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Stitching on daisy's pulling through

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Forthright · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Oct 2011 · Points: 110

So I was doing some jugging practice and noticed that the bartack in the pocket of the daisy that I'm weighting when doing overhanging technique is starting to "pull through." I know it's not actually pulling through but I can't think of how else to describe it.

The daisies hardly have any hours on them. I know that they pocket stitches are only good to about 2kn but I'm not bouncing on the pocket. I have yet to reach out to BD about it, just thought I'd poll here and ST first.

So it this normal?

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eli poss · · Durango, CO · Joined May 2014 · Points: 525
blog.weighmyrack.com/cassin…
Ditch the traditional daisy and get these. problem solved
Forthright · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Oct 2011 · Points: 110

It's not the miss clipping that I'm worried about or asking about. I know about that, and I use 2 biners on my daisy setup.

Bill M · · Fort Collins, CO · Joined Jun 2010 · Points: 317

The Cassin daisy is slick. I will keep my old stuff but if I were buying new gear would buy these.

Ti ck · · souf yeast · Joined Jun 2014 · Points: 1,790

"Each loop has around 3kN of strength versus the full chain rated to about 22kN. Daisies are designed specifically for aid climbing, not personal anchors."

3kN is not much, if you are sitting down hard on them after being exhausted while trying a boulder problem I would wildly guess you are getting close to 1.5kN

Admittedly I do not know much about aid climbing and I do not know how they are suppose to be used in aiding so take this with a grain of salt... if you are relying on the daisy to connect you to your boulder I believe that means you are using it as a personal anchor which is not the intended use.

The twist daisy or the sterling chain reactor seem to be the acceptable piece of equipment to use in your instance

chain reactor link
campsaver.com/chain-reactor…

csproul · · Pittsboro...sort of, NC · Joined Dec 2009 · Points: 330
Kyle Cobbler wrote:"Each loop has around 3kN of strength versus the full chain rated to about 22kN. Daisies are designed specifically for aid climbing, not personal anchors." 3kN is not much, if you are sitting down hard on them after being exhausted while trying a boulder problem I would wildly guess you are getting close to 1.5kN Admittedly I do not know much about aid climbing and I do not know how they are suppose to be used in aiding so take this with a grain of salt... if you are relying on the daisy to connect you to your boulder I believe that means you are using it as a personal anchor which is not the intended use. The twist daisy or the sterling chain reactor seem to be the acceptable piece of equipment to use in your instance chain reactor link campsaver.com/chain-reactor…
Huh?
Daniel Worley · · Big South Fork, TN · Joined Aug 2009 · Points: 90

I picked up the twisted daisy's a few months ago and they are awesome. I use them for climbing and rigging and could not ask for better.

Ti ck · · souf yeast · Joined Jun 2014 · Points: 1,790

I am totally off ignore my comment sorry. I did not realize jugging was an aid climbing term, I thought he was talking about practicing some kind of bouldering on jug holds and then relying on the daisy to support him in between tries.

Derek · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Oct 2012 · Points: 0

In my experience. That is completely normal. I have the exact same daisy chains. I weight 205. They all look like the weighted example you showed. I have used them for over a year now on 3-4 big wall climbs. Even if they tear it isn't going to matter as long as you are using them correctly.

DaveT · · Albuquerque · Joined Jan 2009 · Points: 218

I'm with whynot7 - that's what my daisies look like after a handful of walls, and I'm pretty sure it's totally normal and expected. Sure, keep an eye on them but I bet they're working as designed and you'll get a bunch of mileage out of them.

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