Rope Defect

Post by **Meadows** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 12:19 pm

That's not the 60-dollar rope deal, FYI. That rope was a 9.7 and so far, both that we have in use are just fine.

Post by **TradMike** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 1:32 pm

It's the new screamers. They are built into to rope so when you hit heavy forces they start elongating.

Post by **steep4me** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 1:11 pm

PMI ropes suck, so if you buy oine, expect poor quality

Post by **Steve** » Sat Apr 04, 2009 12:38 am

ynot wrote:I've seen the same thing in yarn production. Lack of tension

That is what it looked like to me too. Never seen anything like that in a rope. Strange stuff. Why does PMI suck? Don't they make most of the ropes on the market? I thought there were like two or three manufacturers and then other companies slap their name on the rope.

Post by **Saxman** » Sat Apr 04, 2009 1:14 am

PMI does not make most of the ropes on the market. Sterling, Bluewater, and Mammut all make their own ropes. Petzl has theirs made by another company which is not PMI.

Post by **pigsteak** » Sat Apr 04, 2009 4:09 am

dhoyne wrote:You get what you pay for.

yeah, ask the Madoff investors.

or GM car buyers.

or those who bought at the top of the housing market.

Post by **Steve** » Sun Apr 12, 2009 1:03 am

From PMI:

What you witnessed is a rare but not unheard of "over-twisting" issue that can happen to anyone processing yarns. From the pictures you provided it is perfectly clear that one strand of the 3-strand core cable is grossly over-twisted and "hockles" out of the correct lay of the cable.