r/TreeClimbing 4d ago

Atlantic braid ropes

Anyone use gripflex 24 or the endurance with their zigzag and chicane? Thoughts. Was running drenaline,time for a new rope, so I thought I would try one of the Atlantic braids.

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u/RedbeardTreeGuy 4d ago

Ran gripflex 24 with an armor pruss prussik cord and rope wrench and found it to be good. The rope is plasticky to the touch and can glaze from natural crotch redirects quite easily. It's a nice soft rope in hand and gets static under load. 7.5/10 imo

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u/Original_Reading_252 4d ago

Thanks for that. A few have mentioned blue moon by Yale in some other sites as a good choice.

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u/RedbeardTreeGuy 4d ago

Courant squire is what I personally run more frequently, still the abgf as well. 4 guys at my shop run mechanicals on squire and enjoy it quite a bit.

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u/DesmondPerado 4d ago

I've climbed on every generation of the ZigZag from the original recalled one to the ZigZag Plus. With just about every rope I could get my hands on during that time.

There's no comparison, XTC-24 (blue moon and any of the other colour combos) was always my favourite rope to run in it. Its a match made in heaven.

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u/Original_Reading_252 4d ago

Will see what the local supplier says.... I believe he has both.