they're more 'wearable' than rings, they've got moving parts and won't last forever whereas it's hard to imagine how to make a ring fail from any amount of routine-usage (in the Reddit thread I literally have someone arguing that blocks are more durable/resilient hardware than rings, my mind is blown.) I can't imagine my rings EVER needing replacement, whereas I'd NEVER get a block and presume I could shock-load that particular block and it'd last that way for my career w/o replacement!! no friction up-top makes the load on the top anchor's tie-in-point much stronger (the Safebloc actually helps much more here, I also got one of those yesterday although it's just the bloc I've yet to choose a sling) ![]() I always refer people to Reg Coates' video when trying to make the case for why blocks are inferior devices however I made a thread on Reddit and 3 of the 4 replies were advising me to use a block over rings!!!! If anyone here is registered there (FWIW registration does *not* require email-confirmation you just create a name and post, great site has sub-forums for any topic imagineable, /r/SFWtrees is the most-populous arbor subreddit I think), it'd be greatly appreciated to have others join-in IF I'm not mistaken here.I've never rigged very-heavy stuff so can't speak definitively but from where I'm standing it's so obvious that rings are superior I mean if I were on-job and someone said "hey I've got the best DMM block, brand-new, want to use it instead-of your rings for this job?", I'd say no.nevermind that it'd cost $600 for that setup, whereas my anchor is $170 (I paid 130 ), blocks are bad because: By "rigging" I mean lowering stuff, whether shock/dynamic loads or simply lowering a limb that you had positive angle / tension on before cutting, not rigging for lifting things (which is where I think pulleys are useful, although it's really the sole area I think they're useful!)
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