New rope time

[BostonBull]

I am currently on Velocity, and love it. But id like to try something new. Maybe Tachyon, Blue Moon, Blaze? wanna stay in the 11mm range.

What do you think?

 

[mek]

I like my Blaze rope. It is the second one I had the first one got cut with a chainsaw. Gotta watch them groundmen better I suppose.

 

[Frans]

tachyon

 

[wiley_p]

For day in day out climbing the 16-stand that Samson offers can't be beat.

I like BLaze, its light, sporty, and it runs through a Machard nice.
I just got a chunk of Blue Moon a couple of months ago, and I like it. it milks worse than Blaze from the splice, but once its broke in it is good to go.

 

[Blinky]

Blue moon = Poison Ivy right?

I like PI but will probably try Tachyon next.

 

[BostonBull]

Anyone have a link that says Blue Moon is PI?
I know Lava is Tachyon..........

 

[Blinky]

I don't think there's anything official. Used to be you could only get PI from Sherrills. The word I heard is that Blue Moon and Limelight24 came out just after an exclusive agreement between Yale and Sherrills timed out. That's hearsay though.

The construction appears to be identical.

 

[NickfromWI]

I assure you, Blue Moon and LimeLite 24 ARE made to the same weave and with the same fibers by Yale Cordage, as Poison Ivy. Blinky is right, sherrill had a 2 yr deal on the rope with sherrill, and now that's expired.

I have some limelite 24 and it even SMELLS like yale rope!

I like my blaze a lot. I think you'd like it, especially if you use a friction saver of some sort most of the time.

love
nick

 

[SkwerI]

I never could understand why Sherrill thought it was such a hot idea to market rope with colors designed to make it invisible in a tree. If I'm climbing a tree running a saw, and groundmen are running saws underneath me, I want my lifeline to be as brightly colored and easily visible as possible. How many times has a Poison Ivy rope been cut because "I didn't see it"?
:roll:

 

[BostonBull]

I run mostly without a friction saver. Most trees around here are thick barked, Red Oak, White oak, various maples. If I cant tie into something with thick bark then ill run a friction saver up. I also do a lot of removals, so natural crotch most of the time. How does Tachyon, blaze hold up to this?

How do these two compare to Velocity?

 

[mek]

My first Blaze rope held up as good as the blue streak did with natural crotch tie in.

 

[Greenhorn]

why not stay with velocity?

 

[BostonBull]

why not stay with velocity?

Its a tossup right now between velocity and Tachyon.

You know how human nature is, always wanna try something new and different.

 

[Frans]

I do like my Blaze, but the Tachyon is good

 

[OTGBOSTON]

I'm suprised its even a question for you Jim. Isn't your mancrush pushing tachyon these days???

 

[BostonBull]

I'm suprised its even a question for you Jim. Isn't your mancrush pushing tachyon these days???

Jealousy will get you nowhere in life Greg!


You did miss a great dinner though

 

[OTGBOSTON]

 

[treesandsurf]

I love velocity!

jp

 

[rbtree]

I also really like Blaze, especially at the price that Bishop offers it. For removals, I prefer a heavier line such as Arbormaster.

i haven't used any of the other lines...I'm sure they all work.

 

[FJR]

I just picked up some blaze yesterday, going to give it a whirl. Like RB said, I might still use a heavier 13mm line for removals ... we'll see.

 

[Bounce]

I agree - 1/2" is best for removals and natural crotches, while the 7/16" is better for pruning & use w/ a friction saver. I like Samson's Arbormaster and Yale's Bluemoon.

 

[brendonv]

I use Velocity, holds up great in both natural and false crotch systems. Mostly natural though.

 

[NeTree]

I still like my old standby 1/2" Safety-Blue Hi-V and the XTC Fire.

 

[top hopper]

Just picked up some Lava Tachyon today.

 

[MasterBlaster]

I love her videos!