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Latitude Vapor Line
- Thread starter dclouser0
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Not sure how much this is better, they only compare it to Oplux, and not to RescTech. Looked at Atlantic Braids and found something similar, but stronger. Looks like it doesn’t have an inner core of polypropylene, which is slightly more waterproof than dyneema. Also lost is the cut and heat resistance of the Technora. Looks like it needs a longer sewn area also.
I am not sure what this is you posted but it is not the latitude vapor line. The vapor line has a polypropylene core, more abrasive resistant, UV resistance and higher break strength than Oplux.
It is similar to the Vapor, there is no mention of an inner polypropylene core in the Vapor line descriptions.
Says Polyethelene...aka...HPME
Oplux uses a Specta core
Spectra® is an Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene Fiber
so, both HPME fibers in the cores.
COREX-12 as well
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I don't know what is blended in the Oplux core with the Spectra, if anything. Reschtech specifies polypro in it's blend. No mention of polypro blended in the core in the Vaporline description, it says it's a blend of UHMWPE.
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I find it kind of amusing that us hunters are way more picky with our ropes for our 15-30 ft climbs, then the rock climbers and canyoneers that dangle thousands of feet up on cliff faces 
Crosswise, or just a longer sew on the return? Is there a rule of thumb for this to look for?
I believe it is all based on the number of stitches, and the size of the sewn areas are simply a function of rope strength relative to sewing thread strength, and then with an optional buffer added. So the cumulative strength in the number of stitches is supposed to equal the rope strength at a minimum. Considering this, the length of the sewn area would vary based on thread strength, and would therefore be irrelevant, so long as the proper number of stitches was used based on the thread selected.
The number of stitches, equal tension, and at first it seemed the two sections needed to be compressed together also, determines if it will hold. The number of passes being done can be different making for different lengths.
Petzl one pass only on the left, arbsession with probably 3, and Sterling’s sewing on 6mm, looks to be just two, and I think split up so it will bend some, and two I hand sewed.
Petzl one pass only on the left, arbsession with probably 3, and Sterling’s sewing on 6mm, looks to be just two, and I think split up so it will bend some, and two I hand sewed.
