Edelrid Ropes

So I was eying this pretty rope, the Edelrid 9.3mm TC Eco Dry.

I currently have a 9.8mm Mammut 70m Dry and an old 10mm Maxim 60m so I felt like this would be a good lighter weight option and the bicolor looks amazing. Has anyone used this Edelrid rope or any of their ropes and can tell me how they are?

I have the 70m green Eldelrid TC pro duotec 9.6mm rope and I am really happy with it, I have used Sterling, BD, Edelweiss ropes and this one is a lot smoother going through my grigri and feels better than the other ones. Used it for about 50ish pitches and had no issues, just does not look as brightly green as it once did.

I have used that same TC Pro dry 9.6mm rope and really liked it. I will likely get one when I need a new burlier rope. I have a 9.2mm Edelrid Hummingbird Pro Dry and I do like that rope as well. It flows through a GriGri nicely and is quite stretchy, so the catches are always soft. However, that stretch factor has taken people by surprise (both climbers and belayers) when they weren’t ready for it. Being so thin and stretchy, I try to keep the top roping to a minimum with it. It’s certainly held up to rubbing over edges but it certainly doesn’t feel like a workhorse rope. So I like the rope, it’s supple and handles quite well, but I try to keep it for long approaches and redpoint days. I was fortunate enough to win a more all-around rope in a raffle before getting it, otherwise I would not have gotten the Hummingbird as my only rope. 

I haven't used that rope, but I own several and am very impressed with their handling and longevity. I'd say Edelrid ropes are some of the very best I've ever used.

I’ll second the stretch factor on the 9.6 TC; for a follower on TR, a fall within the first ten feet may have them touching down! Love the rope, though. I also have a boa eco 9.8 as my gym/short crag rope, and have only good things to say about it

Now THAT is a bicolor rope!  Every “bicolor” I’ve owned or seen is basically just a single carrier that’s different.  Pretty rad to see such a stark contrast. I sure it a good rope otherwise as well, that just caught my eye.

Edelrid make good ropes. They've been around. 

Bump to see if anyone has tried the bicolor 9.3 mentioned by the OP? I ran across one in the shop today and the color contrast between the two halves is really impressive, and the rope has a nice feel to it. 

I would just go ahead and get one, but I've had Mammut Infinity 9.5's for a long time and am extremely happy with the handling and durability on those, so I'm kind of reluctant to change something that has worked so well for so long. 

Curious to hear about real world experience with the Edelrid. 

Jesus. $300 for a 60m 

My main climbing partner has the green 70m 9.2, i think its the hummingbird. It is really nice and lighter than the 60m 9.8 mammut that we usually use. It was expensive as hell but he's into buying really nice top.of the line stuff, and I'm totally ok with that because I get to climb on it all and I'm thrifty. He climbs like a madman and he blows through ropes and shoes and this one is holding up much better than the cheap mammut 9.8s that go on sale at REI for $100. (I would hope so for 2.5x the price) but I wouldn't be surprised if it lasts 3x as long. 

I climbed on the boa duotec for many years, and loved it. The only thing I didn’t like: the bicolor pattern change was too subtle. Once the rope was dirty, forget trying to find the middle. Looks like they solved that problem! Edelrid makes awesome ropes.

Fail Falling wrote:

Jesus. $300 for a 60m 

But it bears Tommy Caldwell's name; you can send the Dawn Wall!

My local gear store is getting in the newer rope, I'll probably get it! It's backordered (so was the green one, they're quite popular), and is here in July sometime.

Just got the TC 70m yesterday, from Moosejaw. I have a trip coming up and wanted a new one. The first has stood up super well! I climb at City of Rocks, lots of single pitch, top rope follows, some gang banging...and the rope's had some adventures, too. High friction, slabby, lots of stuff to get stuck in...the high sheath percentage has done great!

Same rope! And yes, I wash my rope. 

Our local cliffs are short, so we have even used both sides of the rope, when we've got four people!

I'll look at the skinny one too, once it's here, but I'm a bit leery of skinnier plus rope stretch, if it's as stretchy as the green one was new.

Best, Helen

I have that 9.3 bicolor rope and I love it. Had a 9.8 Mamut before that and will continue to use it as my workhorse but since I’m mainly climbing multi pitch trad, having a lighter bi-color rope made sense to me. 

With about 20 pitches on it, I love it. Can’t really comment more than that because I havent fallen on it, and havent had any issues with it. It’s smooth, silky, and gets lots of comments. Plus you get to choose if you want to climb on the boy side or the girl side, which is fun. 

Shaun Galanos wrote:

Plus you get to choose if you want to climb on the boy side or the girl side, which is fun. 

Hadn't thought of that, unexpected bonus feature! 

I have 3 edelrid ropes and we use them for our climbing program. Boa 9.8 and the 8.9 swift protect. They make outstanding ropes - handle very well, durable, and the color holds up well over time

Boa Eco 9.8, hummingbird 9.3, swift eco 8.9. 

Bluewater 9.3 (I forget which one) seemed like it got much fatter over time, the Boa eco (at least a year old) handles better than the thinner Bluewater and my mega jul does not like thick ropes. 

All three ropes have been fantastic and are burly af. The 8.9 has really been through a lot, big fan of the eco ropes. 

I owned three Edelrid anniversary ropes.  Good value on a two pattern rope.  Drawbacks were: stiff, seemed to get twists more readily than Petzl and Mammut, picked up more dirt than Petzl and Mammut. Bottom line: as a cheap two pattern 70mm, hell yeah; if Edelrid is not cheaper, I like other ropes more. 

Just to throw a wrench in this here rope... I just bought that a couple months ago, used it for a solid 30+ pitches, never took a whip on it and the sheath started basically unraveling RIGHT in the color transition at the exact middle mark - threads on all sides of the rope were coming loose... for a $350 70m rope I was not happy (also had a near core-shot on one end of the rope, no clue how it got there).. It's by far the coolest looking rope out there, but I was super lucky to get a full refund when I showed the shop the loose threads at the middle mark- this was not typical rock abrasion wear & tear.. Just my experience, curious if the same thing will happen to others!

Drew Eflin wrote:

Just to throw a wrench in this here rope... I just bought that a couple months ago, used it for a solid 30+ pitches, never took a whip on it and the sheath started basically unraveling RIGHT in the color transition at the exact middle mark - threads on all sides of the rope were coming loose... for a $350 70m rope I was not happy (also had a near core-shot on one end of the rope, no clue how it got there).. It's by far the coolest looking rope out there, but I was super lucky to get a full refund when I showed the shop the loose threads at the middle mark- this was not typical rock abrasion wear & tear.. Just my experience, curious if the same thing will happen to others!

Did you happen to get a picture of the unraveling?

I'm curious about this. There's something called an "air splice" where they use compressed air to splice lines together. This is how they usually switch colors in multi pattern or bi color rope. It looks a.little funky, like fraying but it only occurs across like 6 or 8 inches where the splice is. It doesn't affect anything.