Petzl Ropes

[poorclimber]

Anyone had any experience with Petzl ropes or are they a new product line? I saw a product sheet that listed ropes, but they happen to be suspiciously missing from the website.

[NTM]

new line of ropes from what i've heard. originally "cousin" ropes in france and now under the petzl umbrella.

climbed on one in dec and it seemed comperable in handleing/feel to a sterling.

[NYC007]

word is same as the Millet ropes. which are nice, but I have only done a few routes on the millet ropes.

[poorclimber]

Sounds promising. Thanks.

[Jens]

The petzl ropes are cousin "COOO-sin" ropes (they bought the production line) always known for a nice hand.

Millet "Mee-ay" ropes are rad- Millet is the best softgoods gear company in the world by a mile.

[Fromage]

I have spent a 2-3 days climbing on a pre-production Petzl rope in the last couple months. It was a 9.? single, closer to 9.8 than 9.1. I liked it better than the Beal, Maxim, and Blue Water singles that I have owned, and it was more supple than my last Edelweiss Cabledevice. I can't say that this rope made me do backflips, I wouldn't call it the holy grail, but if you want a medium stiffness rope it would be worth checking out. Not the skinniest, not the lightest, not the anythingest, just a good all around cord. I don't think it had any uncommon features like a monofilament in the core or the like. In today's rope market there are so many good 9+mm ropes to choose from that it is hard to make something new that is truly distinctive. Ultimately for a lot of people it boils down to personal preference in how you like your rope to handle, and price for many folks as well. If these Petzl ropes are competitively priced then they will probably gain popularity. My Cousin doubles are soft and frayed easily, but I don't think that this is a fair comparison.