Snapped my climbing line on a white oak removal in St. Louis last week

It was a brand new 1/2 inch Yale, got a splice caught on a branch stub and it popped like a cheap shoelace, anyone else had bad luck with that brand lately?

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morgan.rose2d ago

Just watched a brand new garden hose split on its first use last week, seems like quality control is dead across the board.

the_claire2d ago

Oh man, I gotta push back on this one a little. I've bought a ton of garden hoses over the years for my place and for friends, and most of them have been totally fine. The cheap ones from the big box store sometimes crap out, sure, but if you spend like 10 bucks more you get one that lasts years. I think people grab the first thing on the shelf without checking the material or the couplers, then blame the whole industry when it fails. My last one was a rubber hose with brass fittings, cost me maybe 30 bucks, and it's been through three summers of abuse without a leak. Maybe the problem is more about people buying the wrong product for their needs, not that everything is junk. Plus, a lot of companies have lifetime warranties now, so if it does split you can just swap it out for free.

the_anthony2d ago

Ngl, when I saw "garden hoses" I had to double check we were still talking about climbing line. That's a wild comparison for a life support failure. @the_claire, I get your point about picking quality gear, but a climbing rope snapping under load is a whole different world from a hose splitting.