ronin powered ascender

I just saw some concerns written about reviews.

Please keep in mind we are finishing our ANSI and CE certifications on our ascender. Once we complete that effort we will be making our initial deliveries to our customers.

We will also have some independent reviews done on our product along with a couple of arborist that will be taking some demo units on the road with them in 2018 to showcase in their climbing series.

If you have any questions don't hesitate to reach out.
 
boreality said:
So no first hand experience out there yet? I don't mean a demo but from someone using it at work regularly. I'm going for the climb til I can't retirement plan and see solo as a legitimate safe and profitable business plan. Shoulda done it from the start. But I could use a boost every now and then.
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Read this as questions /concerns here.
 
Oroboros said:
This company is disappointing me. All product exposure is just glamour shots. "Hey look at me going up!" We asked for a user review and got nothing. Makes me wonder if they are legit.
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I would also read this as questions/concerns here. Both of these guys reached out - in a fashion. I guess a person could ignore them because they didn't 'reach out' in some ideal or perfect way. But, I suspect, it would be at ones own peril.
 
fhudo said:
Bought it. Awesome kit. Check out my video of it.



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I've asked before and I'm asking again.
Give us a bench review. Put the thing on a work bench and show us up close the materials and functions.
Why are we not shown this tool up close ? Ever?

Also the style and content of this video makes me wonder who produced it. Jeans. Camera angles. Music
 
Oroboros said:
Also the style and content of this video makes me wonder who produced it. Jeans. Camera angles. Music
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Agreed. Extra safety line (not a bad thing really), saw looks too new, helmet & boots look brand new, and what kind of lanyard is that saw hanging on? The appearance of the skinny rope used to secure his position ... which didn't secure his position all that well ... appears amateur. May be a legitimate tree worker, but doesn't have the "right look" to me. And who makes such an ascent to remove one random limb? Plus, when I ascend, I either pull the saw up after I'm secured or it's clipped to my harness ... not dangling below me. I'm sticking with my Wraptor.
 
Hoowasat said:
Agreed. Extra safety line (not a bad thing really), saw looks too new, helmet & boots look brand new, and what kind of lanyard is that saw hanging on? The appearance of the skinny rope used to secure his position ... which didn't secure his position all that well ... appears amateur. May be a legitimate tree worker, but doesn't have the "right look" to me. And who makes such an ascent to remove one random limb? Plus, when I ascend, I either pull the saw up after I'm secured or it's clipped to my harness ... not dangling below me. I'm sticking with my Wraptor.
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Ok... The guy in the video is me. This is the first time I used the Ronin and as somebody who has worked in the Rope Access Field (level 3) and qualified arborist for 25 years.. I wanted to take precautions. So, I used a back up rope while I got used to the feel of the device (rope runner if you want to know on a New England 12.7m line).

Jeans - that was a bad choice on my behalf. I normally always wear Cloggers (even though it’s the USA...) but for this video (102F that day) I did not. My bad. Never again. The boots - yes brand new. Scaffels - Chainsaw arborist boots.

The lanyard, my normal one from weaver. The saw - yup brand new as my 020T is in the shop. Done me good for 20 years...

The video was kindly made by my friend and we put some music over it.

Why the video? I loved the Ronin and very much like the excellent staff who are trying their hardest to make a business great. I want to support them.

Happy to answer any other questions?



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fhudo said:
Ok... The guy in the video is me. This is the first time I used the Ronin and as somebody who has worked in the Rope Access Field (level 3) and qualified arborist for 25 years.. I wanted to take precautions. So, I used a back up rope while I got used to the feel of the device (rope runner if you want to know on a New England 12.7m line).

Jeans - that was a bad choice on my behalf. I normally always wear Cloggers (even though it’s the USA...) but for this video (102F that day) I did not. My bad. Never again. The boots - yes brand new. Scaffels - Chainsaw arborist boots.

The lanyard, my normal one from weaver. The saw - yup brand new as my 020T is in the shop. Done me good for 20 years...

The video was kindly made by my friend and we put some music over it.

Why the video? I loved the Ronin and very much like the excellent staff who are trying their hardest to make a business great. I want to support them.

Happy to answer any other questions?



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Any affiliation with the manufacturer? Not a bad thing just curious
 
The expensive (over $200. apparently) proprietary batteries and not being mid-line attachable are both deal breakers for me I think. What if one needed a new battery some years down the road and this outfit was no longer in business? Also, I have done a number of power traverses in the last two weeks, where I quickly swapped my DeWalt powered Rollgliss ascender over to my Captain Hook line to get sideways twenty to thirty feet to work on a tree house. It saved all my energy for the treehouse work not to have to physically haul my 65 year old bum over each time. And just took seconds to swap the device from my main climbing line over to the hook line. The heavy duty 5ah batteries for the DeWalt are readily available at any big hardware store and are less than half the price of Ronin's. If Ronin could make their device midline usable and also employ a commonly available battery, then they would indeed have a winner.
 
Hey - appreciate that and no worries at all.

If you / anybody wants to know anything more then I am genuinely happy to help.

The biggest difference I have found, being Scottish, and therefore not quite as used to extreme heat as others that I am taking more frequent breaks on the ground than I would have without it.




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guymayor said:
Hey fhudo I'm in Durham and would pay you for your time if I can demo it this week or weekend.
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Would be happy to demo it. However, on vacation for three weeks (back on the 16th August).

I have a job (big tree takedown) on 18th between a chapel hill and Durham where I will use it; feel free to private message me and come and see and try!




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fhudo said:
Would be happy to demo it. However, on vacation for three weeks (back on the 16th August).

I have a job (big tree takedown) on 18th between a chapel hill and Durham where I will use it; feel free to private message me and come and see and try!




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Can you bring it by my place after? I’d love a demo too!
 
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