Rope for Beginner Gym Lead

I am begging to lead indoors and need a rope. I've narrowed it down to these. Any input? (They are all 40m and are within 10 bucks of each other)

Petzl Contact 9.8

Beal Tiger Unicore 10

Sterling VR9 9.8

Edelrid Boa Gym 9.8

No importa. Buy the one with the coolest colors. 

The Petzl Contact and Beal Tiger have high dynamic elongation which will make lead falls more comfy, which can be both a downside and an upside, but with tightly spaced gym bolts the downsides don't really exist. 

All great choices. Can’t go wrong - picking a favorite color/pattern is a good suggestion.

I personally like Mammut’s gym rope. Easy to find on sale and I like the slightly thinner diameter. Still durable but lighter and nice handling.

I'm a fan of the Edelrid and Mammut ropes generally but yeah it honestly doesn't matter much, especially for the gym. Get a cool one or the cheapest one, they're all going to perform just as well as any other

Do you ever want to climb outside? If so, I would get a 60 or a 70 m rope.  IMHO that flexibility is worth the slight headaches that managing a longer rope require, like you don't have an aproach and most of the time its just on the floor.  Additionally, when you chop off parts of the end after wear, you still have a lot of rope. Additionally, some gyms have rope length requirements, i.e., my local gym requires 50m, which was very unfortunate for some of my friends with 40m gym ropes.  I know you mentioned budget; it will cost more if you buy the 40m and then in 6 months decide you want to go the crag and have to get a full-sized.  

That being said, don't sweat it, especially if you're just getting a gym rope; I would tend to lean on the thicker and more durable side, however.   

Bailey Nicholson wrote:

Do you ever want to climb outside? If so, I would get a 60 or a 70 m rope.  IMHO that flexibility is worth the slight headaches that managing a longer rope require, like you don't have an aproach and most of the time its just on the floor.  Additionally, when you chop off parts of the end after wear, you still have a lot of rope. Additionally, some gyms have rope length requirements, i.e., my local gym requires 50m, which was very unfortunate for some of my friends with 40m gym ropes.  I know you mentioned budget; it will cost more if you buy the 40m and then in 6 months decide you want to go the crag and have to get a full-sized.  

That being said, don't sweat it, especially if you're just getting a gym rope; I would tend to lean on the thicker and more durable side, however.   

Yea I've definitely been thinking about it more than I should be but finding climbing gear has been super expensive and hard to find where I live so I'm having to take many things into consideration lol.

My gym (the only decent one in my area) said the minimum length was 30m so I think 40m is plenty for climbing indoors. I do plan on going outside but I probably won't be going without anyone who doesn't have their own rope(s) in a good bit so I'm focusing on now and will start saving for a nice one when the time comes.

The Beal tiger has been a wonderfully handling rope in our experience and quite durable.