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Yes, extremely familiar!

Those metal clips are only available as part of the Skullgard suspension shown.

A carrier that folds flat would be nice. For the cost of some of them, you'd think they'd do that.

Yeah, after I looked at it more, I realized the whole inside if the hardhat is the same. Covered with the black cloth - not sealed.

Why so grumpy?

@boomupengineering I'm not sure how stating a fact is grumpy, lol. The amount of one handing saws, not wearing appropriate ppe, and unnecessarily performing risky actions for views, is just plain stupid imo.

Buckin certainly is a character. I keep that in mind when I watch his videos. But I do appreciate those who show who they are in their videos, instead of changing because the camera is rolling. Same can be said for August Hunicke and Essential Craftsman. I learn.from them but I stay mindful of my own capabilities and what I consider safe or an acceptable risk.

You should watch professional timber climbers, they make Billy look like a ISA power safety ranger

To be fair, for perhaps more traditional foot ascenders, I have only tried the KiwiKlimber. You know, they've got a single toothed cam that captures the rope against the ascender body. Since I seem to have no problem with kicking out of the Jet Step - it's perfect for me. I don't have to weight my rope to start out, it's rope friendly and is easy enough to mount to spurs. I haven't seen any others that I thought would be easier to mount, besides the expensive Kiwi. I know others cobble foot ascenders onto their spurs or maybe buy the Edelrid spurs since they sell a mountable foot ascender. I like having the option to rope climb whether I've got spurs on or not. Suppose I'm more haphazard when it comes to climbing and having to constantly adjust. Always good to have options!

You are stocking some of your XS slings in the USA? If so, that will be good. Is it best to buy direct? I just had I&I Sling quote your 15k x 12ft XS slings. I have a few Extreema slings at my current project.

Nice. I don't know all the differences, but I'm still happy I ponied up for the MB 1.0. Before getting it, I thought I would never truly enjoy climbing because I was hurting in my Notch saddle. I need the anti-castration straps on the leg loops!

I started with Notch steel spurs but didn't like how they moved around on my foot. They would slip past the heel on my boot. I was going to try NuGreen 2-piece lower velcro straps but I then sold the spurs. I bought these Klein pole spurs next. Heavy but I like the narrow stirrup which holds onto my boot very well. Now I have no issues even when using traditional straps. I also have a pair of Buckingham Titanium spurs (tree gaffs) and just mounted my Jet Step foot ascender. I'll release that video soon.

Yeah, I've seen people really liking that water resistant rope. Next time I buy rope it'll probably be that.

Yeah, I've seen those Courant Koala saddles. They make a small version which would be good for my boy but we are making due with the New Tribe saddles to which I added rings so they could run a lanyard. I do agree about the elastic and such. At first I literally started to think I would never truly enjoy climbing because leg straps creeping up make me very uncomfortable. Borderline painful because of big legs and the fact I've had hernia surgery before. I'll have to make a few more videos. I've got materials to build pads for my Buckingham Ti spurs. I want foam padding like the Opsal's but will make the metal cuffs out of thin stainless. If that doesn't work, I have another idea, plus I've got a set of Distel fiberglass cuffs. I've got screws to mount them and I'll get some foam rubber to line them like the Opsal's. I like Opsal pads best thus far - I just need something that fits my shins better.

👌 Minty anvil for certain.

A shame that they stopped producing anvils and vices in Germany.

Honestly I am certain I added the Petzl rings without much thought because so does Monkey Beaver when they show adding an adjustable bridge. I know the rings are more friendly to webbing and bridge rope with their nice big radius. I'll have to see if there is a clever way to make it all work with the stock paw plates. Yeah, I don't have to use the ultralink. I'll check out the Frieno Z. Do you add that and skip wrapping your rope around the Unicender for descent? I am unfamiliar with th Frieno Z and how much friction it can provide. As heavy as I am, I would like more friction because I have to wear gloves to descend at a controlled pace. I have Mumford's horn or whatever it is called, on my Uni. I can see that lessening friction versus the stock configuration. Thanks, I'll check out the Frieno Z.

@@boomupengineeringuse rings or plates doesn't really matter. I just think it's pointless to have that ring on a ring. The freinos friction spur works good with a wrap around the uni for srt, no wrap for drt. Your still gonna want gloves though. Sounds like your uni drum mod reduces friction a little too much. I've been using mine without the drum for years and it works ok but there never was quite enough friction for srt without the freino

@@christopherwaller3115 10-4, I'll give a Freino Z a try. Since I no longer have the paw (rigging) plates with big loops hanging out, I like the Petzle RingtoRing sticking out. Makes it easy to find and connect my lanyard. Since I'm using the Petzl Adjust to do my adjustable bridge, I have to use a ring on that end or else another connector to engage the Adjust.

At least a case swap isn't too hard, just a bit tedious. I had to mess with the brake a few times to get it put back right.

