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Best rope for SRT/Rappel

R&W sold me my HTP and put a sewn eye on it. WE sells pre-sewn oplux tethers.

In retrospect, not sure it was worth having a sewn eye on my tether. I like having a sewn eye on my rappel line but if I was to do it again I’d have em out a tight eye on it to just get a screw link on there.
 
pesqimon said:
R&W sold me my HTP and put a sewn eye on it. WE sells pre-sewn oplux tethers.

In retrospect, not sure it was worth having a sewn eye on my tether. I like having a sewn eye on my rappel line but if I was to do it again I’d have em out a tight eye on it to just get a screw link on there.
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Man it’s odd as I thought R&W did it but that just replied to an email saying that can only splice, not sew. I have the WE tether, I just want something longer.
 
pesqimon said:
Must be a miscommunication there. HTP can be sewn but not spliced.
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To be clear, they said they can’t sew anything at all. Think I should double check there wasn’t something clear about what I asked? Exact wording:

“Unfortunately we do not have sewn eye capabilities yet. However we can perform spliced eyes on ropes that can be spliced.”
 
arm breaker said:
To be clear, they said they can’t sew anything at all. Think I should double check there wasn’t something clear about what I asked? Exact wording:

“Unfortunately we do not have sewn eye capabilities yet. However we can perform spliced eyes on ropes that can be spliced.”
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Based on my recollection, I think they had Sterling do the sewing but I bought it all through RW.
 
pesqimon said:
Based on my recollection, I think they had Sterling do the sewing but I bought it all through RW.
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I will check back with them on Monday and see if I can get some further clarification and report back for the good of anyone following this.
 
arm breaker said:
I will check back with them on Monday and see if I can get some further clarification and report back for the good of anyone following this.
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If that doesn't work, contact Rock N Rescue. They quoted me ~$125 for 50' of OpLux with a factory (Sterling) sewn eye. Sterling told me to order from Rock N Rescue.
 
pesqimon said:
The best for rappelling and SRT is probably a rope in the 10 to 11 mm range. That is in terms of comfort and being square in the middle of most devices’ specs.

Never used it myself, but a popular choice is Samson Predator and it can be spliced.

Inevitably packability becomes a factor and people look at 8 to 9 mm options.
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I had issues finding devices rated above 10.5 as my rope is 11.


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robstewart said:
I was looking for devices available in the stores near me and I wasn't interested in the GriGri for size and weight.
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Do you get duty free merchandise in Canada from UK countries? I bought from Bananafingers.com in Britain because the prices on some things were much better than in the states. Shipping on rope was very expensive.
 
bj139 said:
Do you get duty free merchandise in Canada from UK countries? I bought from Bananafingers.com in Britain because the prices on some things were much better than in the states. Shipping on rope was very expensive.
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Not sure. I’d have to check. Good tip though!


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Oplux is the best rappel rope why.
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In that small bag frow EWO is a mad rock safeguard 40 feet of Oplux two carabiners a delta screw link and an autoblock

Less than 2.5 pounds and no bulk
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