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The foot loop on the easy aider would make a nice but unnecessary addition to the knaider
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I mentioned it before but maybe you didn't know what I was talking about. A castration band would work perfect for a tensioner on your foot loop. Its just a thick oring. Thats what I use to pinch my girth hitch on my tree tether. Works great.So a couple of thoughts about some of the great comments.
The small hook works. I played with it a bit before having to leave this morning. I can use the bungee two ways. First, tension when initially clipping it in going up, it then loosens and gets pulled off as I step on the knaider. Problem is on the way down when you first clip it in it can come off very easily, until you tension it.
Second is to clip the bungee somewhere where the clip is always under tension with the bungee. Kind of nice. As you get above the step it flips the hook upside down on the step, but stays hooked up. Makes it easy to unhook. I think @swampsnyper made a comment about the safety of using a carabiner. I think I agree. I am gonna try the biner again, with the bungee always under the tension. If I can get the biner to flip upside down automatically as I get above the step, then unclipping the biner is a no brainer. And it is safer.
@BassBoysLLP makes a good comment about dangling upside down. So, I am going back to the same loop I have on the Knaider. A big one with something to cinch it. Right now I am using a plastic tie. I can get it tight enough, it slides easily enough, and it should break away if there is a fall. Plus, that way I do not have the webbing squeezing my foot as it does now. My loop for the Knaider was by accident. Little did I know it would add a lot to the comfort and safety.
I mentioned it before but maybe you didn't know what I was talking about. A castration band would work perfect for a tensioner on your foot loop. Its just a thick oring. Thats what I use to pinch my girth hitch on my tree tether. Works great.
Pretty slick. Would go a lot smoother without the linemans belt always hanging you up. That why I like the Cain’s method. No linemans belt. I hate that thing...unless I fall.
I've been integrating both. Shorter spacing and no linemans belt when going throw sections of limb. Linemans and further spacing on the clean sections if I need to get high. Otherwise, I just keep them close. 6 stepps...40 feet if I want it.Really nice. I'm with @swampsnyper in that I like getting rid of the lineman's belt using Cain's method but I'm going to have to give this a try. It looks pretty smooth. Nice work!
I haven't built and tried the knaider yet but, do you think the second attachment point around your calf helps make the knaider feel more stable? If so it might be worth attaching this to your foot and calf like the knaider.
Also, it might not be a bad idea to climb with both your tether and your linesmans belt when testing some of this stuff out. It will be a little slower but, might save you some bumps and bruises if something doesn't work like you expected.