Spikes

[Marc]

So you would rate the carbon gekkos over the titanium buckinghams

 

I personally love my Geckos, I don't think you can go wrong with Geckos, but you may hate them, kit can be a very personal choice.

[MattyF]

I personally love my Geckos, I don't think you can go wrong with Geckos, but you may hate them, kit can be a very personal choice.

 

definietly agree marc,try before you buy!

evan the 5 mins on a set of spikes would not be enough i would want to try them for atleast a couple of hours and get them adjusted to suit you,if you dont get on with a pair and they make your feet ache you will regret spending the money.....also a wire core flip line and gloves are essential to efficient spiking,seen some pretty bad accidents without gloves on and advoided a few with them!

The wire core means you can move fast and avoid snagged and work confidently.

[Steve Bullman]

matty, i tend to only bring out my wirecore for bigger trees these days. most of the time if im spiking i'll hold my lanyard so its not touching the tree and spike up rather than the flipping motion

[MattyF]

true mate i know what your saying i only use mine on pines spruces ect where ill be doing a lot of cutting around that area and to flip off snags or big trees were i cant see where it is and dont wanna cut through it.

You dont wanna be dragging one around say a big willow take down just to get out on some awkward verticle limbs to set up tip ropes but if your learning to spike it gets your confinence up quickly.

i gave my groundy both the normal and a wire core and he got on a lot better with the wire core...... i spose a bit of a confidence booster to some thing a bit alien to him.

[Steve Bullman]

i used nothing but wirecore for best part of 8 years till i tried a rope lanyard.....overtime ive decided i personally prefer rope for most applications

[Peter]

I hardly ever use my wirecore these days. Only on the last stages of bigger takedowns really.

When i started climbing all I had was a wirecore to use as a lanyard all the time!

[Buzz]

I hardly ever use my wirecore these days. Only on the last stages of bigger takedowns really.

When i started climbing all I had was a wirecore to use as a lanyard all the time!

 

Ditto, I've just bought mine out of retirement with a pulley to advance the vt, purely for ease on the last 30' of big take downs.

 

I'd love to try those geckos as i've had my bashlins for 6 years now and they are getting a little tired.