samson tenex

[carlos]

ive used tenex now for a couple of years and never had any probs with it its very easy to splice your own eye to eye and cheap at 2 qiud A meter. does seem to bind when covered in pine sap though! i think that imo if you start a days climb with a sound prussic and come out at the end with a dangerous one then this may be due to your technique rather than the cord you use. i am queit new to climbing(2 half yrs) so this may not be right just my thougths. carlos

[Paul Barton]

I have used tenex for a few years now and really like it. As was mentioned before, it lies nice and flat against your rope so it's quite grippy (not too scary on a VT for a wuss like me) but it still self tends once you're at a half decent height.

[Ian150482]

i think that imo if you start a days climb with a sound prussic and come out at the end with a dangerous one then this may be due to your technique rather than the cord you use.

 

 

Couldnt put it better myself

[jeepster]

Am I right in thinking that standard tenex and the samson tenex a different in there heat resistance. I have just looked on the samson website and on http://www.wesspur.com and the description of the samson tenex is I quote

"An extremely heat-resistant, 12 strand prusik from Samson that is easy to splice, has a soft feel, and makes great eye and eye tails. 80% Technora/20% polyester blend. 8,500 lbs. breaking strength".

so to burn this rope out you would have to be doing the old SAS descent.

[Jamie]

Thats no tenex in theat description, Tenex is polyester.

 

Tenex has 12 strands, Tenex tec has 12 strands each strand being made up of 2 'carriers'.

 

Samsons page isn't opeing for me just now, It sounds like bailout or ice tail. which ever is teh 12 strand version. (i think bailout is a doublebraded rope)

 

Jamie

[Tom D]

I've been using bail out for a while, i think it is double braid, it looks like it, i also have a piece of ice tail which looks very like the tenex but is green rather than yellow. Does anyone rate ocean polyester?

[Jamie]

and its made froma different fibre. where'd you get it from Tom?

 

Jamie

[Peter]

OP is ok, although it seems to wear out very quickly. Armor-Prus is much better though........

[Tom D]

and its made froma different fibre. where'd you get it from Tom?

 

Jamie

 

https://www.gustharts.com/Products/Arborist%20Equipment/Arborist%20Climbing%20Equipment/Prussik%20%26%20Accessory%20Cord/

 

What's icetail then?

[jeepster]

Thats no tenex in theat description, Tenex is polyester.

 

Tenex has 12 strands, Tenex tec has 12 strands each strand being made up of 2 'carriers'.

 

Samsons page isn't opeing for me just now, It sounds like bailout or ice tail. which ever is teh 12 strand version. (i think bailout is a doublebraded rope)

 

Jamie

 

heres the thread... http://www.wesspur.com/rope/bulk-prusik-cord.html