tachyon vs poison ivy vs imori??

[James Atkinson]

i use a spiderjack and need a nice new free flowing rope, simple question which one? i have asked before but i want more answers!!

[Dak]

Only used my tachyon on HC but everyone I know and have seen use tachyon on their spiderjacks!

 

I'm thinking poison ivy might be good, interested to see what people say!

[Rich Rule]

I have all three in different lengths but no spider jack. They all work well with a HC and VT combo. Pivy is probably the softest but overall the tachyon is hard to beat.

[atree]

Using tachyon myself on SJ just now,seems ok,

 

Have you thought about velocity?

[Joe Loggs]

I use poison ivy on my s.j I have tried both ropes and find the pi is much softer on your hands and feels like a bigger rope to grip even tho there is only a couple of mm difference.it self tends exactly the same as tachyon

[MOG]

velocity is the one for spiderjacks, i used to use tachyon and then changed to velocity. better move for sure, moves way easier through the jack. but you need to where gloves too, to get the best effect for both rope and jack.

 

Cheers MOG

[Peter]

Never used the spiderjack, but velocity gets a bit slippy for me in the wet. Tend to keep a handled ascender on my harness for gettting up greasy trees with it.

 

Best winter rope out of those 3 for me is the imori.

[Rich Rule]

Never used the spiderjack, but velocity gets a bit slippy for me in the wet. Tend to keep a handled ascender on my harness for gettting up greasy trees with it.

 

Best winter rope out of those 3 for me is the imori.

 

Really Peter?

 

I am with you on the feel side, thicker makes gripping the rope easier on cold wet days.

 

IMO I prefer the Tachyon, as once the Imori gets wet it stays wet. I did about 6 days leading upto xmas last year clearing snow damaged hangers out of large oaks over woodland footpaths. The Imori gave me chronic tennis and golfers elbow. I think it is because the same fibre that give a thicker feel also soak and hold water for a long time.

 

My Imori was still wet after the xmas break, even though I had it hanging in an electricians coil for 2 weeks.

 

Dont get me wrong I like the Imori but find it hard on wet days.

[Peter]

First day out of the bag my imori got soaked, maybe it was just switching from velocity that made it feel good!

 

Either way, keep a handled ascender handy on wet days, your shoulders elbows and wrists will thank you!

[James Atkinson]

hmm interesting i thought it would be majorly tachyon with the higher votes, i do like the poison ivy to look at though haha, who stock it?