Ring difference

Jack Pine said:
I was thinking that the success of the SafeBloc systems kind of makes the case that one ring can be used as the terminal. That initial hit on the THT is basically a single ring up at the top, and rope seems to handle the bend just fine. Still loving the rings, all of them.
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I don't think side by side rings affect the bend radius. There is a break angle that just becomes mirrored in the other side... Adding a ring can spread the load and add a little friction and spread the heat out, but bending the rope somewhere else doesn't negate the bend that didn't change. Maybe slightly with different sizes rings. I haven't really looked to see how they load side by side.
I've been freaking abusing my rings (i have a small abr, a small all gear, and a large x ring) and do not hesitate to run a single ring as a terminal point.
Also, the abr gets scratched, dinged, and gouged from just riding in my gear.
The all gear blue one seems anodized fine. The XRR is my favorite, of course, because it is bigger, looks cooler, and is at least as good at not getting beat up as the all gear ring.
 
People have been using the singular thimbles terminally for quite some time. No apparent problems. I think when people break Arb ropes they know it was a bad choice that caused it, not bad equipment.

Both the XRRs and ABR thimbles are great products. The big differences as I see it?

XRRs have that awesome hardcoating on them.

ABR thimbles are a tiny bit wider, this makes them a little more accommodating to spliced configs that we wanted to use and increases the bend radius slightly.




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