Another mk2 zig zag fail

[MattyF]

Is 5 a record???

[Richard 1234]

That's good as this climbing kit does not look cheap

[Vespasian]

If you can get a free upgrade whats anyone doing with an older version?.....

Not to mention, anyone with any sense would be checking one of those before they start a job and at the end of the day....

[Tree Man Tom]

Why does everyone get so wound up about this. Look on the other hand, it's broken in 5 places but has still been life supporting. I had 2 zig zags crack, I continued climbing on them for ages until I got around to replacing them.

[Gray git]

Mine went today in two places, OK at start of clime and while I was having an idle moment at the top just happened to notice 1 then the other, wounder if the cold can affect it as my zillion also cracked today and I bet the temp never got above freezing all day with us.

[Gray git]

Do I need to take them back to place of purchase, zigzag came from gustharts so not a problem but the zillion came from honeys at last arb show so will it have to go back to them or can gustharts exchange it as well?

[silky fox]

I would say either back to Gustharts and HoneyB's or via LYON.....

[Joe Newton]

Why does everyone get so wound up about this. Look on the other hand, it's broken in 5 places but has still been life supporting. I had 2 zig zags crack, I continued climbing on them for ages until I got around to replacing them.

 

 

Fact it it should never have happened in the first place, let alone on the revised mark two.

 

You can't be checking you're kit constantly throughout your climb, and if that piece of kit suffered a shock load, I wouldn't be confident that it would do it's job.

[skyhuck]

Fact it it should never have happened in the first place, let alone on the revised mark two.

 

You can't be checking you're kit constantly throughout your climb, and if that piece of kit suffered a shock load, I wouldn't be confident that it would do it's job.

 

 

It is bad that they crack, however I don't believe one has actually come apart.

 

My mark 2 cracked within a few months of getting it, its the top link, so I would argue not critical. I have continued to use mine and the crack has not altered at all despite the best part of 12 months continued use.

 

I would not continue to use Stevie's with so many cracks, but I don't personally think there is any chance of one actually coming apart even if shock loaded.

[dan494]

 

 

 

I would not continue to use Stevie's with so many cracks, but I don't personally think there is any chance of one actually coming apart even if shock loaded.

 

 

It would be interesting to put a cracked one on a force gauge to see how much pressure/weight would cause it to fail