Enjoyed the video. Not many climbers check their equipment thoroughly. The Petzl Zigzag is a wonderful climbing tool with a lot of moving parts. Parts do wear. Good to inspect your ZigZag every now and them.....never know when fatigue sets in. Thanks for the inspection tour.
After retiring my zigzag I decided to dissect it. The first thing I noticed was the friction links responsible for keeping the friction " barrels" from rotating are easily compromised if the friction links are side loaded or twisted sideways when not attached to your climbing system and under load. I found a stress crack hiding behind one of the rivets that hold the links together. It wasn't visible until I dissected the links, and it wasn't compromised during the dissection.
Thanks for another great video, Bino! All climbing devices should be inspected and tested daily. A close friend of mine climbed on an Akimbo without properly adjusting it. He slid down 30' and shattered his ankle. This stuff is really important, especially with mechanical devices.
Hey Bino, with the Chicane couldn’t you put an eye to eye hitchcord above it that connects to a carabiner so it wouid give you more redundancy? Not sure how the hookup works on that device but I'm doing SRS with a Trango Vergo & a CT Hand Ascender & the hitchcord allows u to descend with a left hand on a brake & your right hand on the hitchcord. Very easy to descend @ any speed & u don't want to release your hand from the hitchcord or u stand a chance of locking up the cord. But it's there & very dependable. 😮😅
Does Duck oil help clean sap and debris? I use Sap Zaprrr for cleaning ropes and hardware. It leaves a light oil that works great in climbing hardware.
@@TimberTrainer no its not for cleaning but keeps biner s and mechanical s actions and springs working..I use it after cleaning..however you can apply it without cleaning it's very effective oil..for few dollars a drop or 2 goes along way..I use alcohol for Sapp and or gojo..on ropes ..never tryed the others they have came out with few ..like u say...but the duck oil is great to keep actions working
I agree that duck oil is amazing. I had 2 carabiners that I thought I was going to throw away but after cleaning with soapy water I lightly oiled them and the work well.
