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Oplux ropes

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ethanhogan

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Anyone running the oplux ropes and long duck from wild edge? Yay or nay? Should I just get the reg setup from tethrd and run RM1’s
 
I do. Order enough rope to make a tether and a lineman’s belt and a kong duck. Order it from doublesteps.com


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Oplux is good to go but I personally stuck with a prusik avoid mechanical stuff if possible. The kong it only good to around 4kn from what I’ve seen so no go for me. Get some Oplux and a beal jammy and a Kong mini figure 8 from DanO for tender
 
If I was to order now, I would go with the oplux and duck. But since I already have the RP1 I will stick with the 11 mm rope for now. But newly investing? Buy the oplux in my opinion
 
Oplux with distel. either beal 5.5 aramid (@DanO has this now) or trc for the distel, with the minimum possible slack (retighten your termination knots after snugging and testing the hitch).

Or htp9mm w/sterling 7mm cord and the same config.

Other than a minimally shorter minimum tether length, ascenders on your tether mostly make money for tethrd/wild edge/ect.
 
Labonte.r said:
Oplux is good to go but I personally stuck with a prusik avoid mechanical stuff if possible. The kong it only good to around 4kn from what I’ve seen so no go for me. Get some Oplux and a beal jammy and a Kong mini figure 8 from DanO for tender
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I'm curious where you hear 4kn on the duck? Cause I've looked everywhere and found no specs at all on it. Which is why I went with ropeman2 and a ct rollnlock instead.

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I'm running a kong duck on oplux for my linemans belt. Works just fine, love it. Very convenient to zip in and out as I climb a tree.
 
ethanhogan said:
Anyone running the oplux ropes and long duck from wild edge? Yay or nay? Should I just get the reg setup from tethrd and run RM1’s
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Don’t go with the tethrd ropes. They are great products and a great company but they are very bulky and heavy. You can fit two or three oplux ropes in the same pouch that will only hold one tethrd rope. An the oplux is a lot lighter. I wish I would have went with the oplux to begin with. The tethrd ropes are like a lock on compared to a saddle.
 
Labonte.r said:
Oplux is good to go but I personally stuck with a prusik avoid mechanical stuff if possible. The kong it only good to around 4kn from what I’ve seen so no go for me. Get some Oplux and a beal jammy and a Kong mini figure 8 from DanO for tender
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Is a beal jammy the same as a pruisk? Does it work the same?
 
Aeds151 said:
Yes they can be tied in several friction hitches like a prusik. Im looking to sell the grey 50cm I have.


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Are you a SH Member? If so, put it in the Classifieds.
 
I was a member up until a few days ago. Now I guess I just have a username haha.


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Not telling you what to do, I’m saying I’m not buying your stuff outside of the Classifieds. If you feel the need to bypass the Classifieds that’s between you and the man.
 
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