Trango gear

Hi everyone,
I'm looking to buy Trango climbing gear (draws,rope,slings and carbiners)
What do you think of this brand?
I haven't heard much about it...

Thanks,
Ariel

I've never used any of their gear aside from the Phase Alpine Draws, but I really like those. The biners have a nice clipping feel, they're light, handle well. Not the highest end ultra light clean nose stuff, but they work great and arent that expensive.

ariel gonen wrote:Hi everyone, I'm looking to buy Trango climbing gear (draws,rope,slings and carbiners) What do you think of this brand? I haven't heard much about it... Thanks, Ariel

I think they're a decent brand and seem to make reliable, well functioning equipment. Don't seem to be as expensive as the big names. I have a squid, rope tarp, hangboard, some biners, and ballnutz of their manufacture.

I have a few of their Phase biners for racking gear. I like them though I generally go with heavier biners for sport climbing (greater open gate strength and more durability). Their new React line looks pretty interesting.

Climbed with a guy who had one of their ropes, he was impressed with it and had had it for a significant length of time. I almost bought one but got a better sale deal on a different brand.

Slings and draws don't seem to differ much from brand to brand unless you're talking about specifics of width, color, etc. The Tough dogbones look pretty decent but haven't used them.

I've thought about buying their cams, but I don't think they compare as well against the front runners in that category.

I have a few Trango slings. No complaints.

Good stuff. Loved their cams, (but they were confusing to my primary partner, so I sold them and switched to a more popular brand). I use superfly and phase carabiners almost exclusively.

I have a set of Trango Flex cams 1 - 8 that are probably close to ten years old now. (Roughly up to about a number 3 BD.) They're solid cams. No complaints. They catch falls and are easy to place. The extendable sling is handy. They could have a smoother action but they've also been used and abused for many years and I think that's responsible for a lot of the stiffness.

I have the Trango Catalyst 9.0 rope and I love it. It's my go to rope for harder routes, or longer routes. It seems to be durable, it's slightly wire-ish, but I like the feel of it. It catches well, feeds well, and is just a nice rope

There ultratape slings rock highly recommend them.

I have Trango Diamond 9.4 rope, love it. Holds up very well for a skinnier rope. Looks like it could glow in the dark too......so that's cool. Overall good gear though I think.

Im a fan of their Phase biners.. nice and light.. snappy gates. And Big Bro's are purrrrty sweet as well.

Arik wrote:I have Trango Diamond 9.4 rope, love it. Holds up very well for a skinnier rope. Looks like it could glow in the dark too......so that's cool. Overall good gear though I think.

I bought the same rope partway through last winter and so far it's been terrific. It's reserved for ice only for now so way too soon to comment re. longevity. Wear won't be an issue until it's downgraded to rock use, obviously.

While you didn't ask about them, I feel their Raptors are a contender for the best ice tools on the market.

I have the Trango 9.9 rope, I forget the name. Used it for the first time this weekend. No complaints here, smooth feed, easy to load belay devices etc. I have yet to take a whipper on it so I cant vouch for the soft catch yet. But it seems to be a decent rope.

I bought a couple Trango quickdraws the rope end rubber broke on them the first day, kinda weak but liked the biners

+1 for the ultratape slings. using them for my alpine draws as well, they are awesome and a bit more confidence inspiring than the super skinny ones. Not that I don't trust the 8mm stuff, just something about that extra bit sometimes makes you feel better.

Trango stuff is good stuff. And I feel like they are a pretty innovative company.

I think the only area that you'll find Trango lacking in is their cams. Most complaints on the cams are that they seem to be more prone to walking, and are less durable than brands like metolius or BD.

+1 for the diamond 9.4. It's been pretty durable so far. No fraying or core shots taking falls and lots of hang dogging. It's stretchy though. Works with gri gri 2 perfectly.

I also have a trango crag pack. I see them more and more now and for a good reason. They are just perfect for rock climbing.

I also have the phase carabiners, and liked them before the nano 22 came out. But after using the nano 22s the nanos are better than the phase in every way for racking cams.

I use Trango alpine draws and love them. Buying them as a set were cheaper than building my own. The biners are light and clip easily. The slings are great too.

my first set of draws were trango phase and i love em. they also offer the widest range of pro from ball nuts to big bros. Also used their steel biners for anchors and really like them.

Personally, I can think of no piece of gear that Trango makes which stands out as the "best" in its field. And some of their gear (rhymes with GRINCH) s just plain terrible.

Pnelson wrote:Personally, I can think of no piece of gear that Trango makes which stands out as the "best" in its field. And some of their gear (rhymes with GRINCH) s just plain terrible.

Why do you dislike the cinch so much? I would argue that it is potentially the best TR solo device, if you ignore malcom, that is. It feeds smoothly, allows you to rappel/lower without switching devices, doubles as a belay device, is comparatively light.

eli poss wrote: Why do you dislike the cinch so much? I would argue that it is potentially the best TR solo device, if you ignore malcom, that is. It feeds smoothly, allows you to rappel/lower without switching devices, doubles as a belay device, is comparatively light.

It has a hard to reproduce hiccup where it just flat out drops someone. Not a belayer error either. It's rare enough that only a few people ever get dropped this way. That still means at least one death that I know of and a few other bad accidents.

It never seems to have this issue in a vertical orientation. It's up to you but probably fine for TR solo. I used mine for that some. I'd rather not pack around a known liability in my bag though and tossed it.

OP, are you getting pro deal on Trango only? They aren't cheap enough to justify their shortcomings. They aren't good enough to compete one on one with the higher brands IMO.

I like some of their wire gates.