unicender decent/rope wear

lync

lync

Srt decents on the unicender with a clockwise wrap around the top T plate seem to cause quite a bit of abrasion to the rope. So much in fact a small pile of fuzz accumulated on mine today. Anyone with similar observations/solutions. Seems like the top T plate could be thicker which would create a better surface for the rope to pass accross while decending.

Corey
 
If your just doing decent... try this

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This was a discussion which was ongoing at the Rec Climbers Rendezvous in Kentucky in October. Some wondered if it was any more than a hitch cord might cause, yet more noticeable as the Uni has a nice table surface to collect the fuzz on while a hitch cord maybe doesn't?

I used one of Tom's Unis, did a descent, then burned down the same distance on a Michoacan using HRC on Poison Hi-Vy, and saw green fuzz on the light colored hitch cord, though not as much as the cute little pile left on the Uni. Makes one wonder how much wear we exact upon our ropes.
 
I'll bet that because of static charges more fuzz collects on the Uni than on ropes.

In all of my years of climbing on the Uni a bit of fiber wear is the least concern. I see more rope wear from edgy bark like red oaks than I would ever worry about from climbing tools.
 
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I think adding the fig 8 to the unicender is a waste of a unicender.

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Nick, have you actually tried this? Increasing the life span of the Unicender by using a friction-sharing device makes good financial sense. If you utilize the Unicender like you do a $28 friction hitch, it will wear out very quickly.

The ability to modulate the Uni with friction above is greatly improved. It allows the squeeze method to be utilized very easily. As many who use this will find out, it does interfere with upward progress and can only be used on descent. Being the perpetual futzer that I am, I have been playing with another form of friction sharing but below the Uni, as I have been working with it off a tether to try to determine if I like that better than a saddle attachment.

So far I do. It allows faster and simpler upward transitions with the tether and with the friction below is very easy to incorporate with a full load on the Uni. It also allows for upward movement without disconnecting.

Dave
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By the way, I can't figure out how to get pictures to show up on the post.
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Could somebody enlighten me?
 
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I'll bet that because of static charges more fuzz collects on the Uni than on ropes.

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Hmmm... I'm thinking not, The first time I ran a Unicender on my 2 year-old Tachyon it cleaned the fuzz off the full length of the rope. My hitches aren't doing that. The wear/friction edges on the Uni are pretty narrow radius, compared to a hitch it's no contest. Obviously a Uni is much more versatile than a hitch. No free lunch, there's always trade-offs.

I agree with Nick to a degree, if you have to add more friction/additional devices to the Uni what's the point? Climbers are making it work with added stuff but it's just more junk on the rope, more complexity, definitely want to be going the the other direction.

Uni is what it is. Would be nice to see the wear surfaces have a more open radius to make it easier on the rope. Of course that would mean more Uni wear which brings back the idea of using a harder metal inset at the wear surfaces (wasn't that the original Uni design?). More expensive to make but perhaps a better Uni.
-AJ
 
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Rope wrench plus unicender equals greatest ascent and descent combo ever.

Deal with it

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I am open to new ways, show me.

Dave
 
soon soon. dont worry. If you want you can make a rope wrench in your garage for use now. if you want to wait, it will be on the market as soon as it is on the market. I am more impatient than anyone.
 
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By the way, I can't figure out how to get pictures to show up on the post.
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Here ya geaux...

First, make a post with an attachment.

After you created a post that has an attachment, click on the attachment to view that photo.

When the photo shows up. Look at the address bar. Tree Buzz gives it an I.P. address. Copy the I.P. address in the address bar. Close that photo/window.

Now go to that post you just viewed the attachment from and notice you can "Edit" your own post. So, click edit.

At the bottom, where we can choose URL, Bold, Italics, ect... Look for "Image" underlined in green (at least it's green on my theme setting). Click on “Image.” Now, paste the I.P. address (you just copied) from that attachment you made.

Bingo! It should work.
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Jamin, thanks!!

Went back and brought the picture up so people can see it without going to the attachment. Cool.

Dave
 
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Jamin, thanks!!

Went back and brought the picture up so people can see it without going to the attachment. Cool.

Dave

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Dave, I really like the way you rigged the pulley and ring below the uni.
-AJ
 
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