just wanna climb

Hi guys, I have just got a haas ascent system and I’m finding that the foot ascender is not tending the slack efficiently, It just pulles the rope up as I go. I know that if I get a bit higher it will feed better but by the time I have foot locked to a descent height I my as well just go the whole way (which I was hoping this would prevent) Is there maybe a technique that I’m missing, someone mentioni a bicycle motion? thanks

Hi all, I'm just curious if any of the cheaper climbing saws (echo, shindaiwa, Makita) are any good or is it just a case of paying the price for the quality of the sthils. I'm asking as I work for a company in aus but keep getting offered private work on the side. so the saw would only be doing a few jobs a month not flat out work all day every day? any info would be great cheers