Descending Device / Anyone Seen This?

[MasterBlaster]

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[bonner1040]

YEP, it is really expensive.. it can break a window, open a hydant, drag a guy out of a building, open a fire hose, help you pull the hose, etc... there are a bunch of vids on youtube

it does have some kind of auto lock/break setup though for desending...

 

[MasterBlaster]

IF you set it right...

 

[tophopper]

Looks like a great rescue device. Versatile.

 

[chris_girard]

That's a heck of a lowering device.

 

[NeTree]

Looks like it doubles as a medieval weapon.

 

[tophopper]

I wouldnt mind havin one myself......ya know.... in case of a........zombie apocalypse.

 

[woodworkingboy]

It looks like a device the predator would carry....and throw..

 

[MasterBlaster]

I want one just to have it. I wonder how much?

 

[stig]

Not what I'd choose for escaping a burning building in the middle of the night.
Too complicated and easy to screw up in a panic.
I'll stick with my RQ8

 

[cory]

That's a nice looking tool, Stig. Do just you use it for descending on a single line or for other apps too? Like the blurb says, it looks easier to use than a basic 8.

 

[bonner1040]

Butch its $130 and it is designed for firefighters

http://www.thebowring.com

 

[MasterBlaster]

I wonder why just firefighters?

edit - whoa, I just saw the video. Now I can dig it.

Now I want it, just for the water meter function.

 

[bonner1040]

There are a bunch of vids.. did you see the windshield one? it ripped through it like paper

 

[MasterBlaster]

It does hella more than my figure 8 descender, lol.

 

[stig]

That's a nice looking tool, Stig. Do just you use it for descending on a single line or for other apps too? Like the blurb says, it looks easier to use than a basic 8.

Both actually.
But single line is where it shines, because if you start going down too fast it is so easy to take a wrap around the horns to add friction.

Burnham turned me on to RQ8 when I was going to the Sequoias/Redwoods first time, for those long single line descents.

 

[bonner1040]

A GriGri is the cats meow for long single line descents, IMHO.

 

[treesmith]

Looks pretty neat, Stig. My only complaint would be the possibility of it hanging up on stuff in the tree. I use a medium size regular 8 now, that I always have with me. In addition, I have one of those small 8's that I keep on a screw link on the back of my saddle. I keep it there for a backup, and I have used it in a pinch to lower a limb or two out. I used to carry one of the rescue 8's with ears, but it seemed it was always hanging on something. Of course it had ears on both sides which made it a definite in brushy trees, whereas this one only having the one ear probably wouldn't have that problem.

 

[lumberjack]

And that unused hand line doesn't snag on stuff?:p

 

[treesmith]

Whutchu talkin' 'bout? You saw me use that unused handline a few months ago. And it doesn't hang like an ear on a rescue-8.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

A GriGri is the cats meow for long single line descents, IMHO.

As is a rack, as Burnam has also turned us on to.

Not what I'd choose for escaping a burning building in the middle of the night.
Too complicated and easy to screw up in a panic.
I'll stick with my RQ8

That was my take on it as well... K.I.S.S. would be a much better principle in an emergency situation.

 

[NeTree]

Can't get much simpler than a plain old 8.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

YUP.

 

[sotc]

I dislike the grigri for descending, too hurky jerky

 

[NeTree]

Maybe that's the purple monkey yanking in the end of the rope?