Cheap BD Rope

[TimL]

Anybody know about or use the BD 9.4 70m hotline rope? On sale for $99.95. Looking to use it as a cragging and alpine rope. Also wondering is anyone has extensively used a 9.4 diameter rope, if they like it or not and what issues, goog or bad, they've had with it? I'm kinda skeptical about taking big falls on a 9.4 but if it'll hold then I have no problem with air time.

 

http://www.bdel.com/php/specials.php

[Juneriver]

Been using this rope for a while now... bout time to retire it. It's been a great rope and will hold your falls. The weight difference compared to a fatter rope of the same length is noticable.

 

It's got a really soft catch and quite a bit of elongation so it's not made to toprope.

The skinny noodle effect when it stretches gets your attention but it stops you just fine.

 

Used it for alpine as well but the 70m length is a bit excessive for glacier travel. I also have more concerns about the skinny rope getting the chop from rock than I do a fatter rope.

[Bronco]

check this out TimL:

 

http://www.cascadeclimbers.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=9;t=000423

 

I haven't used it a lot, but, it seems to be holding up fine.

[erik]

tim...the hotline wears out really fast....

 

you know that blue rope i have, the one i call "experts only" that thing is barely a year old....

 

they wear out super fast!!

 

no good for smiff redpoint adventures!!

 

allez!

[Dr_Flash_Amazing]

You want a good, cheap, cragging rope, get the Mammut Tusk. Baby handles like a dream, and lasts for the long haul. Course, it ain't dry treated, so it might be a bit of a sponge for the glacier gig.

[TimL]

Thanks for all the replys. The hotline doesn't sound like that good of a rope.