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Been looking to get a ropeman 2, for everything from escaping the system, to help hauling up seconds. Unnecessary i know, but i'm a bit of a gear geek/collector.

But after looking in a shop yesterday, i noticed that the Petzl Micro Traxion is actually lighter and has a pulley! So why get the Ropeman?

Ropeman 2 92g, 15kn breaking strength and 8-13mm. £45
Micro Traxion 85g, 15kn breaking strength and 8-11mm. £60

But with the micro traxion, you also get the advantage of the 91% pulley?!
Ok,it's slightly more expensive, but for slight weight advantage, and the huge advantage of the pulley. Why would anyone get a ropeman?

In reply to CharlieMack:

Petzl tbloc is even lighter, easier to carry (hence more likely)

In reply to Alex Slipchuk:

I've heard that they wear your ropes out fairly quick though?

In reply to CharlieMack:

Ropeman has a toothless cam, which people seem to think is an advantage for simul-climbing & solo toproping.

In reply to AlanLittle:


Many people (who simul and solo) would say: micro trax has teeth and therefore better for simul and solo as it will catch yet offers little friction.

In reply to CharlieMack:

check out the roll n lock

In reply to CharlieMack:

Climbing Technology Roll´N´Lock for me.

In reply to CharlieMack:

I really like the microtraxion. I use it as a pulley and for solo top roping.

The teeth are a positive feature.

In reply to AlanLittle:

You mean they have giant flat teeth like knives instead of little needle teeth? Under dynamic loads that means the rope gets cut rather than just damaged....

In reply to CharlieMack:

Use a mini traxion for work and it can be a ball ache to release the cam so I'll often have it connected to the anchor with a Munter-mule in a sling. Ropeman are fairly easy to down Prussic with and to reset when used as the tractor in a pulley system but the same can't be said for a tibloc.

Also the traxion doesn't always function well as a standard pulley as the teeth often catch when the cam is disengaged.