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climbski2
Mountain climber
Anchorage AK, Reno NV
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Nov 24, 2014 - 07:58am PT
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Ed that does not seem strange at all to me.
Different dyes affect nylon characteristics differently. I notice this a great deal in my carpet cleaning business. In general nylon with blue dye seems to be most dirt resistant/easiest to clean. Not sure how durability or other characteristics are affected. Offhand I'd say there is evidence towards durability in blue dyed carpet but that is not something I pay as close attention to.
Not sure if most blue dyes are chemically similar or not. I would suppose they likely are considering my very definate observations. Something interesting must be occurring due to the dye.
I'm curious, to those others who have replied.. on your worst ropes.. what color were they?
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Scole
Trad climber
Joshua Tree
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Nov 27, 2014 - 07:55pm PT
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Edelrid Classic. Corbett and I climbed Aquarian Wall on a brand new classic. There were 15 core shots in our lead line by the top. Scariest rope I have ever used.
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justthemaid
climber
Jim Henson's Basement
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Nov 27, 2014 - 09:55pm PT
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Maxim glider. Hands down the worst rope investment ever.
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reptyle
Trad climber
Kali
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Nov 27, 2014 - 10:09pm PT
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I bought a.Mammut rope.in maybe 79 or 80 that was so stiff it was hard to knot and a bitch.to unknot. Beleive it or.not I think I still have it, along with a nearly new set of EBs.
Reptyle D-<
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Sierra Ledge Rat
Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
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Nov 28, 2014 - 03:14am PT
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The worst rope that I ever purchased was my very first climbing rope back in the early 1970s.
What can I say? I was poor.
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franky
Trad climber
Bishop, CA
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Nov 28, 2014 - 07:02am PT
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I wonder if anyone has noticed that every single rope brand has been called the "worst ever" in this thread. My conclusion is that all ropes are equal, every company sells some bad apples.
I've only every seen one rope truly suck, and it was a petzl. It would coat your hand in nylon fibers if you touched it.
Conclusion, but the cheapest rope that meets your size needs.
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Ezra Ellis
Trad climber
North wet, and Da souf
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Nov 28, 2014 - 07:07am PT
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I'm still alive, so none have been terrible 😜
Not a fan of sterling or beal though .
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BruceAnderson
Social climber
Los Angeles currently St. Antonin, France
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Nov 28, 2014 - 11:04am PT
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To a large degree with modern ropes, a rope is a rope. The worst I've had was a cheapo edelwiess, but it was definitely a budget rig. I've been using Sterling's only for the last few years ( mostly their 9.8's), climbing usually three days a week with tons of heavy usage sport climbing on sharp limestone, and they last me normally two seasons or so. Lots of TR'ing, lots of lead falls. The new Beal UniCore's do look really nice and are quite popular here in France.
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