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Random gear review (grapple hook )

Erniepower

Erniepower

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There has been some discussion on grapple hooks lately and I got this thing in the mail and had to share.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00P...1503884906&sr=1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65

It's small, has a pretty strong magnet and weighs nothing. The pins store inside when not in use.

I am definitely going this route this year. In the past I have always hauled everything up in one load and this year I am going to put parachord loops on all my gear to haul up one at a time.

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Thanks! Just spontaneously bought one.

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It would be cool if you could twist or pull the top and the spikes deploy outward then do the same to fold them in for storage. I don't like loose little parts.
On another note, use paracord with reflective tracers or wrap some reflective tape on your loops and hook. Makes it a lot easier to grab in the dark.
 
Thanks for the review! This is something I will definitely be waiting to hear an update on after some field use. The loose parts are concerning to me as well. I like the design...but I think I would be tempted to glue the pegs in place.
 
skell said:
Thanks for the review! This is something I will definitely be waiting to hear an update on after some field use. The loose parts are concerning to me as well. I like the design...but I think I would be tempted to glue the pegs in place.
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I'm taking it with me tomorrow to try. It does come with three extra pins just in case.....

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Erniepower said:
I'm taking it with me tomorrow to try. It does come with three extra pins just in case.....

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Are you planning to transport it with the pins inside or set up on the outside?
 
Probably assemble once I get tied in and set. I figure as long as I don't drop all 3 pins I will be able to get my stuff.

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Erniepower said:
Probably assemble once I get tied in and set. I figure as long as I don't drop all 3 pins I will be able to get my stuff.

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Fair point! Good luck tomorrow!
 
I looked at that grapple, but ended up making one out of a large treble hook thinking I would save by making myself. I probably spent just as much as yours cost! Oh well it was fun making one though!
 
swampsnyper said:
It would be cool if you could twist or pull the top and the spikes deploy outward then do the same to fold them in for storage. I don't like loose little parts.
On another note, use paracord with reflective tracers or wrap some reflective tape on your loops and hook. Makes it a lot easier to grab in the dark.
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That sounds like an engineering challenge, retractable pins.

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I can already hear the sounds of the pins bouncing off the tree :) (that would be ME). I have tethers on pretty much everything now.I like the idea of having a hook even though I pull up my gear in one pass as I just have backpack, bow and quiver and they are easy to attach
 
Well four days in the field, and I love this hook. The magnet could be stronger, but it made lowering and lifting my gear so much easier. And as an added bonus, I used it to pull branches back and tie them off to create a window to shoot through. I wouldn't have been able to reach those branches otherwise.

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Attach it to a doyles

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tearing down and lowering gear like boba fett
 
could you take a picture of the inside of it? Think I can shove enough lead shot (in some kind of sleeve), to make it weigh 5-6oz?

Could double as a throw weight for getting throw line in tree.
 
Erniepower said:
Well four days in the field, and I love this hook. The magnet could be stronger, but it made lowering and lifting my gear so much easier. And as an added bonus, I used it to pull branches back and tie them off to create a window to shoot through. I wouldn't have been able to reach those branches otherwise.

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Great...something else to add to the "need" list. Thanks for the update!
 
kyler1945 said:
could you take a picture of the inside of it? Think I can shove enough lead shot (in some kind of sleeve), to make it weigh 5-6oz?

Could double as a throw weight for getting throw line in tree.
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The center isn't hollow, but perhaps you could bore it out

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A 1"x4" steel cylinder works out to .9lbs... Boring a hole in the middle for rod storage,threading the end, it could end up around 12 oz....if only I had a lathe!

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Erniepower said:
Well four days in the field, and I love this hook. The magnet could be stronger, but it made lowering and lifting my gear so much easier. And as an added bonus, I used it to pull branches back and tie them off to create a window to shoot through. I wouldn't have been able to reach those branches otherwise.

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Yup. Super handy tool. I like pulling branches in too.
 
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