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Poll Option Votes Graph
Yes 1
3% 
No 31
97% 

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Author
Replacing Ropes/Slings/Harness

shortman
3-Feb-2015
12:41:28 PM
Do you follow manufacturer recommendations?

Superstu
3-Feb-2015
2:10:06 PM
Nope - superstition and paranoia are my guide.

phillipivan
3-Feb-2015
2:15:47 PM
Visual inspection and knowledge of kits prior history (when possible).
Wendy
3-Feb-2015
2:30:51 PM
If you could find the manufacturer recommendations for my motley assortment of kit, i might give them some consideration ...
ldshield
3-Feb-2015
3:26:57 PM
I only started climbing relatively recently, and I've been diligently keeping the manufacturers' documentation. The (main) obvious problem with this is that I have three identical items with identical use-by dates, but if I purchase another of the same item in three years' time, I won't know which is which.

shortman
3-Feb-2015
3:30:10 PM
On 3/02/2015 ldshield wrote:
>I only started climbing relatively recently, and I've been diligently keeping
>the manufacturers' documentation. The (main) obvious problem with this
>is that I have three identical items with identical use-by dates, but if
>I purchase another of the same item in three years' time, I won't know
>which is which.

Say again??
Dave_S
3-Feb-2015
3:56:28 PM
On 3/02/2015 shortman wrote:
>
>Say again??

So say he has a couple of blue 60cm x 10mm Black Diamond Dynex slings with no special identifying marks on them, and then after 2 years of owning these, he buys another identical sling. When it comes time to retire the old ones, how does he tell which are the old ones?

Obviously, you'd have to somehow mark them in a way that could indicate their age. For items like slings, this is difficult.
Wendy
3-Feb-2015
4:10:13 PM
my 3 year old gear normally looks substantially different to new gear :)

salty crag
3-Feb-2015
7:15:45 PM
No's are unanimous so far (12), interesting. I voted no as I check all gear pre and post use, storage is free of uv, moisture and chemicals and I take the chance that the manufacturer has built in a big safety factor into their calculations. That said I recently retired what I thought was a perfectly good rope when I noticed a small cloud of orange dust coming from a mates belay device as he rapped down on my orange Eld. Rope was 8 yrs old. I agree my 3 year old stuff looks very different to new.

ajfclark
4-Feb-2015
7:19:09 AM
On 3/02/2015 ldshield wrote:
>I only started climbing relatively recently, and I've been diligently keeping
>the manufacturers' documentation. The (main) obvious problem with this
>is that I have three identical items with identical use-by dates, but if
>I purchase another of the same item in three years' time, I won't know
>which is which.

Often slings will have the year of manufacture on the little tag sewn into the join.

IdratherbeclimbingM9
4-Feb-2015
9:15:06 AM
Cross-link to the thread preceding this poll for further contxt.
Jayford4321
4-Feb-2015
2:57:43 PM
On 3/02/2015 Superstu wrote:
>Nope - superstition and paranoia are my guide.

Well said, and they are mine too.

21 No votes and no yes votes.
I find this interesting as I thought there'd be a couple of do gooders at least.
What did U vote kieranl? or isn't it intersting enough to be worth ur vote?

shortman
16-Feb-2015
10:38:46 AM
Bump
martym
18-Feb-2015
9:02:22 PM
I wish I could say yes.
I rarely finish the introductory blurb on the small A4 origami thing stuck with tape and staples around new gear. I don't actively Not follow them, I'm just not sure what they are.
However, If it looks Suss, I err on the side of caution..
Colg
18-Feb-2015
9:58:28 PM
My 28 year old friends slings and draws all look just fine. Did they come with a manufactures instructions any way. I can't remember.
Justcameron
19-Feb-2015
12:54:58 PM
Any unused soft gear i have gets retired at 10 years. This seems to be a recommendation of most manufacturers. My harness started showing signs of wear after about 4 so got retired.
jrc
19-Feb-2015
1:05:45 PM
Yvon Chouinard had a pretty good recommendation in his 1973 catalog where he talked about the overall high factors of safety in modern gear. His suggestion was to retire it when you didn't feel comfortable climbing with it.

works OK for me. BTW my most fallen on rope is a 1/3 length of edelrid 9mm bought in 1972 which I still use at Lindfield rocks & other practice areas. Not saying that's a recommendation, mind. the other 1/3 gave up the ghost a few years back when the sheath split but it still held the fall in spite of its white 'guts' spilling out.

shortman
19-Feb-2015
1:36:32 PM
On 18/02/2015 Colg wrote:
>My 28 year old friends slings and draws all look just fine. Did they come
>with a manufactures instructions any way. I can't remember.

Scary.
capt_planit
20-Feb-2015
11:36:19 AM
My harness was purchased in 1986 or 88. I used it today, practicing crevasse rescue. It seems fine. I also used my ice axe, a Camp Interalp that was old when I liberated it from the uni outing club in 1984. I did replace it last year. The replacement (Camp Neve) is about half the weight of the old one. I just have trouble throwing things out.

shortman
20-Feb-2015
11:52:47 AM
On 20/02/2015 capt_planit wrote:
> It seems fine.

You could soak it in petrol, it could dry and it would seem fine, :)

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