That's a really great explanation. Lots of good info so thanks for that.
You mention approved and non approved. That's really the root of the issue. Especially when so many of the common uses for us fall into 'non approved' status (redirects, canopy anchors, etc)
It's this gray area that I'm...
I use the different ring sizes totally based on function. I've found a large ring just doesn't hold tension when spiked the same way a small one does.
Strength wise it's probably not that different, although theoretically the smaller one is receiving less cross loading.
I'm almost always using...
I'm curious to learn if there have been any studies or tests on the use of climbing rings in sideloaded configurations.
Rings are commonly referred to as 'unidirectional', but of course this only applies to a 360 degree radius along the major axis.
We are now regularly loading these rings...
That's a really great idea.
Also bigger saws tend to get better respect. A little saw can much easier just feel like a toy.
I really see the logic in this.
... but I'll probably go more midrange. 440 or something.
I'd try it but it's too rainy today. Haha!
I expect it's like many 3:1 setups with a wrench- have to collapse the wrench to descend, works fine ascending.