Favorite 24 strand climb line for SRT

Dead Cottonwood

Dead Cottonwood

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Time for a new climb line and would like input on which one I should buy. I climb SRT 95 percent of the time but need a MRS capable rope. Currently on Scion, looking at Tachyon. Any suggestions?
 
Cougar and calamine are the best I've had. I have an edelrid 11.7 now that's not very good. Tendril was decent but got fuzzy. Imori is good.
 
Blue Moon and all its IVY/Focus/etc. variations pretty much sets the standard for double braid as a SRS/MRS. That said, Samson Hyperclimb is also good. I think just about any of the big brand name 24 strand double braids are good. My goto is Blue Moon, although I own lots of different ones. Blue Moon is the best selling double braid 24 strand in the U.S. That should tell you something. But then, a lot of people voted for Trump too.
 
I keep 5 climb lines on my truck, 3 of which are 24 strand. Of those I use Imori the most for SRS followed by Blue Moon and lastly Tachyon almost exclusively as MRS with the zigzag for crane removals.

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Favorite rope for me has basically boiled down to color. I know that might sound strange or simplistic, but my climbing is much more relaxed when my climbing line has a strong peripheral presence. I want to be aware of where my rope is all the time even when I'm focusing on other tasks.

After color, knot holding ability and weight are strong determining factors. I have yet to find a rope that I couldn't get to work satisfactorily with either hitch or mechanicals. The percentage of elongation is the least important to me as it has little influence on my climbing.
 
AdkEric said:
I've been on marlow vega for a few months and I'm loving it. I'm a big fan of blue moon too.
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Though it is not talk about much around here, Marlow Vega is simply one of the best ropes I have ever climbed on. Wesspur no longer sells the stuff. Otherwise, it would be one of my goto ropes.
 
Dead Cottonwood said:
Why do you prefer the tachyon for mrs only?
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I've used it as an SRS rope as well, but it is quite stretchy. I am a heavier guy so that compounds the issue for me.

My main reason is I prefer mechanicals and I have my runner set up for imori and blue moon, unicinder works great with patriot, I'm liking xstatic with my akimbo and tachyon just interfaces well with the zigzag. I only use the zigzag in MRS and almost always on a crane job. All of my other climbing is SRS.

Keeping a dedicated rope with a device prevents having to make adjustments to the runner and Akimbo each time I use it.

As a basic rule for non-adjustable mechanicals, I prefer a smaller rope so that I can switch to a larger one once it begins to wear the device.

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rico said:
Been very interested in the All Gear's 11.8 poly/poly ropes, but never climbed on one..Would love to hear your thoughts..
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My opinion would be to give one a try. In my opinion, they are not bouncy, they seem to hold up well at least for me personally in SRT or DdRT, and they work well for me with both a hitch and the zigzag.

I’ve never felt like I had a flattening issue, or any other problems with them and I’ve been using that rope almost exclusively for probably close to ten years.
 
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