Spiderjack Rope

[Zember]

Hey there, I'm a bit of a newbie to the site but I have been climbing for the last year and thought that it's about time to get a Spiderjack to see what all the talk is about. My question is very simple, I am getting the ART Spiderjack 2 and I am looking for a rope (I've heard that 11mm works best for this) that will self tend the most with the Lockjack, I have isolated two possible options from Honey Brothers, the Yale Blaze and the Samson Velocity. Which one out of these two, or indeed another rope from Honey Brothers, would you recommend to me?

[onelab]

http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/climbers-talk/29712-best-spiderjack-rope.html

[Zember]

Thanks! This is perfect, although noone has said anything about the Samson Velocity

[Ewan Murray]

Blaze is good milks alot though as do most yale products, Velocity is slightly lighter, 11mm maybe slightly to thin for some people especially if they are used to a larger rope, Yale imori 12mm, new england tachyon and yales range of 11.7mm ropes are very popular its all down to personal preference. Heavy ropes will help pull itself through the spiderjack as it will self tend sooner due to the larger weight pulling the line through the cam (or is it clutch) of the spiderjack as you pull hand overhand

Edited September 29, 2011 by Ewan Murray

[David Goss]

i use imori and its the dogs whatsits, its soft and bights well on the SJ and self tends with ease.