Originally Posted by
electric squirrel
DON'T waste your money!! I thought the same thing,had to try one out, so I borrowed one. It really is the biggest POS you will ever see! I will admit that you cannot fall,even if you try! I can literally turn backwards and upside down in my belt and not fall off the pole!!! BUT,,, the thing is so slow and complicated that if you have to save someone or yourself that it will slow you down so much that it won't help.You cannot free climb with the thing AT ALL, it takes two hands just to put it on the pole,you have to use a second safety no matter what ! I think we all are gonna be pushed into some kind of fall restraint sooner or later , I think the Jelco is the lesser of all the evils,it will let you use it like a regular skid. The Cannuks have been using it for years, I think it's tried and proven up North,I just believe Buckinham got the first foot in the door in the U.S.
I agree Squirrel...was forced into the fsqueeze in '08..........retired in 09 hating it from Day 1....got hold of a Jelco, and it is definitely the lesser of 2 evils........
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