Notch Rope Runner Pro - TreeStuff Closer Look

Hi, I'm Nick Bonner for Treestuff.com and this is the Notch Rope Runner Pro. I couldn't be any more excited to be talking to you about this device with you guys today. It's available launching exclusively at TreeStuff.com and it's improved in pretty much every way. So let's go ahead and put it on the rope and we will look at it from top to bottom and talk about all the changes. First thing you are going to notice right away as you remove this stainless steel quick pin a the top is that the bird is rounded over. That's going to make it much easier to work with. You see that I'm able to get the slick pin into that outer position without having to reach inside there. We will slide the rope in, click the pin through and we are on. As we go down we will see the replaceable bollard. This is actually stainless steel and its curved in here so it's going to give you a broken-in feel right out of the box. Its also not going to wear like the aluminum ones do, but if it does it is replaceable. There's also going be to positioning marks on the inside hear that match up with a mark on the bollard. So it's going to help you always return it to the right position. As we keep going down we are going to see the tether here. This is wildly improved its a single i-beam construction piece. There is so much less play to this and a much more solid feel. A lot of that comes directly from this piece here. As we get down to the gate we are gonna see a black plastic piece here, when we open that up we will see that it stops the rope from being put inhere but it also prevents this from collapsing all the way which is going to give you an even smoother uptake when you are tending it up or tending slack or things like that. So, second slick pin this is an aluminum pin versus the stainless steel up here that makes it considerably lighter. Gonna allow us to open this sliding gate here and once we go ahead put this rope in, just drop the gate shut, push the pin back through. When the pin is open you will notice that the whole device stays together there's no parts coming off or anything like that. IT's very solid and very secure. Here we have a really nice milled piece. This is going to accept an accessory carabiner and its gonna tend the Rope Runner Pro straight up the rope without any like side to side wonkiness or anything like that. Third slickpin down here at the bottom this is a new edition for the Rope Runner Pro, again this is an aluminum pin. You are gonna back that out and it's going to allow the pulley to open, but keep it on there and keep it retained.slip that in, close the rope up, put the pin through and you are set. One of the nicest things about this is is that the whole process can be done with a carabiner on here. Enabling you to put this on or off the rope while you are connected to it, it's not going to stop you from opening the pulley gate or doing any of the other tasks associated with putting it on. Once you are on the Rope Runner Pro, it's going to function exactly like the Rope Runner that you may be used to. You are still going to get that smooth one-handed release on a rope of any size. Here I am on 11mm NothcDragon this is a really firm, very narrow static line. Its also going to work well on double braids of various sizes or really any rope you can throw at it. So that's it, that's the Notch Rope Runner Pro. We've improved it in pretty much every way. It looks betters, it's easier to use, the performance is even better than the original one. It doesn't fall apart into multiple pieces. You've got the new dedicated tie in at the bottom so you can keep it connected to you the whole time. Overall I think that you look at it, you will see you will find that you agree with me. Launching exclusively at TreeStuff.com, Summer 2020. Thanks for watching.

Channel: TreeStuffdotcom

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Length: 3min 48sec (228 seconds)

Published: Wed May 27 2020