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Reviews for Altea Magic
Average Rating : 3.67 out of 5
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Review by: j.bl, 2004-01-17
I bought this rope as my first one, after having belayed with several of my friends ropes. I like the handling and feel of this one, although it could have been a bit lighter. It's a pretty durable rope, which I'm climbing with for 2 years now, and I'm not thinking of replacing it yet.
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Review by: geckoee, 2003-05-03
This rope gets the job done. It is very dynamic. When you take a fall it's really boing! soft. The down side of this is that you fall much further, which could mean ground potential. I was using it for top rope today, and I pulled about 10 feet of stretch out of the rope before lowering someone from a 40 foot climb! Hopefully After breaking it in (lots of raps and TR's to get that extra bounce out) it will be good for lead.
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Review by: corey, 2003-04-30
Very smooth, very supple, nice, tight weave. I just bought this rope as my first rope this past month and got to use it last weekend. I have an Omega SBG ATC that generates MASSIVE amounts of natural friction, to the point where it's a strain to feed rope when belaying after a while. Well, my 10.5mm Altea feeds nicely through the Omega, which was a concern of mine. The rope is rated 9 falls, though I haven't taken one on it YET, so I can't speak for durability just yet. For the $$, this rope seems like a good buy, for a first rope and maybe an extra.
