Show us your home-brew Petzl Connect-Adjust (or other) setup

Mr Rogerswrote:

I'm with the above poster that says you likely threaded wrong. You can thread it 3 ways wrong.

At first I thought “there is no way I rigged it backwards” which is true in a way, I rigged it upside down!

Thanks everyone!

I love connect adjust for sport. Haven’t tried it for trad yet.

1. Do people prefer it for trad? What is your experience? 
2. What length rope are people using? I was thinking 6 feet of edelrid 8.2mm starling in my old connect adjust which should allow me enough for fig 8 and stopper knot.

 Two figure 8’s one with connect adjust and one climbing rope - how’s your experience with that?

Nitant Pwrote:

I love connect adjust for sport. Haven’t tried it for trad yet.

1. Do people prefer it for trad? What is your experience? 

I like it for trad, depends on what systems you already use, if using the rope it's less useful. If you climb a lot of wide it can get chewed up. 

1. What length rope are people using? I was thinking 6 feet of edelrid 8.2mm starling in my old connect adjust which should allow me enough for fig 8 and stopper knot.

I go for 2m of cord. 

 Two figure 8’s one with connect adjust and one climbing rope - how’s your experience with that?

Fine, but honestly it's worth trying it on your belay loop, keeps the knot lower and out of the way. 

Anyone have any experience with 7mm sterling accessory cord for rerope? 

that guy named sebwrote:

I like it for trad, depends on what systems you already use, if using the rope it's less useful. If you climb a lot of wide it can get chewed up. 

I go for 2m of cord. 

Fine, but honestly it's worth trying it on your belay loop, keeps the knot lower and out of the way. 

Thank you for sharing. Very helpful

Nitant Pwrote:

I love connect adjust for sport. Haven’t tried it for trad yet.

1. Do people prefer it for trad? What is your experience? 
2. What length rope are people using? I was thinking 6 feet of edelrid 8.2mm starling in my old connect adjust which should allow me enough for fig 8 and stopper knot.

 Two figure 8’s one with connect adjust and one climbing rope - how’s your experience with that?

I use mine anytime I leave the ground for a multi pitch where we are fixing and following which has been our standard “harder” multipitch style for a few years now. If we are swinging leads I generally leave it behind as I use the rope for the anchor. 

A very homemade thing I made around two years ago. My wife and I have been using this outdoors all the time and it works incredibly well because releasing it just requires pushing on the Prusik. It can be infinitely long and so would probably be useful for professionals.

I've shown it to a good few people in person but I don't think anyone has gone to the trouble of making one for themselves, yet. The entire thing is based on the Quick Link only allowing the Prusik to work in one direction.

You can see the final long version of it being used in the YT video:

https://youtube.com/shorts/E2tObi5VD1M

Purcell Prussics used to get used all the time for positioning in rope access, still do. Hell my first PAS as a purcell prussic since I couldnt afford one at the time....stil have it as a dog leash.
One downside is it takes so a ton of material to make. literally have to double up the rope to make it, and in general is quite messy. also has limited throw distance because it a 2:1 loop. Although you mitgated that somewhat with the overhand(s) in the loop.

Even easier is just a single peice of rope, and prussic of your choosing, QL and crab. I would use a slightly smaller QL than in the image below: