I tried the Basic + Micro Trax on a single static today, worked super well. For top roping it was much nicer than a Silent Partner. I get what you mean about crossloading though, the chest harness setup put the biner in a crossloaded position every time I fell. I may get two of those funky BD carabiners to stop it happening.
As for the bag at the bottom making it hard to abseil back down, it was a little bit slow but still manageable. I solved it by hoisting the bag after the climb using the rope, and manouvering it on top of a larger rock to give me more slack. |