I know these things have been out on the market for a bunch of year now but here's what I've been using and how I've been using them in my day to day work. patron: / ryantilleyclimbinganda... Instagram: rtillson_
I have a Kong slyde setup on my harness now. Used to have it setup as a dual connect adjust, but recently switched to only having one strand to clean up my harness a bit. It costs a fraction of the price compared to the connect adjust, but giving yourself more slack is a bit less smooth compared to the petzl one in my experience. Maybe you could get that one in your comparison as well.
I've got both the petzl and the edelrid. The edelrid is much easier to adjust under load I've been able extend with one hand while hanging in a controlled manner, but harder to extend when unloaded. The biggest issue with the edelrid is you must use the correct biners otherwise it will slide. So far I've found that only ovals work
Great comparison! I have the Dual Connect Adjust and I definitely share your opinion that it's rappel extension strand feels a bit too long... Also I find it to be very bulky so I tend to not use it as much.
Hey Ryan. Great review. I've recently switched to the single connect adjust from the Metolious anchor chain. I love the adjustability, and the ability to then lengthen the anchor to test my rappel setup. I've found myself just grabbing a sling though, to extend my rappel, which I didn't do before. Seeing you clove in for that was kind of a game changer for me. Application here will generally be the semi-rare single pitch route that you need to rap off of instead of lowering. I can see how the dual would be better in a multipitch situation.
For dynamic lanyards there are also Climbing Technology Tuner and Rock Empire Pip on the market. I have been waiting for someone to do a comparison review on all of them ;)
I don´t personally like to trust only one point of anchor - this case the belay loop - for anchor myself and attached my rappel set up...... I prefer redundancy as much as I can...
This is a rare occasion of RU-vid recommending the right kind of channel for me. I've so far watched 8 videos and will probably binge your entire channel over the next couple of weeks.
I'm using a kong slyde on about 3.5m of dynamic rope, attached through my tie-in points with a rethreaded bowline - with the slyde on one arm for my PAS and my ATC/rappel biner on the other, terminated with a figure 8.
Nice video. I personally use alpine batterfly for abseil setup with my connect adjust. I don't like how clove hitch rotates a bit the whole setup. P.S. gotta try the locking quickdraw solution. Thank you