The post and pic from
Marco is NOT the ABC ascender but instead it is one that looks very much like it.
Here is a bit more from Marco.
This is about my ascender, which is not a ABC chest ascender.
just looks very similar.
I had the same feeling as the posts:
it sits flat and the rope flows very smoothly.
These are the problems I found with my ascender.
IT IS A "Repetto" CHEST ASCENDER, NOT AN ABC ASCENDER.
THESE ARE NOT DEFECTS OF THE ABC CHEST ASCENDER.
[1] the spring is not strong enough,
climbing on rope in muddy conditions i had to force
the cam on the rope, otherwise it slipped.
ok, this is not too bad. but slipping is annoying.
and could be dangerous.
[2] I found the cam open by itself.
the first time I was at the top of the pit, climbing out;
I was surprised, but I thought that I might have inadvertently
pulled the cam open. when it happened a second time I got
suspicious that something was not right. It happened a third
time, and I decided to give the gear no more chances.
Then there was a post by Repetto on a mailing list
saying that the device had this problem. Later he told me
that "it was due to the shape/size of the handle that could
get cought in the overall ...". (he also admitted that the spring
is not strong enough, and said it is due to a manufacturing
mistake.) I do not really understand this explanation.
the fact is that i found it open three times,
and this is a *serious* defect, in my opinion.
by the way, Repetto posted on the list
that when there will be the new model, without that problem,
he will replace the flawed ascenders with new ones.
>From the posts, it seems that there is no such problem with the
ABC ascender. I was wondering what are the differences between
the two models. From the pictures they look very similar.
bye, marco
This is the ABC model(positive reviews)
and this is the one that looks very similiar that Marco has(seems similiar but has issues as mentioned by Marco above)
They look very similiar to me my guess is that the ABC is the version 2 of the Repetto....Mark Passerby, Cavediggers.com