Rope Wrench - Hitch/Rope compendium.

Chris Schultz said:
I’m contacting all the rope manufacturers to personally make me a rope that won’t do that, it will not callus my hands either! Looks similar to my wrench setup, have you seen arbsessions new variation of wrench tether? Looks promising.
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No I have not seen the tether. Have some lanyards being built so will ask about it. Thanks for the heads up.
 
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Arbsession, Inc. on Instagram: "So remember that tether we were playing around with the other day? Well meet the Arbsession caraLINK Tether. Notice a single leg extends down the spine of the carabiner. This reduces the slop at the top of the carabin

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Njdelaney said:
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Arbsession, Inc. on Instagram: "So remember that tether we were playing around with the other day? Well meet the Arbsession caraLINK Tether. Notice a single leg extends down the spine of the carabiner. This reduces the slop at the top of the carabin

738 likes, 49 comments - arbsession on December 20, 2021: "So remember that tether we were playing around with the other day? Well meet the Arbsession caraLINK Tether. Notice a single leg extends down the spine of the carabiner. This reduces the slop at the top of the carabiner without the bulk...
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Hell no for me. I only ever SRT. Unless I am doing crane work. That is not my jam.
 
I think it is meant for SRT. The built-in carabiner is used to attach the tether to a different hole in your pulley than the hitch cord and bridge attachment biner. If I'm understanding it right. Overall system length of 7.5" with less wobble than a Lawton tether. @Tr33Climb3r can verify or clarify
 
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CaraLINK tether - $39.95:

With one leg of the tether extending down the spine of the DMM PerfectO you reduce the leverage effect at the top of the carabiner. Now this tether isn't designed to be super stiff. It is sewn with the tightest of tolerances. Once the tether is installed on the carabiner there is just enough room for the gate to open on the carabiner. This allows you to install it on the top of the DMM Triple Attachment Pulley or DMM Hitch Climber Eccentric.

When you use a traditional stiff tether you end up having the legs of the hitch cord, stiff tether and slack tending pulley all squished at the top of the carabiner. Not with this system!

Features:
  • made out of Edelrid Powerloc Expert SP 6mm
  • takes the bulk away from the hitch cord attachment carabiner (legs of hitch cord and stiff tether aren't squished together)
  • the single leg of the tether runs down the spine to reduce leverage at the top of the carabiner
  • streamlined system
  • 7.5" total length
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Mparko93 said:
Is it safe / good practice to have a single eye on a hitch climber?
Does it not bend the entire system into a strange loading angle?

It's a cool colour the old sumac!
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The wrench doesn’t add so much friction that it tweaks the angle on descent, it stays nice and evenly loaded. Your bodies weight on the two legs of hitch chord still seem to guide the whole device and keep it aligned.

I’ve tried to move away from the wrench multiple times, always come back and fall in love again. It has a few small drawbacks but it’s as close to perfect as the devices get imo.
 
It depends on many things. The diameter of your cordage, the hitch you're using, etc. Many hitches can be made longer or shorter by adding or subtracting wraps so there is no single answer.
 
Mike Islander said:
When it's that short, what length hitch cord do you use? I've had hitch cords too long and the wrench would prevent the hitch from locking up.
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It says online to not use chords longer than 26” with the fix shorty tether which is 9”. Attaching to the top hole leaves this tether a similar overall length to the fix tether. I’d go 24”. Something to keep in mind tho, 24” doesn’t seem to always be 24”. I’ve never measured but I have the pleasure of a local arb supply shop where I’ve compared all the lengths of hitch chord and the 26” 8mm armorprus is pretty much the same length as the 24” HRC.

At 24” I even still have interference but you can use the top of the wrench to break the hitch then descend as normal. I go back and forth on this as well but I would rather have the shortest possible tether when I anticipate redirecting then returning back up through my redirects. I made a tether last night that is 9.75 inches, hoping this is the best of both worlds :b
 
I have messed around with 7" tethers. Have a treestuff one in my garage. Honestly it is too short for me. I like responsive hitches that grab but do not bind. 24"ers are not that for my weight at 174. A lighter climber might have great luck with it. My son is fine with the 7"er but he is 10.
 
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