerned me was the possibility of burning the cord out.(pete made it sound like it was easily done).i personally havnt found any problem with overheating.

think it may just have been alot of ifs and buts

[will-d]

the amount of rope being worn with tenex is a high percentage of its stength. A double braid even when the cover is worn still retains a high percentage of its stength because of the core, hope that makes sence.

[John Shutler]

makes total sense.at what point does worn become dangerous.ie how worn

 

i also tend to change and alternate hitch cord quite frequently

[Pete Mctree]

It is quite easy to glaze, and transfers the heat to both the rope and hands. My concern, as i said is the lack of core. It does perform well, but i think there are better products more suited to the task and it's demands.

[Peter]

Buy a toss wand and put a core in! A bit of 6mm dynema cord should do the trick!

[will-d]

dynema in a friction hitch? NO

[Ian150482]

I use it, never had a bad problem with it, but as has been said does have a habit of binding. Everyone is diffrent with what they use, use what you feel comfortable with.

[Steve Bullman]

tenex was actually the first cord i used when i first switched to the v.t, that was a length with eye slices......didnt give me much room to experiment with wraps and braids, but i do remember it being very smooth for the first few climbs, but after a bit of glazing it did start binding a bit....at over £10 for an eye to eye length it was too expensive to justify throwing it out after a little glazing.

 

mind you...i view most of the high heat resistant cords in the same light....they glaze and lose their performance....sure they may have 4 weeks climbing left in them but still.

[rbtree]

I've never used hollow braid poly (tenex, Yalex, etc for a hitch cord as it's too soft....unless it's spliced up in such a way as to create a core...which is how the cord that Sherril sells is made. Still don't like it for a Vt, works fine for distel/schwabisch.

 

And it will burn like normal poly double braid. Not a problem if you're careful.

 

The new hi temp cords are the way to go. I don't like Bee Line--too soft. i like HRC, and haven't used Bailout, but hear it handles very well, and is nigh onto impossible to wear out.

[Jamie]

Don't use Dyneema in hitch cords or climbing lines,

 

here is a link to a previous post i made

 

http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=1571&highlight=dyneema&page=2

 

Jamie