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 keepguessing 27 Nov 2015
I'm finally biting the bullet, until now i have been using alpine draws for all my quick draw needs, but now i think i'm going to finally buy 10 quickdraws. the issue here is i have no idea what lengths i would want, can anybody help me out?
 BnB 27 Nov 2015
In reply to soloing 9a with out you looking:

If I could go again I would get one shorty (12cm?) for that first piece of gear off the ground and the rest 25cm. Keep the slingdraws on the rack however, they're pretty handy.
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 GridNorth 27 Nov 2015
In reply to soloing 9a with out you looking:

Sport or trad? Most of my sports QD's are 12cm, 2 are 18cm and one is a sling draw, but generally speaking 12cm is too short for trad. I use 18 cm and sling draws for trad.

Al
 ianstevens 27 Nov 2015
In reply to soloing 9a with out you looking:
Just get more slingdraws - significantly more versatile than standard draws, and the extra weight is negligible; about the same as a good pre-route urination session.

That said, if you're climbing on bolts... they're less good. I've got a set of bolt-specific draws.
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OP keepguessing 27 Nov 2015
In reply to BnB:
I feel like everytime i go climbing i have an abundancy of quick draws often using a quick draw every 7-10 meters, it makes me wonder if i even need 10 quickdraws, 6 might be a lighter and less expensive option. The draws are for trad.
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