Bill_Simpkins Posted February 3, 2005 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurthicks Posted February 3, 2005 Share Posted February 3, 2005 that's why I got one. They're marketing them for the wrong reason though. pretty spendy though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogen Posted February 3, 2005 Share Posted February 3, 2005 Don't you think that little spindle would ice up hella fast? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt_m Posted February 4, 2005 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogen Posted February 4, 2005 Share Posted February 4, 2005 That's my cartman impersonation. Seemed appropriate with the pop culture references today... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill_Simpkins Posted February 4, 2005 Author Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogen Posted February 4, 2005 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EWolfe Posted February 4, 2005 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foolscongress Posted February 4, 2005 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catbirdseat Posted March 21, 2006 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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