buying rope for first time - best length?

[Jamie M]

Ive got a 20m shorty, 35m and then 45m. That said I hardly ever use the 45m line.

[Marc Lewis]

I have 2 ropes always, 1 long and 1 short. I always use the short one whenever possible

[Wolfie]

The main climbing rope that stays in my kit bag is 25m.

When you do the maths, a 25m rope using DRT means your tie-in point can be about 13 metres above the ground. Your anchor point is likely to be 10ft-ish from the top, meaning that you can use that rope on any tree up to 50ft high.

Keep your 50m rope for anything bigger - you won't be using it very often.

 

I never get mine spliced as it generally results in using one end all the time where I like to alternate ends.

I don't worry about losing 25% strength of the rope from a knot. I'm guessing that the breaking weight of a climbing rope to be 3T. That means as long as me, my kit and the odd cut and hold branch combined is less than 2250kg, I should be safe.

[Ewan Murray]

Instead of 45 just buy a fifty, 45 is commonly sold as our American cousins work in foot and 45m is 150ft i have a 20m, 30m,50m and a 70m, 30 is used most day to day.

 

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[markieg31]

i got a 50m which hardly ever gets used apart from big trees.

also got a 10m and 25m, variety is the splice of life i use the small rope quite a lot so easy not haveing to pull loads of rope through whilst redirecting

[DrewB]

im a bit biased towards spliced ropes BUT the're good if you move onto a hitchclimber setup- a knot can be pretty dodgy if used in this setup( on your main line).

personally id get a 45m rope and a 25m rope...

[RobRainford]

I have a 20m and 45 and the 20m comes out the bag a lot more. So handy having a short rope!

[roseyweb]

Personally I use the shortest rope I can get away with, I hate havin to pull miles of loose rope around and getting coils of rope berried in brash. Even if sometimes you have to jump out the tree for last few feet. Just don't forget to use a stopper knot x

[John Shutler]

50m and just leave what you don't need in the bag, I like a long rope so I can redirect my system when I've finished working 1 side of the tree without having to climb all the way up to my tie in point