Another zigzag bites the dust!!!!

[Stubby]

At the end of the day it surely is upon us as professionals to inspect our kit .........

 

I would plump for the beginning of the day .........

[mad matty]

Would be very unfair to expect petzl to contact every purchaser of a zigzag 2 IF they did a recall...

 

True but car manufacturers do it?

[DrewB]

And buying a zigzag involves just as much paperwork as buying a car right?

[mad matty]

Sorry Drew B,....I wasn't be sarcastic and some will slip through the nets with shows and such, but dealers will have a good record of the majority of sales as does your receipt not act as a certificate of conformity.

oh well I will shut up.

[JimM]

I wondered if it was the short choking around a stem that's stressing the zigzags laterally. That and when you are going past a horizontal limb and the zigzag is sitting hard against it under your weight.

Still using mine and checking it. Went through the recall process with the mk1 and Jonesie was very good in contacting everyone they could.

I sent my mk1 back as I didn't want to risk an insurer denying a claim if I was using recalled equipment and it failed.

[5 shires]

I wondered if it was the short choking around a stem that's stressing the zigzags laterally. That and when you are going past a horizontal limb and the zigzag is sitting hard against it under your weight.

Still using mine and checking it. Went through the recall process with the mk1 and Jonesie was very good in contacting everyone they could.

I sent my mk1 back as I didn't want to risk an insurer denying a claim if I was using recalled equipment and it failed.

 

I think you have just said what all us using any type of mechanical climbing devise are saying, in that no matter how much time the manufacturers test there products every situation can't be replicated. It's only out in the field of use that it gets put through it's passes. It might be a good idea that if and when any body's zag fails they should put a small note with it when they send or take it back just explaining the process of climbing as to when they think the fault occurred? I still think it's a good piece of kit and petzl will get it right. They really can't afford not to.

[Dean Lofthouse]

swivel this swivel that ??

 

the ZZ failed at the weakest point

 

the point of failure is where the hole is drilled for the spring location.

 

the hole is drilled at the narrowest point of the side cheek

 

the hole should be located more toward the 6 o'clock and thicker part of the cheek

 

basic engineering principles

 

swivel, sideload, vertical axis, horizontal axis, whats all that about

[Scott Walker]

swivel this swivel that ??

 

the ZZ failed at the weakest point

 

the point of failure is where the hole is drilled for the spring location.

 

the hole is drilled at the narrowest point of the side cheek

 

the hole should be located more toward the 6 o'clock and thicker part of the cheek

 

basic engineering principles

 

swivel, sideload, vertical axis, horizontal axis, whats all that about

 

I totally agree.

 

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[carlos]

swivel this swivel that ??

 

the ZZ failed at the weakest point

 

the point of failure is where the hole is drilled for the spring location.

 

the hole is drilled at the narrowest point of the side cheek

 

the hole should be located more toward the 6 o'clock and thicker part of the cheek

 

basic engineering principles

 

swivel, sideload, vertical axis, horizontal axis, whats all that about

 

yes i think it the rivet on that one is fractionally closer to the edge,

[zachjosh]

Lj or sj all the way, they are never gonna get beat in the way of a mechanical device, I use the lj and it's so robust. Zig zag should just be binned personally

 

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