petzl's reverso redesign info video

Post by **caribe** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 1:15 am

http://tinyurl.com/dytabc

no claims, I haven't even seen it.

Post by **Yasmeen** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 2:59 am

But you did tinyurl it - I'm so proud!

Post by **Saxman** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 3:55 am

Phillip Galls has them in.

Post by **caribe** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 4:24 am

Yasmeen wrote:But you did tinyurl it - I'm so proud!

You only have to tell me one time teacher.

Post by **Xtant** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 6:10 am

I like it. Admittedly, I don't have much experience with other devices and have not used it in most of the ways it was designed for.

It's green, though, so that makes it awesome.

Post by **ElectricDisciple** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 6:19 am

this is so silly, it's petzl's version of the ATC guide.

I'd love/hate to be a patent lawyer for BD or Petzl...

What the heck?

Post by **p0bray01** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 11:41 am

I was gonna say looks like a smaller version of the ATC guide. Cool climbing footage...makes me yearn for spring!

Post by **caribe** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 2:23 pm

ElectricDisciple wrote:this is so silly, it's petzl's version of the ATC guide.
I'd love/hate to be a patent lawyer for BD or Petzl...

http://www.bdel.com/gear/detail/atc_gui ... .php#usage Jonathan you are right. I really don't see what the diff is.

Post by **caribe** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 2:51 pm

It appears that the new reverso releases the second easier than the the BD guide.
http://tinyurl.com/cg66nd
http://www.trailspace.com/gear/petzl/reverso-3/

Post by **ElectricDisciple** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 6:44 am

At least at the red and other places I've climbed, I've used the Guide and haven't needed to rig anything fancy to release the second. I mean, you could, buy why 1. go through all the hassle and 2. why would you need to lower the second, especially on multi-pitch routes? I'd say if you're multi-pitching, going down isn't an option. And why would you "multi-task" while belaying?

Actually, if you are belaying a second from above, why not just take up a gri-gri w/ u and save you all sorts of trouble? do up a sliding x and be done with it.