Cougar Orange

[Mr. Squirrel]

Hey folks,

 

I've had a bit of cougar orange for a couple months now. It sat in the cupboard for a while, until i decided my old rope really really needed replaced. Now that I'm using it regularly, it's basically going square.

Has anybody else had this issue? I've used the rope wrench on it a bit, but very little. So pretty much just using a knot. I've never had a rope lose it's shape this badly, even in a spiderjack. It's not a safety issue i wouldn't say, but it's pretty horrible to use... I'd just be interested to hear if it's common...

[MattyF]

My cougar blue went flat not square with a bulldog bone on the first few climbs but a few more on a wrench and it was fine... Maybe it's just a breaking in thing.

[Tommy_B]

I had some cougar blue that went flat and became a real pain to grip. I relegated it to conifer rope. That was using the Wrench and the runner.

[Mr. Squirrel]

Yeah, flat is maybe a better description... Same sort of thing though for sure. I thought it was maybe a breaking in thing too but after a good months use now it's just... nasty.

I've heard Donaghys had some major quality control issues so wasn't sure if it was just a duff batch or a crap rope...

[Arran Turner]

My cougar blue is awesome holds it's shape and doesn't milk. I had cougar puke and it went flat and milked like hell, I think it is luck of the draw with cougar..

[treequip]

Cougar orange sounds like she has been in the sun bed a bit to long

[Mr. Squirrel]

Straight over my head treequip...

I'm amazed people rave about a rope which seems to be pot luck if it's good, awful, or in some cases down right dangerous i hear...

Sorry the more I use this the worse it gets and the more annoyed I become. Going back to tachyon.

[maria warwick]

For the little amount of climbing that I do , I use Cougar Blue. It seems good to me …

 

Just ordered some Cougar Orange…

 

Will see how it compares….