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Chockstone Forum - Gear Lust / Lost & Found

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Poll Option Votes Graph
The more expensive the rope the better it handles 0
 
Expensive ropes last longer 5
26% 
Middle range ropes offer best cost vs handling 9
47% 
Middle range ropes last long enough 0
 
Ropes are ropes - the cheaper the better 3
16% 
Buying cheap ropes means more gear shopping later 2
11% 

Topic Date User
Are more expensive ropes better? 24-May-2010 At 5:47:32 PM darryn
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I can't really comment on cheap vs expensive as I have always bought more expensive ropes believing that you get what you pay for... I could be wrong.

My most recent is a Mammut Supersafe, a fairly pricey rope, that had about 3 years of moderate outdoor use and which I have now retired to gym thrashing. It has stood up fairly well over time but has now begun to go soft and kinky right in the middle of the rope due to sheath slippage caused by constantly lowering to the mid point of the rope from both ends... thanks to all the climbs in the gym being about the same height. Anyone else experienced this on a Supersafe or any other rope?

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