Compact Bulldog Bone

[Barc Buster]

I have a Rock Exotica swivel and it works very well with some of the other multicenders but not particularly well with the Bone. But I will be going back to it until DMM fixes the problem. Then I will evaluate. The DMM swivel is not perfect, but fits a lot better than the Rock Exotica. I have to look at the rock exotica while climbing to make sure I do not encounter any cross loading.

RE nano has been bulletproof on my BDB

 

[Lee2019]

Nano swivel is a great product and fits best, but the rock swivel and the dmm swivel make for a shorter distance to the rope.

 

[Lee2019]

Bot, all things considered, I just wish I had bought the nano from Gordon when I visited him and bought the bone. Visiting Gordon was a wealth of information as well as what I feel was a beginning of a good friendship.

 

[SeanRuel]

I'll echo the RE nano recommend, attached by a quickie to my bridge, just prefect for my tastes

 

[Lee2019]

great idea. think i will get a nano.

 

[Friedrich]

it might be a design flaw or whatever happened at dmm but swivels are inherently a weak spot in a system.
hard to inspect, loaded in the same direction they (usualy) go together (or come apart).

i find it frightening how many people trust their life to lower quality company branded swivels..

fuck swivels!

 

[DSMc]

...
swivels are inherently a weak spot in a system.
hard to inspect, loaded in the same direction they (usualy) go together (or come apart)...

Working climbers have a wide range of what is an acceptable risk and what is not and should stick with what they are comfortable with.

Not all swivels are hard to inspect, nor is it a given their use will weaken a system.

https://www.camp.it/d/us/us/work/new/product/3560

 

[RyanCafferky]

Working climbers have a wide range of what is an acceptable risk and what is not and should stick with what they are comfortable with.

Not all swivels are hard to inspect, nor is it a given their use will weaken a system.

https://www.camp.it/d/us/us/work/new/product/3560

That looks like a nice unit.

 

[Helmstein]

I wouldn't boycott DMM over this. They had one failure and are addressing it immediately. That is excellent service from a company. Shows they actually care about their customers, and their company name.

Only one incident out of countless products. They have an excellent track record. I'm wondering if this particular piece of gear, unknowingly, received some damage causing it to fail at a later date?

Your right! I recind my previous comment. They do make really great kit!

Thanks for calling me out!

 

[surveyor]

I have always used brass washers either side of either the teardrop or the RE nano swivel (3/4" OD. x 5/16: ID.)

 

[SeanRuel]

Where are you tending your Bone from fellow Treebuzzers?

Webbing sling in figure 8 over both shoulders (cross in back) carabiner clips the two front loops together and clips into tending loop on bdb

 

[surveyor]

Be aware that, upon sit back, your weight needs to be on the teardrop attach point, not on the tending point.

 

[SeanRuel]

My tending loop is around the hinge where the adjustment screw is, suits me more than the spine location

 

[Burrapeg]

Where are you tending your Bone from fellow Treebuzzers

I normally wrap the end of my lanyard around over my left shoulder to advance the BDB to ascend. But if I am using my PMI chest roller, the Bone just rides on top of it. Love my two Bones! I often use them both, one on each end of a 90 ft piece of line with an eye in each end, for leap frogging around in certain trees.

 

[surveyor]

If the spine is worn I think I would suggest a new spine and the elongated bollard. PM me.

 

[Muggs]

Double Bone and BOLA, the whole fam-damily

 

[Muggs]

As someone who loves a long lanyard, the ability to very quickly switch between lanyard mode and short ddrt rope on the BOLA is awesome. And playing around with throwing a Wrench above it for a Hook line or short srt rope is looking very promising to me. Another amazing product from Gordon @surveyor

 

[surveyor]

I love the inventiveness of tree folks. A screw link would shorten the BOLA/Wrench idea, attached directly to the bridge and BOLA.

 

[Serf Life]

tree folks

“Gear addicts”

 

[southsoundtree]

@Muggs

Curious why you use a bridge ring with a swivel.