Bill_Simpkins Posted February 3, 2005 Posted February 3, 2005 At first I thought these were silly, but now you can leave your pulleys at home (I do anyways) for glacier travel saving weight and space. Discuss. Click Here for picture. Quote
kurthicks Posted February 3, 2005 Posted February 3, 2005 that's why I got one. They're marketing them for the wrong reason though. pretty spendy though. Quote
Bogen Posted February 3, 2005 Posted February 3, 2005 Don't you think that little spindle would ice up hella fast? Quote
matt_m Posted February 4, 2005 Posted February 4, 2005 Don't you think that little spindle would ice up hella fast? Ouch - painful use of "Nor Cal" speak. Even my New England "wicked fast" doesn't sound that bad Quote
Bogen Posted February 4, 2005 Posted February 4, 2005 That's my cartman impersonation. Seemed appropriate with the pop culture references today... Quote
Bill_Simpkins Posted February 4, 2005 Author Posted February 4, 2005 Even if it did freeze up, it would be like a normal biner. I don't use pulleys anyways. Never had a problem hauling someone out without them. But I may buy two of these because they are so convenient. If your worried about it, you can keep them in your ass crack and put your pants on backwards for easy access. Quote
Bogen Posted February 4, 2005 Posted February 4, 2005 Ouch! What about those little plastic pulley wheels that are supposed to go on an oval biner? I suppose they might wobble too much to be useful, ever used 'em? Quote
EWolfe Posted February 4, 2005 Posted February 4, 2005 That's my cartman impersonation. Seemed appropriate with the pop culture references today... Quit saying "hella"! I think they would be handy for high friction top-rope anchors, such as over a slab, etc Quote
foolscongress Posted February 4, 2005 Posted February 4, 2005 i've used the little orange wheelies. they're o.k., but then i decided, why not just bring a pulley? sometimes the rope jumps off the wheel, but not often. i think that if you're in a place where you might really drop into a hole, may as well bring real rescue gear. Quote
catbirdseat Posted March 21, 2006 Posted March 21, 2006 DMM Revolver, 44 grams Petzl Ultralight Pulley Plus BD Oval Wiregate 10 + 45 = 55 grams CMI Blue Pulley Plus BD Neutrino 50 + 37 = 87 grams I just bought a Revolver. I'll report back after I've tried it for crevasse rescue. Divot reported that it didn't work, because it was an "unstable platform", whatever that means. An experienced friend of mine says he likes to use the standard blue pulley for the self-tending prussik end and the revolver on the resettable prussik in a Z-Pulley set-up. I would expect that the Revolver would have somewhat more friction than the Blue Pulley, but since it (the pulley component) is rated at 11 kN and the BP is rated at 20 kN, the two must be used as described. Quote
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