Thinking of a zigzag

[kcstevens]

Without derailing the thread too much - Marlow ropes are poooooooooooooooooooo! And unspliceable no matter what anyone says!

Not the first time I've heard that

 

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[maria warwick]

Cougar orange on my zigzag....

[Jammydogg]

Behaves the same in wet, dry, hot, cold conditions, best climbing device for ddrt in my opinion and I'm on my 4th, 2 cracked and got replaced and wore 3rd out so got another.

 

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Alrite fella, how did u wear out your zigzag?? Did it stop biting the rope?

[Tommy_B]

Without derailing the thread too much - Marlow ropes are poooooooooooooooooooo! And unspliceable no matter what anyone says!

 

Agreed!!!

[Gray git]

Alrite fella, how did u wear out your zigzag?? Did it stop biting the rope?

By using yale imoria and bailing out way too fast way to often, got new rope which was actually blue tongue and it just crept constantly when under my full weight, tryed my mates new 1 which was fine so put it down to just being worn on the bars so not creating enough friction anymore.

 

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[Mark Bolam]

Was the wear visible mate?

It's surprising how much rope can wear down metal when done often enough.

I remember seeing a cambium saver ring on here that was trolleyed after one climbing comp.

 

 

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[dan494]

How long do these zigzags last before they stop gripping the rope properly?

 

 

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[Joe Newton]

What line was that, Joe? Draco I've spliced ok. Everything else is just a total mare!

 

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It was an older white line with blue strands. Draco rings a bell?

[Gray git]

Was the wear visible mate?

It's surprising how much rope can wear down metal when done often enough.

I remember seeing a cambium saver ring on here that was trolleyed after one climbing comp.

 

 

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Wasn't that noticeable till you got another next to it and everything was just a little rounded off but still looked perfectly ok to use.

Think the lifespan can depend on many things including climbing style, rope type, how well you and your groundsmen look after your rope and keep it out the grit, and how much tree gunk gets into every thing when working.

 

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[silky fox]

What Mr Git said....rope condition will determine it's lifespan.