I will do my titanium Buckingham's next. I'm sure that will be more difficult to drill and tap. I'll use smaller screws this time. 6mm or 1/4". Thru-bolting would probably be fine too.

Do you have one? Haven't seen one in person but the concept certainly looks great.

@@boomupengineering no but am ordering 2 for sure

They outsmarted me - I didn't think that would work. They went thru all of my 18V batteries that day.

I went all blue. I think someone recommended that since a blue/black mix would look pretty much black. I think that's why I went all blue.

Will see how the summer develops. Found out I might be changing jobs soon due to my current employer losing the contract to run Arnold AFB (R&D Testing). I need to change anyway because my wife and kids are now in the Oak Ridge area - I have to get myself up that way. Without having my boys around as much, I haven't done as much climbing. Holler at me one of these days if you want. I can load up some gear and my boys and do a little weekend adventure. BoomUp Engineering...can find me on google maps. We've taken some of our gear to cliffs like Stone Door to play around. Savage Gulf State Park.

I could be mistaken about the newer Skullgard suspension. Probably it doesn't pivot in the back like the Lyft but the ratchet hangs down way low. Low relative to the previous style of Skullgard. My bad. Regardless, I hate the low ratchet. It might help some with keeping their hat on when bending over, but it doesn't fit my head very well. The light weight and low wearing height of the blue carbon fiber hat means it stays on better, even though the ratchet doesn't hang down low.

@@boomupengineering I hear ya, when you are wearing it most of the day, it needs to be comfortable

So many variables. Sometimes less is better, sometimes not. Odds of a failure can increase when component numbers increase; however, a single component is more likely to fail if it is not used with certain accessories. There is always a balance and even that can be different for every person or situation. Fun trying to find our own balance.

@@boomupengineering agreed.

I agree. Better headgear than other carbon fiber hardhats and it is actually lighter than plastic. Plus I think the shell is made in Arkansas?

Pretty nice now though...not supper wet here. My kids remembered the hard freeze of last year and they were disappointed. They wanted to play on the ice again.

That could be. Either way, it doesn't seem very rope or even webbing friendly with it's smallish chamfers. I can't say I've gone for the CMI Cali much though. It's a big and heavy lump that I can do without.

I know this is just me but I'd say that Monkey Beaver 1.0 saddle at $450 is nearly priceless when it comes to allowing me to climb. I tried a "free" Notch Sentinel saddle but I was in pain in the ol' crotch area. Again for me, the anti-castration leg straps on the MB are absolutely necessary. Sure I could shop around and save a 100 bucks but I'd still need to add the straps to keep the leg loops from riding up. I also felt compelled to support Hunicke since I learn a fair bit from him. Bear in mind that I have two boys, now 9 and 11. I need enough gear to keep us all going. Yes the gear is expensive and I rarely buy the cheap stuff, although most is purchased on sale as I have time to shop around. You should see how proud are my boys when they tell other kids and adults that they climb and can go up 70ft in an instant. Again, priceless life lessons that they will never forget, like looking out for each other and paying attention to stay safe. Who knows, maybe I'll pick up a used chipper, put a dump box on my truck and let them do odd tree jobs when they get older. Oh, I did have a starting budget to get going with tree climbing. I was faced with $3-4k of professional tree work to protect my house. My boys are both dang proud as they've help me get through the worst of it. I get it. With Bidenomics, everything is super expensive these days. Don't tell my wife that my $7500 Kubota mower is worth more than her car!

I am not the best at comparing ropes - I really haven't tried many yet. My first bit of rope was a full spool of Hyperclimb because it was something like 60 cents per foot, delivered. Works fine for me. I do believe I have a new Poison Ivy rope packed away - I'll see if I can find it this weekend. I know my Rope Runner Pro flattens the Hyperclimb pretty good but I expect anything will behave that way with my weight. My Unicender doesn't care and works fine. With that and the Mumford drum, I have to wear gloves to slow myself when coming down. But the Unicender still locks hard when I come of my wrap. My boys and I have played with 200ft of Notch Dragon which is a 11mm rope. That was super cheap at maybe 45 cents per foot. We've gone out to Savage Gulf and repelled down some of the rock cliffs. But that is some small stuff when trying to put your hands around it. So yeah, my rope experience is pretty low. I have the Poison Ivy and a Yale Scandere rope waiting for me when I get out next. I think those all are supposed to be 11.7mm. What I need to do is finish getting my second set of spurs setup so both my boy and I can go up in a tree together. I need to get pads setup for my new set so that I can dial in my Kleins for the kid. I have a good sized oak on the hill behind the house which will be good for that.

@@boomupengineering hyperclimb and ivy are Samson 2 versions they bought from yale bluemoon..the bluemoon has better cover..and good work horse..rope..but they are same as far as strands. And are in the middle ground for mechanicals

@@boomupengineering i have ivy its definitely thinner.

There's no telling what UA-cam and these other sites do when we aren't looking. They have a lot of influence and control over what we see. Scary.

Skullgard is MSA. Fiber metal.