The EWO Ultimate One Stick/Ultimate Platform is awesome, but there were a couple of small things that I was able to improve. These are easy fixes that increase ease of use when climbing with the stick.
The short pull wire. The pull wire that came on it was only about 6” and I found myself losing ground because I could not reach the pull wire and would have to either have lower myself or almost turn myself upside down to reach it. So I unbolted the ultimate platform, threaded a 18” Loopable Nite-Ize gear tie through the platform, then ran the top bolt through the gear tie loop when I reinstalled the platform. Now I can easily reach it without having to be an acrobat. I just fold it down when not in use.
Amsteel rope keeps sliding down the stick to the bottom step. This one bothered me the most. The full bury Amsteel rope kept sliding down to the bottom step as I was climbing and I was constantly having to move the rope back up to the bottom of the cam cleat. So I removed the bottom cam cleat bolt and put coax cable clamp around the rope, on the bolt, and put the nut back on. This should now hold the rope at the bottom of the cam cleat while climbing. The rope can still move inside the clamp, but it can’t slide down the stick and is held at the bottom of the cam cleat. I had the plastic clamps on hand, but you could just as easily make a clamp with a strip cut out of a milk jug or a plastic bottle and a drill bit.
The short pull wire. The pull wire that came on it was only about 6” and I found myself losing ground because I could not reach the pull wire and would have to either have lower myself or almost turn myself upside down to reach it. So I unbolted the ultimate platform, threaded a 18” Loopable Nite-Ize gear tie through the platform, then ran the top bolt through the gear tie loop when I reinstalled the platform. Now I can easily reach it without having to be an acrobat. I just fold it down when not in use.
Amsteel rope keeps sliding down the stick to the bottom step. This one bothered me the most. The full bury Amsteel rope kept sliding down to the bottom step as I was climbing and I was constantly having to move the rope back up to the bottom of the cam cleat. So I removed the bottom cam cleat bolt and put coax cable clamp around the rope, on the bolt, and put the nut back on. This should now hold the rope at the bottom of the cam cleat while climbing. The rope can still move inside the clamp, but it can’t slide down the stick and is held at the bottom of the cam cleat. I had the plastic clamps on hand, but you could just as easily make a clamp with a strip cut out of a milk jug or a plastic bottle and a drill bit.