My New Venture

Crimsonking

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Hey all, I’m excited to announce that my new business, 3Strand Design is up and running! Our first product, the Reactor Pack is now ready to order.

I spent the last three years prototyping a rope pack that can handle the rigors of crane work while being better designed for the actual work. More streamlined for carrying and throwing, no drawstrings to snag on everything, and faster to repack. It also needed to hold 200’ of most doublebraid climb lines.

After several iterations the Reactor fulfills all of those requirements. We’ve been unable to bust any of the packs that have been in testing for two years (and I enjoy durability testing). We’ve thrown them through crowded crowns without snagging or dumping. Some guys are storing over 220’ of line, depending on the diameter. I personally fit 230’ of 11.7 in one of mine.

Another feature that I didn’t know would be so important at this time when I started is it’s made in the US. That makes it a little pricier than other options at the moment, but it also means I know the names and faces of the people who are impacted by my sales.

While originally designed for crane work, the Reactor is now my go-to pack for climb lines. The more I use other bags in my kit, the more I want to replace them all.

We will be launching more packs and other gear in the future, so please check us out. One collaboration I’m pumped about is an upcoming launch from CMI. We worked together on a piece of hardware that I think many will find useful. Any feedback is most welcome! I started 3Strand to make things that are better suited to our needs, so let me know what works or doesn’t work for you.

Check us out here- https://0g0f11-59.myshopify.com/
 

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More pictures, please. I would like to see the pack on a person.
Do you think there would be any advantage if there the rope could be deployed from the bottom of the pack?
I'm thinking of a smaller pack for coning. The lower half of the tree is accessed by a based tied single line. Alternate lanyard to the top, then double down picking cones. You have to pick all the branches, so the rope stays in the pack and is deployed as you work.
 
More pictures, please. I would like to see the pack on a person.
Do you think there would be any advantage if there the rope could be deployed from the bottom of the pack?
I'm thinking of a smaller pack for coning. The lower half of the tree is accessed by a based tied single line. Alternate lanyard to the top, then double down picking cones. You have to pick all the branches, so the rope stays in the pack and is deployed as you work.

I will get more media up soon. I have carried them upside down when wearing on my back- in fact, it’s my preferred way to carry on the back. The line dispenses upward into the system, and the pack’s shape and closure system resists siphoning more than any other pack I’ve used. As a test we hoisted me in the air with a crane and fed line manually until it began to siphon. We had around a 25’ belly (~50’ of rope) between the pack and my zigzag before the line siphoned.

Another way to carry it is to attach two carabiners to the back and stow it across the backside, with the carabiners hanging in your caritools. This configuration is great for riding the hook and slinging pieces while someone else is positioned to cut.

Check out @three_strand_design on Instagram for more photos/videos.
 
Thanks, everyone! I hate to make bold claims for bombproofness, but they’ve taken 100’ falls to asphalt, and I may or may not have bombed material down onto them from time to time.
Nargear tests all of their bags by filling them with cinderblocks and chucking them out of helicopters.

Not saying you have to go that extreme, but if I read that you bombed it 100’ and it held up, I wouldn’t just add it to my cart, I would click that evil “Buy Now” button.
 
Nargear tests all of their bags by filling them with cinderblocks and chucking them out of helicopters.

Not saying you have to go that extreme, but if I read that you bombed it 100’ and it held up, I wouldn’t just add it to my cart, I would click that evil “Buy Now” button.
Lol, can't say I've done the cinder block test. That's impressive! However, we've had prototypes being chucked from cranes for two years. The only damage reported was when one bag was thrown against a brand new chain on a saw hanging lower in the crown. That was my bad, and we immediately changed the sides of the Reactor to ripstop. Also, I try to throw away from my saw now. Btw, the damaged bag is still in production without repair or worse wear, so there's that.
 
Looks freakin great!
Three questions.
Is it in the pipeline to have different colors? I try to have climb lines in one color bag and rigging in a different color
What about pvc? Or some sort of water proof (highly resistant) material
How well do they stand up on their own for packing rope?
 
Thanks, Evo.

We have the option to do other colors. Is there a specific color you want? Bright green is one option, as long as it doesn’t trigger a notch reaction from anyone.

As for materials, in testing and my own experience with other packs, vinyl tears easily around saws and such. I have much fewer holes in my cordura storage. I’m not opposed to exploring it again eventually, but it will likely raise the price to get the right stuff that lasts.
 
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I like bright un natural colors. Red, blue, yellow, orange, I’ve lost too many green things.

I’ve made a few of my own rope bags, there’s some nice reinforced stuff that I used. Ultimately probably best seam welded, but I sewed it and ran the webbing down the seams as reinforcement. So far they have outlasted any of the wesspur in house rope bags (both old and new models. I can’t recall the weight but it is fairly thick stuff

Really helps to keep ropes dry when tossed out of the truck, but not so great to pack wet ropes into.
 

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