Trango Vergo Recall

Brassmonkey wrote: Are they aware of how much faith people have lost in their brand due to this?  I purchased 2 large items from them (Raptors and Vergo) and both were recalled.  The time the recall took for both was, and clearly still is for the Vergo, unacceptable.  For those who will say, but at least they recalled it and took steps to fix it, you are wrong.  No self respecting business with even decent expectations would release a product only to have it recalled twice in a short period of time.  Quite a few people in the company f-ed up for this to happen which makes me loose serious trust.  I wont be buying anything from them again, and will suggest the same to others. 

I've whipped on enough of their draws to not have this problem.

Nate Tastic wrote:

Did you buy the recalled Raptors and Vergo? 

Just the Vergo. ;)

I take the first sentence about Summer OR to mean that they'll be announcing the re-release of the Vergo in about a month, but who knows. 

Brassmonkey wrote: I don't take it to mean anything personally.   They botched the shit out of this, and have continued to give no real information for a year now? Lol

I am just curious as to why they havent figured out how to fix this issue in a year. If I recall right, the recall issue was not that complicated in the first place and so it should have been a relatively quick fix for them.

20 kN wrote:

I am just curious as to why they havent figured out how to fix this issue in a year. If I recall right, the recall issue was not that complicated in the first place and so it should have been a relatively quick fix for them.

We will find out soon enough, I guess. 

Still using my post 1st recall and pre 2nd recall Vergo with no issues. 

I'm in the market for an autoassist belay device.  I was considering this, the paddock lifeguard, and the geigri.  What are your guys thoughts between these or any of the others (camp?  More?)

Pete Spri wrote: I'm in the market for an autoassist belay device.  I was considering this, the paddock lifeguard, and the geigri.  What are your guys thoughts between these or any of the others (camp?  More?)

If you care about MY thoughts - there is "search" function, use it. If you think that your questions were not answered, generate your own SEPARATE thread.
Hijacking threads is a total 5.2- move.

amarius wrote:

If you care about MY thoughts - there is "search" function, use it. If you think that your questions were not answered, generate your own SEPARATE thread.
Hijacking threads is a total 5.2- move.

There's a fine line between hijacking a thread and digressing! Here's what many MP threads look like:

Pete Spri wrote: I'm in the market for an autoassist belay device.  I was considering this, the paddock lifeguard, and the geigri.  What are your guys thoughts between these or any of the others (camp?  More?)

Except for the Vergo (because you can't actually get one retail right now) all the auto-assisting belay devices are fine. Each has its niche where it outshines the others. Realize that without telling us your specific niche, we've no way of informing you of the device that would best fit.

So here's my thoughts: Get whichever one is convenient to get ahold of and is on sale. Then go out and climb and stop comparing devices because you already have one. 

amarius wrote:

If you care about MY thoughts - there is "search" function, use it. If you think that your questions were not answered, generate your own SEPARATE thread.
Hijacking threads is a total 5.2- move.

sorry to interject.  I thought this would be a good place to ask since trango was on the top of my list.  

I'll et you carry on about the recall for a few more pages. Sorry i interrupted.

Anyone at OR who can roll by the Trango booth and see when we might be able to learn more, or better yet, what it is they're planning?

So today's the last day of OR, and I have yet to hear even a whisper of the word "Vergo". Ryan's been pretty conservative with his info in the past, and when he has given a little, he's been pretty reliable, so I'm a bit surprised they didn't make the announcement he seems to think they were going to.

In any case, I can't see them waiting until the last day or until after it's over to make a big announcement like the return of the Vergo, so either they're scrapping it or they're going to wait even longer. I'm kind of astonished they're having such a hard time with this thing. It's been a year since the (most recent) recall. 

I didn't look too closely, but I did not see a Vergo on display at the booth. 

La MoMoface wrote: I didn't look too closely, but I did not see a Vergo on display at the booth. 

They were not showing it in Europe too. But they are testing it.

I have recently seen Trango employees at the BRC "testing" the new model. The only difference I saw externally was a shiny silver cap where the crappy plastic cap keeping the handle spring in place was. I asked them about eta on new units and they are just saying that they are continuing to test them.

Still hopeful I will get mine back. I waited this long, so what is another month or two (or three or four...). It was definitely my favorite assisted brake device due to the ergonomics of it and ease use.

I used my post-first recall and pre-second recall Vergo this weekend climbing in Tuolumne. It was awesome. 

Just curious what people think of the cinch vs the vergo.
I've been using a cinch, but recently got a chance to try a vergo.
I think the cinch feeds more easily, I wouldn't call it an auto-locker, you really need to keep your brake hand on the rope.
Maybe less so for the vergo.

Where does your hand naturally want to go?
I find pinching the holes on the cinch feels more natural than the grooves on the vergo.
Same basic position though.

I've got short fingers