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8mm Oplux questions & uses

As far as kong duck to carabiner noise I just put some heat shrink over my biner and it's is silent now.

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Two 8mm ropes with sewn eyes (1 oplux and 1 lone wolf), 2 Kong ducks, 2 oval carabiners, and a 24” 8mm looped prussik that I can turn into a short bridge if needed. All packed in a drink pouch. I’ll eventually replace the lonewolf lineman belt with the oplux too, I just didn’t see the need yet. 8mm paired with the kong is definitely the way to go IMO. I shrink wrapped all my carabiners too and everything works flawlessly.


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I haven't gotten a tender to work with beal jammy (prussic) and Sterling HTP 9mm . Tried DanO's and some DIYs. Maybe a Shizzl would work? I mean it works but the Jammy bites down hard and it is tough to move.

With regard to Kong Duck, I wrap as much of the carabiner as I can in "vet tape".
 
weekender21 said:
Anyone using OpLux as a bridge?


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Yes I am on my mantis, adjustable with a beal jammy. It works good.
pesqimon said:
I haven't gotten a tender to work with beal jammy (prussic) and Sterling HTP 9mm . Tried DanO's and some DIYs. Maybe a Shizzl would work? I mean it works but the Jammy bites down hard and it is tough to move.

With regard to Kong Duck, I wrap as much of the carabiner as I can in "vet tape".
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I am using oplux and a jammy as an adjustable bridge. It binds up really tight and is hard to unload. I have a shizll I can try with it.

I wish I could find a 5 or 6 mm sewn eye to eye cord to use with a distel hitch on oplux.
 
Buckshot1822 said:
Yes I am on my mantis, adjustable with a beal jammy. It works good.


I am using oplux and a jammy as an adjustable bridge. It binds up really tight and is hard to unload. I have a shizll I can try with it.

I wish I could find a 5 or 6 mm sewn eye to eye cord to use with a distel hitch on oplux.
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I am going to try using a micro pulley as a tender for my Jammy/Oplux as I have not been able to get anything else to work.If this does not work, I am going with a ropeman 2. If I dont like that i will try "the duck". This experimenting is getting expensive. I have already tried several DIY methods as well.
 
predatorhunter said:
I am going to try using a micro pulley as a tender for my Jammy/Oplux as I have not been able to get anything else to work.If this does not work, I am going with a ropeman 2. If I dont like that i will try "the duck". This experimenting is getting expensive. I have already tried several DIY methods as well.
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I use the duck, but I am also thinking it might not be so bad to just use the jammy without a tender. We'll see.
 
lhold450 said:
...Two 8mm ropes with sewn eyes (1 oplux and 1 lone wolf), 2 Kong ducks, 2 oval carabiners, and a 24” 8mm looped prussik that I can turn into a short bridge if needed...
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Nice! Where did you get the Oplux with sewn eyes?
 
like.2.fly said:
Nice! Where did you get the Oplux with sewn eyes?
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Is the old LW tether a 8mm line and what type of weight can it handle. I was thinking of using that with a Beal Jammy or switch to Oplux because it is a better rope to use. Would appreciate your thoughts.
 
like.2.fly said:
I saw the sewn Oplux tether from WE. But I'm looking for a 35' length with a sewn eye to use as a rappel line. Can't find a source. Might just have to settle for a fig8 loop knot on the end instead of the eye...
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In this case, they are more of a nice to have than need to have due to the small knots using this rope, at least for me. Not like a typical 11.3 mm rope.

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Bwhana said:
In this case, they are more of a nice to have than need to have due to the small knots using this rope, at least for me. Not like a typical 11.3 mm rope.

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I'm with @Bwhana on this one. I think you are pissing money away paying for sewn eyes on OpLux. You really have to see it knotted in hand to realize that knots are so realitively small on this stuff. To each their own though.
 
Squirrels said:
I'm with @Bwhana on this one. I think you are pissing money away paying for sewn eyes on OpLux. You really have to see it knotted in hand to realize that knots are so realitively small on this stuff. To each their own though.
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Third vote on this the oplux knots so small the sewn eye is not necessary.
 
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