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sbaclimber

Mar 1, 2010, 12:12 PM
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Has anyone tried out the new belay device from Salewa?
It looks kinda interesting....
http://freizeitalpin.at/...des-sicherungsgerat/

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JimTitt

Mar 1, 2010, 1:07 PM
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Its a copy of the Edelweiss THE 9 without the lower horn which in turn was a copy of the Cassin Logic with both upper and lower horn added.
These things have been around for decades and are still as crap as ever!

sbaclimber

Mar 1, 2010, 1:10 PM
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JimTitt wrote:

These things have been around for decades and are still as crap as ever!

Ah, that's the info I was looking for...cheers! Smile

JimTitt

Mar 1, 2010, 1:45 PM
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The Cassin Logic was included in a test by the OeAV in Berg & Steigen 2/99. The overall verdict was "See it, forget it"!
Locks the rope solid, horrible to use and abseiling/ lowering twists the rope like shit. The Logic has been available since pre-95 and there is a reason you don´t see many around!

airscape

Mar 1, 2010, 2:00 PM
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This is what happens when artists try to be engineers.

johnwesely

Mar 1, 2010, 2:04 PM
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airscape wrote:

This is what happens when artists try to be engineers.

What about when engineers try to be artists?

airscape

Mar 1, 2010, 2:34 PM
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EDIT: how many freaken pics does it take, to get one to stay.

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qwert

Mar 1, 2010, 4:49 PM
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sbaclimber wrote:

but i looks really cool! Cool

However it is interesting that the site says that it prevents a static catch (which would be the opposite of the bergundsteigen article jimtit mentioned for the cassin logic). I dont ḱnow if it was exactly that article, but i too read something where the cassin logic got lots of negative results.
And this seems to be the same, however the second pic on the linked page shows this:

I dont know the logic to well, but i think i see a kind of "horn" above the clip in hole that i dont remember from the logic. Could this make a difference? Or does the logic have this too?

qwert

sbaclimber

Mar 1, 2010, 6:44 PM
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Re: [qwert] Salewa "The Nine" [In reply to] Report this Post Average: (1 rating)	Can't Post

doesn't look like it...

This article mentions the horns and the end point on The Nine being helpful in smoothing the rope-handling.

Edit: after watching the vid, as they mention the article, lowering does look like a PITA....
(not that it is any better with a Gri-Gri Crazy

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JimTitt

Mar 1, 2010, 7:36 PM
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The lower horn has the same function as it did on the Edelweiss except on that the horn was more out to the side. At €44.95 , 138gr and still handling problems you won´t see many of these about either!

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