Does anyone use the Mammut Smart 2.0 to ascend, hang, and rappel from with one sticking? I have been curious about trying it.
Currently I'm one sticking. I climb, hunt, and rappel on the same tether/rappel line (Canyon Elite). I'm ascending and hanging from a prusik, and then switching over to a Figure 8 with Klemheist on a lineman's loop to rappel. It's simple and works. I like the security of the friction hitches. I'm leery of mechanical devices and have mostly eyed the Safeguard craze as the latest spend-trend. But—I have to admit, I like the ability it would offer to bail out of the tree with the same rope, same device almost instantly. I've been trying to think of how to do this, sans Safeguard. Although the Smart 2.0 looks slightly less plug-and-play right out of the box (Mammut recommends using an HMS carabiner), it looks like it does everything Safeguard (without any mechanical parts) if you set it up with a friction hitch below on a lineman's loop.
Any input on using it to climb (especially one-sticking) and hang from?