Good vid , it’s the little things that can get you hurt or killed out there , I like how you pay attention to detail Bino !

Thanks for your friendly, careful, experienced, conscientious videos sharing your tree climbing knowledge, tips, techniques for beginners and experts.

Great video Bino! I enjoy your tips. Thanks!

Thank you Bino. Another excellent video on how to climb safe and stay alive. One thing I noticed, if they put the release facing away from the termination knot side, perhaps it might mitigate the issue.

I use the hole farther away from the zig zag itself for my termination connection it keeps them further apart

When this happens to a production climber....they call it Tuesday. The same issue can arise when using a prussik cord. The best solution is to run a tight eye, it virtually eliminates the problem. This is a major issue and something every climber should be aware of when running a terminal knot in certain systems.

I was wondering if a friction hitch cord (eye to eye) could be tied to a termination knot, that would move the knot away and not interfere with a hitch climbers pulley. Would that work? How safe would that be?

Thank you again for this good safety video again. I climb myself always with a zig-zag and a figure 8 for termination knot. I will definitely change this termination knot. I never thaugh a was putting myself at risk using a figure 8. Great video again

I use the Kong D.N.A. Ovilone & it keeps things pretty much away or out of your way no matter what the situation. It's also a steel carabiner so it gives you some weight to throw it wherever you need as well.

That was a good video I haven't had any issues like that with my zigzag maybe it's zig zag should make a longer Caribbean to open and not from hitting the chain

I have a simple solution to that, I just tie a bowline so the knot is well above the biner, it will never interfere with the petzel or any regular friction hitch and a hitchclimber pulley, also with the bowline the termination on the rope at the biner will always be in a different spot and not wearing on the same place all the time like a spliced eye etc. :{)

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Thanks Bino!

I prefer the anchor hitch. No issues🤙 also I roll the tail end of the hitch to the body side of the carabiner opposite of the gate so that I can open it freely without the tail interfering.

Smart people just use a spliced eye. It's not bulky and in the way never a problem.

Hola Bino! Mi cuerda no tiene splice,que nudo me recomiendas para utilizar con el zigzag anchor hitch o fisherman? Saludos

I suppose that’s still probably safer than how we use to do it in my day before the invention of ropes and the combustion engine.

I need a system for attachment to rope around concrete chimney to let me clean gutters safety that I can make long. / short one handed ?

Dude I have a question, I been using muy Zig Zag & Chicane with Drenaline for years and it just works perfect on SRS and MRS. I just got a blue moon rope 11.7, works ok with zig zag in MRS, but when i put the chicane on, the hole sistem slips, kind of dangerous. How is that possible or why do that happens?

Thanks Again for all those tips.

I use the anchor hitch with a not after the hitch and I haven't had any issues with it touching the zigzag so far. Enjoy your videos tho..

Buen Video Bino H ...Antes de Tener una Curda con ""eye Splice"" yo subia con el ZigZag y le hacia un ""figure 8"" a la altura de mi cabeza y con Cinta electrica amarraba para hacerle el ""eye"" en la carabina asi no tenia problema con lo ""bulky"" del nudo y la parte del zigzag

I’ve stopped using the zig zag on crane jobs on the last tree I removed a branch hit the device as the operator was moving me through the tree and it ran. I was double tied so nothing happened but it could have.

Gr8 advice thanks

Just make the loop of rope from your knot longer so it doesn't touch the go link of the ZZ and use a cable tie around the loop just above the top of the biner 👍

I always start with an eye but it eventually gets removed and im forced to use a knot. Ive never slipped more than a few inches when using an anchor knot, though I prefer an eye any day. I'm quick to remove ten feet of the eye end (where the rope gets the hardest use) at the first sign of damage

Been using zigzag for years w/ an anchor hitch knot, no issues ever. I'm not sure how your rope is gonna run when you grab both legs.

not a climber, but could there be a cable loop or a rod with eyes on either end or a super long caribiner that would move the knot well above the zig zag?

I’ve been using a knot for three years and I only put my carabiner on the second hole never the first hole cuz it will get stuck, never have I had it run

How much zig zac price in msian money boss

Curious as to why you use the Zig Zag without the Chicane & SRT? Thats all I use these days.

Thank you Bino

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My novice untrained point of view: Not for me! I do think it is a convenient tool, but it is so easy to use that any twig, bump etc. could set it off. What they could do to make it safer is to reverse spring load it. Meaning; to activate the trigger release (descend) the device requires greater force to be applied against a spring. The spring job is to want the device to be in the locked position at all times requiring a greater force to release the trigger to descend. Or just shit can this device and buy one that is a better design. You can only fall to your death once. (JF)

Anchor hitch everyday with my zigzag, and have never had a problem.

With so many issues, why use the zig zag? There are so many other options.

Everything looks brand new and shiny. Climb with it a few seasons before trying to educate ppl on the fence about advancing their own skill and techniques