Zigzag as a lanyard?

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Nicholas Gottwald

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I was considering the idea of buying a second zigzag to use on my lanyard. Obviously this is not the intended use of the Zigzag, so just wondering if anyone has done it before?
I know that the Zillion by pretzel is available, but using the Zigzag seems like it would make a lot more sense to me.

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Cereal_Killer said:
Have you considered any of the other mechanical lanyard adjusters like the B.O.L.A. or the ART positioner?
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I have looked at a few others on the market. But i like the idea of being able to throw a much longer line through it and being able to use it as a second main line if that makes sense.

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I've done it before in a pinch and it works about like you would expect it to. As to wether it's a good idea or not, is up to you to decide. I haven't tried any of the other mechanical, so I can't comment on that
 
I am a little fussy about lanyards and have a few different ones. My main lanyard is CE style with a CMI double attachment pulley because I don't like stuffing the eyes of the hitch cord between the cheeks of the PINTO. I have 2 zigzags that I use all the time, and one lives on a 65ish' hank of Yale 11.7 - it's one of my most useful pieces of gear. I use it as a big tree lanyard, small tree MRS rope, instead of tail tying/double crotching, or as a shortish SRS line with a separate pull down line.

I also use a full-length climbing line w/ a zigzag as a lanyard while spiking sometimes, sometimes with an adjustable friction saver pre-installed, using my CE-style lanyard just as back up while cutting or passing a branch. There are pros and cons:

-The Zigzag tails slack super smooth and easy, and deals with conifer sap better than most other set-ups.

-The Zigzag pays out slack super smooth and easy...almost too easy. Bumping it while working has tightened my sphincter more than once. Never actually caused a gaff out though.

I don't think you'll be disappointed with it as a lanyard adjuster, I just think that unless you have two, it will quickly migrate to your primary system. I have two, and I usually only use them both at the same time if I'm double crotching (both on the bridge and a short lanyard on hip Ds) or working a really big (like "send me the 660/3120" big) spar. If you have to walk the big saw all the way around, a zigzag lanyard can't be beat.

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fall_risk said:
I am a little fussy about lanyards and have a few different ones. My main lanyard is CE style with a CMI double attachment pulley because I don't like stuffing the eyes of the hitch cord between the cheeks of the PINTO. I have 2 zigzags that I use all the time, and one lives on a 65ish' hank of Yale 11.7 - it's one of my most useful pieces of gear. I use it as a big tree lanyard, small tree MRS rope, instead of tail tying/double crotching, or as a shortish SRS line with a separate pull down line.

I also use a full-length climbing line w/ a zigzag as a lanyard while spiking sometimes, sometimes with an adjustable friction saver pre-installed, using my CE-style lanyard just as back up while cutting or passing a branch. There are pros and cons:

-The Zigzag tails slack super smooth and easy, and deals with conifer sap better than most other set-ups.

-The Zigzag pays out slack super smooth and easy...almost too easy. Bumping it while working has tightened my sphincter more than once. Never actually caused a gaff out though.

I don't think you'll be disappointed with it as a lanyard adjuster, I just think that unless you have two, it will quickly migrate to your primary system. I have two, and I usually only use them both at the same time if I'm double crotching (both on the bridge and a short lanyard on hip Ds) or working a really big (like "send me the 660/3120" big) spar. If you have to walk the big saw all the way around, a zigzag lanyard can't be beat.

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The plan was to use two as I already have a ZZ on my primary climb line. And my thoughts were the same about putting an extra long lanyard on the lanyard one so it can be used as a second climb line.

Glad to know I'm not the only one who came up with this earth shattering idea.

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The zillion and bola are both smaller. and better suited for a lanyard adjuster IMO.
I normally use an ART with my wire core and love it for spar work. I have a BOLA for pairing up with the hook.
 
96coal449 said:
The zillion and bola are both smaller. and better suited for a lanyard adjuster IMO.
I normally use an ART with my wire core and love it for spar work. I have a BOLA for pairing up with the hook.
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By hook, do you mean the Captain hook? Or whatever its called? Because that was something I was curious about too. How well the ZZ would work with it.

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Send a direct message to @surveyor on here, he's one of our resident innovators. He makes both the BOLA and the Compact Bulldog Bone (BDB), another device worth looking at...just be careful if you dive into the BDB thread on here, it's so big and full of rope recommendations, rave reviews, and sammichs that I think it's developing its own gravitational field.

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fall_risk said:
Send a direct message to @surveyor on here, he's one of our resident innovators. He makes both the BOLA and the Compact Bulldog Bone (BDB), another device worth looking at...just be careful if you dive into the BDB thread on here, it's so big and full of rope recommendations, rave reviews, and sammichs that I think it's developing its own gravitational field.

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Dually noted. Thanks for the warning label!

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I think the BOLA has its own thread too, and I'm pretty sure it has some videos on it, worth a search anyway.

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