Hitch cord question.

[Old Mill Tree Care]

Can Tenex (9mm or other) be used as hitch cord?

 

I see Honey Brothers sell it and it is considerably cheaper than most other cords.

[marcus_arb]

Yes. Pro Arb used to sell eye 2 eye tenex friction cord. I use it in my rigging and speed line kit

[Brett]

may be subject to melting in high speed descents ?

[Pete Mctree]

Tennex does not have a high enough melting point in my opinion. However, if you want to use a hollow braid there is the better option of using ice tail

 

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[rumination]

I used to use tenex as a hitch cord. It's ok, but not really the best, both because of it's low melting point and because it has a tendency to lock up occasionally. It's better suited for rigging applications. If you want to try a 12 strand for a hitch cord I'll second Pete's suggestion of ice tail.

[Adam Bourne]

I wouldn't bother with either tenex or ice tale hollow braid they might be cheaper or even cheaper than cheap if you do it yourself but you'll spend more in the long run, Ocean poly, armour prus are priced high because of there last ability, I've just start to use edelrid tibor III and if I'm honest I prefer it over ocean poly but how long it last or if it lasts as long is a different story, ill let you know.

 

 

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[Reddog]

Like others I have used a few but ether on a my back up flip line or for rigging. The low melting point and grabby nature swayed me from trying it as my climbing hitch.

Now about the only thing I use it for is rigging or adjustable friction savers.

HRC is prefered hitch cord, even on my backup flip line.

[Old Mill Tree Care]

Tennex does not have a high enough melting point in my opinion. However, if you want to use a hollow braid there is the better option of using ice tail

 

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Are you using Ice Tail with your HH Pete?

Are you still DdRT or SRWP climbing?

 

 

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[arbmansam]

I find that silverstreak isnt that bad has lasted me a fair while but did make a quick change to sj so i only use it for side strop now what was silverstreak like for other people