What's your favorite rope grab on a wire core?

[Grendel]

As many white pines as I'm in, I'm tired of fighting a glued up hitch. Any suggestions for the best Mech rope grab that can handle some sap?

Thanks!

 

[MasterBlaster]

Wire core or not, I like a Gibbs.

 

[canadianclimber]

Petzl micrograb for me. And I climb a ton of big boring white spruce with lots of sap. It's more the wire core that gets gummed up and the grab never has issues.

 

[HolmenTree]

Petzl Macro grab on my 5/8" Yale.
Gibbs Ascender on my opposite 1/2" Yale

 

[woodworkingboy]

I use the macro grab as well, do they still make it? The micro seems dinky, but I guess what you are used to.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Macro here too.

 

[pete mctree]

Macro - I need to get a 2nd one. My ISC grab does not work down the line as easy if sappy

 

[canadianclimber]

Sorry macrograb for me not micro

 

[HolmenTree]

The Macro is nice and beefy, easy to adjust.
My Gibbs on my backup 1/2" lanyard is a little harder to work with.

 

[Burnham]

Macrograb, here too.

 

[Grendel]

Thanks again guys, I'm going to try out a Rock Grab. I like the idea of the offset Cam attachment hole.

 

[BOTS]

I have the rock grab on 5/8s wire core...I like the offset attachment hole

 

[Bodean]

The little purple one for the 1/2" and the gibbs for the 5/8th. ...s.

 

[Joezilla11]

I use the smc from wesspur. It's not to smooth but might be my wire core not the device.

 

[Burnham]

Rock Grab ought to be a good one.

 

[Tucker943]

Little purple one here on half inch.

 

[Burnham]

If mine was only half inch, I'd use a little purple one too.

 

[Grendel]

Rock Grab ought to be a good one.

That's what I ended up ordering. I got the bigger one, as I've got a 5/8" Maxiflip I like to use when It's rainy, so we'll see if it works on a fuzzed up 1/2" too. I'll report back

 

[woodworkingboy]

Not sure about a rope grab, but on the big cam on the purple one, cleaning the serrations of pitch from time to time could help.

 

[Burnham]

Yep.

 

[SouthSoundTree]

A webbing chafe/ pitch sleeve can help, too.

 

[flushcut]

Micro and macrograbs for me but mostly the micro because I hardly ever use my longer 5/8" SC lanyard.

 

[Grendel]

So I've used the new unit on a few climbs so far. I like it. It's different, It's clunky, but very secure, and the slack tending is the cat's ass. I've got to say, that while I though the offset attachment hole would be a big plus, the weight of the wire core tail pulls it down anyways. The cool this about it is the slack tending is the same motion as it was with my previous setup. On the whole I like it a lot. Seems to work well w/ my 1/2" and 5/8" wire cores.





Cheers.