Mammut Ropes

So I've been using the Mammut TuskDry 9.8mm and the Mammut Gravity Protect 10.2mm for a while now, (the tusk for about a year and a the Gravity for about 5 months) and haven't had issues.

BUT,

I've been talking with a few friends who have had terrible experiences with Mammut ropes, such as using one 3-4 times and it fuzzing up so badly you could see the core!

Anyone having any issues with their Mammut ropes?

I have a Mammut 9.5mm Infinity which is a relatively inexpensive rope. No issues with it and I've used it for about a year. It is a very soft (flexible) rope. I don't top-rope with it. I also have a Edelweiss Flashlight II 10mm Dry rope that is thinner than the 9.5 Mammut and weighs less. Go figure. It is in my opinion a better rope and even less expensive. $120 at Backcountry.

Awesome ropes, used the 9.2 Revelation, 9.5 Infinity, and a 10mm...all of them durable, nice handling...still made in CH, great ropes. My experiences have been totally great!

Not sure what happened with your friends rope but sounds like user error or bad luck. I own/use a number of mammut model ropes and would consider them in the top two for best rope manufacturers along with Sterling.

Comparing experiences with the various rope brands is like comparing notes on the various shoe rubber compounds, or re-sole shops - eventually you will hear every possible answer on every possible choice.

I'm not very nice to my ropes. For the last 3 or for seasons I have been slowly destroying a Galaxy rope. It has a little of a cat tail from my partner falling at a roof but other then that it is still good.

The Dry/thermal treatment/Teflon coating it made the rope feel new for a long time.

Gunkiemike wrote:Comparing experiences with the various rope brands is like comparing notes on the various shoe rubber compounds, or re-sole shops - eventually you will hear every possible answer on every possible choice.

+1 Yup and like shoe rubber I don't think ropes make a lot of difference in how hard you can climb.

Gunkiemike wrote:Comparing experiences with the various rope brands is like comparing notes on the various shoe rubber compounds, or re-sole shops - eventually you will hear every possible answer on every possible choice.

Oh I know that! Just figured I'd get a quick consensus via those using Mammut ropes. Just trying to gauge a few things.
I personally love both my Mammut ropes, but having had a few bad stories relayed to me I figured I'd put it out their in MT Project world to see if there were any similar issues being commonplace or not?

I think a couple of years ago there was some issues with the nylon that the rope companies purchased that made ropes go fuzzy after using it a couple of times. It wasn't just a Mammut ropes. From what I remember.

Gunkiemike wrote:Comparing experiences with the various rope brands is like comparing notes on the various shoe rubber compounds, or re-sole shops - eventually you will hear every possible answer on every possible choice.

Correct.

Also worth noting that a lot of people buy the budget ropes from Mammut (and pretty much every other brand) and are SHOCKED that they don't perform / hold up, and then think the whole brand is shit.

Pretty much all the major brands make pretty great ropes these days. All brands have a range of different kinds of ropes for different kinds of uses and budgets, with the exception of boutique brands which have effectively only the same rope in different sizes, but they for the most part contract out their production to "real" manufacturers (BD / Petzl come to mind).

Only thing I ever heard about the Tusk was some kinking ? Galaxy is a prime rope and the Infinity is a really good ,lighter model I think.

I have had a Galaxy since they came out ...maybe 5 or 6 of them

I've been using Mammut Genesis 8.5mm half ropes for years. Totally bomber; it seems as if you can't wear them out. I typically retire ropes after five years or less but I've never had a set that looked as if it needed retirement.

rgold wrote:I've been using Mammut Genesis 8.5mm half ropes for years. Totally bomber; it seems as if you can't wear them out. I typically retire ropes after five years or less but I've never had a set that looked as if it needed retirement.

Really? Just curious do you take big falls? I never had a rope that I used more then 3 years and I'm scared to fall.

In 2003 I had a top of the line sterling rope, took one fall and I got a flat spot I still climbed on the other side but as soon as my partners found out no one wanted to use the rope. Even the pretty baby bi color didn't change their minds.

Of all the ropes I've used, I like the Mammuts the best. I've had a Flash 10.5, a SuperSafe 10.2, two Infinity 9.5s, and four Genesis 8.5s. They've all been great-handling, long-lasting ropes. Obviously there's sporadic issues that people complain about with any type of gear, but I've never experienced anything negative with Mammut's ropes personally.

Deadfish wrote:Of all the ropes I've used, I like the Mammuts the best. I've had a Flash 10.5, a SuperSafe 10.2, two Infinity 9.5s, and four Genesis 8.5s. They've all been great-handling, long-lasting ropes. Obviously there's sporadic issues that people complain about with any type of gear, but I've never experienced anything negative with Mammut's ropes personally.

Yeah,... I think the two stories I was told recently were nothing more than a mix of personal bias peppered with the use of most likely the bottom of line of ropes that Mammut has to offer the climbing community. My gravity protect 10mm rope is showing a small handful of kinks after using it for about 5 months, but the fuzzing is minimal and that's that.

My genesis dry set has seen some rough use with no signs of wear the past year.

Mammut ropes are no longer made by Mammut or made in Switzerland. They have closed their rope factory in Switzerland. Mammut ropes are now made in Czech Republic by a contract manufacturer.

Similar to what BD and Petzl are doing. BD is made by Roca in Spain. Petzl is made by Edelrid in Germany. Mammut rope is now made by Teufelberger in a Czech Republic factory.

I have been very impressed with how my 8.7 Mammunt Serenity is holding up.

Ty Falk wrote:I have been very impressed with how my 8.7 Mammunt Serenity is holding up.

I have two of those and they are awesome. No, I haven't fallen on either, but they have run over some rough edges and come off clean.

I've owned 3 galaxy 10.0 and 3 tusk 9.8 all 70m . Never owned a better rope.

The Word wrote:Mammut ropes are no longer made by Mammut or made in Switzerland. They have closed their rope factory in Switzerland. Mammut ropes are now made in Czech Republic by a contract manufacturer. Similar to what BD and Petzl are doing. BD is made by Roca in Spain. Petzl is made by Edelrid in Germany. Mammut rope is now made by Teufelberger in a Czech Republic factory.

Wasn't aware of that. Well, both of my ropes were still made in Switzerland, so the tags read.