Zigzag plus

[Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] it's to be chillin and we've got Alan here from Midland tree services and what we've been looking at today is BC the Petzl plus zigzag zigzag plus and also the chicane I'm also being China on a DRT system and we'll also be in here trying on a srt system and we've also been comparing it to the second generation of Petzl so uh what do you think you've been having a good little play here what do you think yeah first impressions of the zigzag pass was the chicanes very impressive on srt climbing it's very very smooth next and all set back there's no real mucking about trying to find a hatch that works for you or the right length of hatch court it seems very well integrated with the chicane being designed specifically for that product I very slight going up you could certainly get to grips with it with very little practice of SRT climbing um sort of product we were talking about that we'd be quite happy putting novices candidates on for the first time certainly under supervision but not got the same fear that we do with some of the HB systems and yeah and comparative products would be like the rule branch or the route runner brought wrench is the one we were talking about with regards to hatch card being very important route runner certainly about more of a specific SRT product I found this one on the Seine a bit more predictable than the rope runner very smooth pretty much just the same as you would expect on the double drops and almost no difference at all so yeah definitely way some new benefits to wow leagues a bowl it is beefy it's an all-in-one system it's purpose-built was need compared to the the root branch which is you were putting that with of a bit of equipment here this is basely one system and again with students I wouldn't have any problems we're putting someone on this because it's feel safe everywhere on it hey so do you see back onto the the post does the exact close again eleven point five mil to 13 mil seem as the generation - not a problem generation to here and what I did find interesting Ellen was that BC you can only put a petrol carabiner in to the Stikine and that is because of this little air system was got in here with our tear just runs on the grooves of that oil petrol carabiner which was a little bit three-inch for because our for over the trees here any carabiner would have went up there but look at that I think it's quite a good idea because it's keeping it operate all the time because of the grooves it doesn't let this attack down at all because it's got that dictionary they'd find that orientated device - right yeah so this is feel no problems at all and back on to that will zigzag plus itself bigger a lot bigger compared to the generation - and how did you find that say twice no real deference we were trying to compare their the lengths and reverse for any larger quite we weren't to say EDD we didn't think that there was any difference there at all it's nice to have the new attachment point for em SRT for the late sir nickel a sticks or chest harness ease for years well the other thing without extra link in here we can't use that for another system now as well so we can put another system here to PC secondary or whether street from the actual Petrov post itself and itself is quite handy it's even a bit of on your harness as well and make a big difference the general size of the pulley wheels been changed as well and that's all motley right a lot bigger as well and all much bigger so use John Robin makes a big difference as well big difference and generally it's a nice bit of kid this a bit now it also comes with we've got two holes attachment point in here you can also get this one's got the swivel on you can actually get a one that has just got solid which would say because one of the things you tend to not like about the zig zag is they can move yeah they just find it they don't always orientate just that I stay for my personal timing yeah because a lot of times it'll sit here when you want this but here so often if you obviously bought the one without that will swivel on it you could actually have that setting so it is going to have that in Lane with you all the time pull in that way which should be created with our suggestion and no I like it I like it a lot mmm final thoughts yeah Terry the chicane I think it's going to be exciting for people who are particularly keen on the pets already for access I think at no go sheer with just a purchase of the chicane gives you an srt system for access once you're under the crown you can des attach that and it's just a case of whooping your your spice back in and you're on tier you're running some rope systems another thing about all those you mention is PC data to disconnect this it's just two catches in opens when it comes out is attitude I'll write that as no risk of losing the latter and the other thing which it was fate for when we've gone through the instructions of the manual is this nice handle shaped thing here which actually cannot be used as a handle heartless always be above it or the Lord and not utter these in this this is just a natural they keep it if you want to put it as at ever there's a instead the rigid rigid tether that was on the roof wrench that's what after you give those rigidity we're screwing up as well makes it a lot better I was quite impressed very impressed we noticed a few air something where to watch the chicane and disengage that it can't come down and release the actual device itself suppression in regular operations or if branches were to contact that on a scent it's not something that's going to actually release a device itself yeah that was a very good very good because the other one with the root wrench yeah that could happen soft air there Sara always hear this stuff here there's still enough flex enough that when the wrench comes down and it can then touch your hatch and then release yet and just to get what we've been tested on sort of church on a few different ropes and so we've tried it on a static rope we've tried on them which I don't know I've got an hour Yale XTC fire here at Rich's are 12.7 milk suspect chunkier rope in the hand there's never gonna self ten just as nice as iPhone or a rope but you've got a bit more feeling in your hands and then we've got the New England tachyon which is 11 and a half mil this one's a wee bit far aegis with age but it's about slicker and the self tame the wee bit neater in the hands for an overseas they can struggle to to grab some of the smaller diameter rocks but we found that they'd run a bit nicer so obviously a huge Ranger whoops that you could try just for personal preferences whether you prefer a staff rope or not as well you you might try alternatives no and but yeah we'd be impressed with really impressed with about it is the similarity to the branches very baby there's fifty but it it setup it works it works perfect and it's built to go with this as well this is the great thing about and they'll very impressed can't fault the product I won't be replacing my wrench just yet and I won't be replacing my spider jak3 just yet either sorry person who's that now gotta wait and see well Alan thank you very much for letting us have that look down and going through this and perfect and we'll go from there Thank You cheers thank you

Channel: H & W Forestry Services

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Length: 11min 0sec (660 seconds)

Published: Sat May 04 2019