Cast Quickie link edges and use

[Phil]

They make a milled and a cast version of the quickie link. The milled has more radiused edges and the cast, while not sharp, does have a bit of an edge feel to it's lines. I ended up buying the cast quickie links because they are $20. Hard to argue with that price. Once I got it, I did one climb using the link with an alpine as a canopy srt anchor. After the climb I inspected the bight of the alpine and there was some temporary indentation of the rope where it was in the belly of the link. To help improve the bend radius of the alpine, I used a round plastic thimble and shorted the alpine loop. A happy little accident is that the quickie link fits perfect in the thimble. The fat end of the link where the slick pin secures is too big for the thimble to slide off without forcing the thimble open. This prevents accidentally dropping the thimble. Another happy accident is the thimble fits perfectly inside the front D on the treemotion Evo. This is where I store the quickie when not using it. The thimble pops into the D and stays in the orientation pictured until you want it. Easy to access when climbing.

 

[Jonny]

Don’t you run a lanyard off those Ds though? Looks like it’d get in the way.

Looks great on the anchor though, very friendly bend radius there.

 

[Phil]

I keep my lanyard on my side D's. If you climbed with your lanyard on the bridge D's it likely would be too much congestion.

 

[Jonny]

They’re sooo comfortable though compared to the hip Ds. I probably wouldn’t use a TM if it didn’t have the lower Ds. And yes sometimes there is a lot going on in that one area, even my oldie with a single bridge. Worth it though to me.
All good man, whatever works for you, was just wondering.

 

[Phil]

I've never actually used my lanyard on the front Ds. I'll give it a go next time I climb.

 

[islandarb]

I've never actually used my lanyard on the front Ds. I'll give it a go next time I climb.

Phil great for when in suspension,

 

[ghostice]

I've wondered about this too - is there any reason why both versions of the quickie aren't radius'd, at least like carabiners, on the inside of the "U"? I don't like edges near my rope, especially for life support. The sacrificial thimble is a great idea. I remember reading somewhere that "anything less the 3D (I think it was) is a sharp edge to a rope". The current quickie design certainly seems like a 'sharper than need be' edge to me.

 

[colb]

I've wondered about this too - is there any reason why both versions of the quickie aren't radius'd, at least like carabiners, on the inside of the "U"? I don't like edges near my rope, especially for life support. The sacrificial thimble is a great idea. I remember reading somewhere that "anything less the 3D (I think it was) is a sharp edge to a rope". The current quickie design certainly seems like a 'sharper than need be' edge to me.

@bonner1040 commented on this a while back - I believe in a treebuzz thread. I believe he noted that rope break testing was not appreciably different between the two. I had felt the same way as you, @ghostice. At day's end, I bought two of the cheaper ones.

 

[SomethingWitty]

I keep my lanyard on my side D's. If you climbed with your lanyard on the bridge D's it likely would be too much congestion.

Nope.
I keep several things on my lower d rings. If I'm putting a lanyard there (which I do pretty frequently) then it is not pointing down and getting tangled in the stuff that lives there.
I usually have a revolver and two ultra Os between the two. Sometimes a tidied up webbing sling on a rigging carabiner lives there, sometimes my foot loop for my ascender goes there, and rarely a carabinier with a hitchclimber and cord or a pinto there.

Seriously, on the old TM three things there is still pretty clean. Surely the evo can handle a quickie there and a lanyard.


It's a good spot for a useful tool. I try to always have a quickie on me. The plastic thimble is a cool idea. It can't hurt.

 

[Mowerr]

Yea I just took a saw file and made those edges more round but I don't worry about it. I do like the thimble idea

They make a milled and a cast version of the quickie link. The milled has more radiused edges and the cast, while not sharp, does have a bit of an edge feel to it's lines. I ended up buying the cast quickie links because they are $20. Hard to argue with that price. Once I got it, I did one climb using the link with an alpine as a canopy srt anchor. After the climb I inspected the bight of the alpine and there was some temporary indentation of the rope where it was in the belly of the link. To help improve the bend radius of the alpine, I used a round plastic thimble and shorted the alpine loop. A happy little accident is that the quickie link fits perfect in the thimble. The fat end of the link where the slick pin secures is too big for the thimble to slide off without forcing the thimble open. This prevents accidentally dropping the thimble. Another happy accident is the thimble fits perfectly inside the front D on the treemotion Evo. This is where I store the quickie when not using it. The thimble pops into the D and stays in the orientation pictured until you want it. Easy to access when climbing. View attachment 61051

So is that 8mm op your main line???

 

[Phil]

So is that 8mm op your main line???

I'm assuming you're asking about the 8mm bee line for the hitch hiker right? Yes that's my main line on 11.7 mm poison hivi.

Is there something of note with that?

 

[Mowerr]

I'm assuming you're asking about the 8mm bee line for the hitch hiker right? Yes that's my main line on 11.7 mm poison hivi.

Is there something of note with that?

No my bad dude. I thought I only saw poison ivy in black green. Calamine is pink and whatever and tropical was like orange and something but to me the colors look just like 8mm op ocean prusik cord.

 

[climbstihl]

No my bad dude. I thought I only saw poison ivy in black green. Calamine is pink and whatever and tropical was like orange and something but to me the colors look just like 8mm op ocean prusik cord.

You're not the only one, looked like 8mm OP to me too. And the prusik on that lanyard looks just like the line as well, now I'm not sure if it's OP or not.

 

[Phil]

No my bad dude. I thought I only saw poison ivy in black green. Calamine is pink and whatever and tropical was like orange and something but to me the colors look just like 8mm op ocean prusik cord.

Now that you mention it, PI does look like OP. And when I first read your question, I read "OP" to mean "original poster"...not ocean polyester haha. I've been spending too much time on Reddit.

 

[Mowerr]

Yea I thought it was thin too but pics are tricky like that