Is it better? I don't know. I like the stuff but I haven't found a great use for it yet. @Ken Ruppel is pretty spot on with his description.Is this really better for the Stepps? Seems like it would be, but looks like I need to spend 130 for 300 ft...yikes
From treestuff:If used to replace ropes on stepps, are you just splicing it according to the original stepp instructions?
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I've got it on 2 stepps for getting around bigger trees, I ordered 6ft rope with a pack of 10. Has low stretch, very light, packs easy and fairly easy to splice. Very fine strands that can frey if caught on something like my cheap plastic fid that had a burr on it. Little harder to work with when adjusting rope length for installation for you can't back it out of the knot like the stock rope, it makes a very tight knot but not like you can't loosen it. Maybe @Swampfox Has more of an opinion, think he has been using it longer than I have.
I do like how it holds the knot for camming but it takes a little bit to fine adjust it cause of how tight the knot gets but i think just working with it more will help. What I like about it most is how easy it packs. I'm a little hesitant to try amsteel cause of how slick it is but I'm going to try it. Thanks.I feel you described it pretty good. I still have it on the few steps I put it on originally. However, I rigged up the rest of my steps with Amsteel. It’s not that I don’t like this stuff, it’s that I buy Amsteel in large quantities so it’s cheaper and more convenient. One thing I really like about it is that it is dynamic,making it easier to cam the steps over yet not so much as to become loose. If I wasn’t using Amsteel I’d use this, I like it a great deal more than what comes on the steps currently. Hope this helps!
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I feel you described it pretty good. I still have it on the few steps I put it on originally. However, I rigged up the rest of my steps with Amsteel. It’s not that I don’t like this stuff, it’s that I buy Amsteel in large quantities so it’s cheaper and more convenient. One thing I really like about it is that it is dynamic,making it easier to cam the steps over yet not so much as to become loose. If I wasn’t using Amsteel I’d use this, I like it a great deal more than what comes on the steps currently. Hope this helps!
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What is it you guys don't like about the rope that comes with Wildedge steps? It seems to work good?
Same. I did per the recommendation of @DaveT1963 and @g2outdoors. I didn't like untying the knot with cold weather fingers and it was harder to make any adjustments. It packed awesome though. I need to play with it more.I like it too. I put 1/4 amsteel on one but went back to the original.
From treestuff:
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Splicing Recommendation
Two tucks separated by 6 picks, followed by a straight bury of 1 fid length. Tie a stopper knot after the bury exits.
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I interpreted it as:Thanks Red, but can you assist me in understanding what this means? I also believe that it was mentioned above that this was for splicing two pieces of rope together. Just want to ensure it is done right since it is for my climbing method.
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What is it you guys don't like about the rope that comes with Wildedge steps? It seems to work good?
I agree totally. I bought the dryad to play with but this is the only thing I put it on just because I wanted 2 stepps with 8ft ropes, going to keep it on there cause I would be putting them on first and from ground level. If i could adjust the knot easier I would put it on all of them. Gonna try amsteel on one but if not i will use the original rope. Cant remember who it was that put the dryad on a stick with a versa button but I could see that being a good application for it since you should only have to just put it on tight without readjustment. Maybe for a platform also according to type of attachment system. Oh and I'm also going to put it on my Kestrel temporarily/permanently to try a fixed bridge. Hey @Swampfox are you saying you use a different knot with the amsteel and not the WE knot?I haven't found anything that works better than the rope that comes with them. The rope is stiff and it makes tying but more importantly untying and adjusting the knot easy. Everything else I have tried is easy to tie but is harder to untie after it has been cam'ed down tight.
The only real disadvantage to the rope they come with is the amount of pack space they take up. The stiff rope just doesn't pack very tightly.