www.prolitegear.com ProLite Gear gives an overview of screamers (Dynema vs. Nylon vs. reusable) and then tests a DMM Screamer to see what forces are required to get it to rip.
Just so you know, a fall from the bolt with two feet of slack is not a four foot fall. It's a two foot fall. A four foot fall would occur if the climber was two feet above the bolt. Regardless, thanks for demo-ing these on video!
cool video. I'm guessing just about any real-world fall onto a screamer is going to rip. Do you know of any instances of climbers taking any kind of fall on lead and it not activating?
Just so you know, a fall from the bolt with two feet of slack is not a four foot fall. It's a two foot fall. A four foot fall would occur if the climber was two feet above the bolt. Regardless, thanks for demo-ing these on video!
I believe the belayer was also feeding out 2ft of slack.
Would like to see a video on the kong.
Yep - working on it... we are at the buying shows right now, but we will post additional videos as soon as we can.
Thanks guys, found this interesting.
Awesome video. Thanks for sharing. Are you going to test either of the other two?
cool video. I'm guessing just about any real-world fall onto a screamer is going to rip. Do you know of any instances of climbers taking any kind of fall on lead and it not activating?
I hope that bolt is attached to something more solid than plywood
You have a steel backing behind plywood, standard climbing gym practice.