UKC

Hi

I'm buying a high performance half rope, and am looking for different opinions. I would like a tough rope, that can take long routes of mixed climbing in granite, and also perform well in wet ice and snow conditions. Light and skinny is a plus. Im not planning to do any hard projects on the rope, so it shouldn't take (m)any falls.

So far, i was considering
-Edelrid Apus (heard good stuff about Edelrid ropes, about the pro shield)
-Sterling Fusion Photon Dry (skinny, light, handles well, expensive)
-Mammut Phoenix (the cheapest for me to get, any downsides in comparison?)

Thank you very much for your opinions/experiences

In reply to Klemen:

i've got phoenix and photon - go phoenix - 1g per meter heavier but feels more controllable for belaying and rappel

Edelrid - had a few (not apus), they are good but the mammut phoenix is great

In reply to Klemen:

Used a friend's Apus's on a Dolomites trip and was impressed: top handling, feels robust. Mostly used as twins but didn't feel to scarily skimpy for the odd pitch as halves.

In reply to Klemen:

Had Phonixs and apus, and personally would go Phonix. The apus is not imo particularly robust, and tangle like crazy; they're not as bad as ice lines but phoenixs last well, handle well and if you can get them cheap you're going to go wrong.

In reply to Klemen:

Have had a pheonix for quite a while, it's fairly hardwaring.

Just bought 2 x 60 m of these http://www.needlesports.com/Catalogue/Rock-Climbing-Equipment/Ropes/Half-Ro...

first week of using them is good.

HTH Davey

In reply to Mountain Llama:

Yeah I got a pair of those, £85 for a dry treated skinny half, unreal price and a lovely rope for winter. Not sure over the logevity but it's got a slightly higher sheath percentage than the phoenix.

In reply to Klemen:

I've had pair of the old style apus for over a year now and they're holding up really well. They've been abbed on, used on sharp alpine rock, used in the lakes and pretty much everywhere. I was surprised at how unthin they are for 7.8. It seems an odd thing to say but I'm sure they're thicker than a friends tendon ambition 8.5. They are also much more hardwearing.
Basically I think they're excellent, they stay supple in the cold and they're more hardwearing than they look.

On a different note, rock and run have some very cheap halfs at the moment in the deals section