Juengels24
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Is it worth upgrading to the ropeman 1 for the mantis saddle: tether and lineman?? Pro’s / Con’s???
Is it worth upgrading to the ropeman 1 for the mantis saddle: tether and lineman?? Pro’s / Con’s???
The only downside is they are not fall rated. I do leave a prusik on my tether and run it though the biner just as a back up, even though I fully trust my ropeman. I have two, one on my tether and one on my linemans.
Tag end of my tether I tie in a loop and clip into the biner as a backup also
If the ropeman1 was to fail it will catch u
Chances of that are slim to most likely not to happen
You can also us a CT RollNLock if you’re worried about the rope man failing
It doubles as a pulley if u ever desire
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I know the chances are very slim, it is more of a mental thing than anything else.
I prefer a friction knot of any type over a ropeman. The ropeman is not rated or designed to be used as a single anchor point, or for shock loading. The chances of a failure are slim, but the testing done on them shows the failure would be it severing the rope at rather low KN numbers, not "slipping" so tying the tail end to your saddle or harness isn't really going to help...