How To Dampen the sound of hexes?
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Hex's Have their place every now and then, and I don't mind them; however the sound they make drive me up the wall, usually leading me to leave them at home. Nothing ruins a nice alpine mountain vista, than the clank of the cow bells. |
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Embrace the sound of safety. |
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you can rig a sock to act as a slip cover for the hex. Insert the hex's sling into the mouth of the sock and fish it down to the toe area where you've created and little hole for the sling to emerge. The opening of the sock is snugged down over the hex when its on your rack, keeping the hex from clanging around. When you want to deploy, just slip the sock down the sling to expose the hex. |
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Kirtis wrote:Hex's Have their place every now and then, and I don't mind them; however the sound they make drive me up the wall, usually leading me to leave them at home. Nothing ruins a nice alpine mountain vista, than the clank of the cow bells. I was just wondering if any one has experimented with a way to try to dampen, reduce, or eliminate that awful sound. If any one was successful story please share because every one will thank you. Or if you tried this and failed I would like to hear that too.This is a joke, right? |
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No it really isn't a joke. I was just wondering if any one had tried putting some foam in the head of their hex's or something of that fashion to try tor reduce the noise. |
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Maybe hit them with a coat of tooldip? |
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Little strips of Dynamat on the inside. Adds a little weight. Reduces the noise a little but deadens it a lot. |
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Why dampen the sound of bad-assery ? Wear you hexes proudly and embrace their sweet music as it echoes through the mountains |
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But how will I know if the gumbees are coming if the hexes are silent? |
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I suppose you could spray construction foam into the core of wired hexes. Definitely don't let that stuff near your soft goods. |
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Ryan7crew wrote:But how will I know if the gumbees are coming if the hexes are silent?"Do you think that's the route? I think it's over here somewhere." "No, I think maybe it's past that section, that looks familiar from the picture." "We should just ask someone, we may not even be at the right crag." You can hear us coming just fine. |
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Hot glue a wine cork in the middle of the hex. It will make it not resonate as much. |
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leave them in your closet |
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Expanding spray foam inside of the hex |
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put them in your backpack. Or just imagine this instead. |
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It's fine to ring them, as long as you're butt naked and pulling roofs on horizontal jugs, you can even add a rigid stem to widen the melody. |
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let em ring, They scare bears and make the vultures buzzing me think twice. |
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Great idea. Someone needs to invent something like a golf club headcover, but for hexes. |
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Ryan7crew wrote:But how will I know if the gumbees are coming if the hexes are silent?Wired color-coded hexes are gumbyesque, old cord-slung hexes are badass. I like bringing 1-2 biggest hexes on easy alpine. You can cinch the cord and wrap it around the metal to clip them short - this usually stops the cowbell. |