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I made mine January of 2018 and it has very little wear, still operates really well. I also bought one with a PVC/rubber coated and metal core lanyard/string - the material, I thought, would be more abrasion resistant, compared to some of the rope/fiber Keyback lanyards. The reel I purchased...
Weight: 150lbs (no gear)
Ropes, Condition and Device Settings
KMIII Max:good condition with some minor areas of fraying/fuzz
A,2
KMII: great condition, >1yr of use, A,3 or A,4
No tips just yet , but some observations after 3-4 hrs of tinkering / fiddling in the shop, some short ascents and...
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Interesting! I didn't know about that 1mm of play thing. Yeah Taylor just swapped mine out with a new one when this happened to mine, however the gap was at least 2 to 3 mm. Glad ya got it sorted out - the Axis swivel is an awesome piece of hardware to have.
This happened to my large Axis swivel.
There's a slight 'pop' when you try to pull the two halves apart, and there was a slight separation that wasn't there before. The two halves could be pressed back together - but upon being loaded would separate slightly.
I showed it to Taylor and he...
Ah man I miss that rope :( I had 150 feet of it, but at around the 50-60ft point after the sewn eye...it got dragged across a galvanaized fence and there was a bunch of pretty terrible knicks/puffs for about 6-8ft. Had to cut it. It was a sad day.
Yeah dude.
I'd rate it 6/10.
Xstatic is basically an 11.7mm version of KMIII Max, in my opinion. The 11mm KMIII Max runs wonderfully in a well-adjusted BDB. Despite having a similar jacket "feel" as KM3 Max, Xstatic seems to be a less 'agile' - it feels heavier and clunkier. Even though...
Here's some footage of the retractable reel knee ascender in action at an open ascent competition a few weeks ago. I placed second....and i couldn't have done it without the thing. It's a fast piece of gear, especially on the right rope.
I was obsessed with finding a place to buy these spikes after I found that dude's youtube channel 2 years ago.
All I was able to find was some difficult to navigate, impossible to read japanese websites that had no clear way of ordering online...
Thank you for the input. You're right - I notice as I get older (I know I'm only 25, but you know what I mean) and more experienced, I've been forcing/muscling my way through certain tasks and instead trying to find a way to make things easier on my body. I always make the joke "climbing SRS...
I appreciate your utilizing the hook to move across to cut the ends of that limb. I find myself muscling through stuff I don't deem the hook "necessary" for because I falsely tell myself asking a ground guy to tie it on, pull it up, throw and miss several times, manage all the extra rope etc...