Madness said:Thanks for the replies.
I'm now wondering if I had it on the correct foot. I put it on my left foot. In hindsight perhaps I should have made sure which foot it was designed for. It's green in colour and I thought ones for the right foot were gold.
Rachel said:I have a gold one..it's left footed.
I originally bought a right and just couldn't get on with it no matter how much I practised, but as soon as I swapped to a left, I was away.
Mattrees said:Chocolate fireguard said:When hauling tackle, note there is room in the Pantin for a 9mm or 8mm pitch rope AND a thin donkeys dick.... I did it as lead climber when tandeming Titan entrance pitch. It's difficult to get out of.
How did you? Bring foot high enough to disengage by hand?
skippy said:... when I weight the croll, it causes the cam to remain open....and slips. ...
I've had the croll looked at and there's nowt wrong with it....I now just put it down to crap technique.
Has anyone else experienced this?
pwhole said:I'm 'right-footed', and never got on with the Pantin there, so bought a left and never looked back. I think your strongest leg should always be in the footloop. Just to confuse matters on straps, when I bought a replacement 'old style' strap, I found out that Petzl only supplied 'right' versions. So on both of my current Pantins the straps are on backwards, though it still works the same. And as Alastair mentioned, it's always on the inside of the foot, with the cam facing backwards.
pwhole said:Weirdly, Petzl used to advise against using a left-footed Pantin if you were right-handed, as it could make passing rebelays more difficult, though I still struggle to see how. Their explanation of the 'problem' was baffling, but I thought maybe it lost a little in the translation.
Ah right - I see. They do seem to make it more confusing than necessary. In my book, cowstails are cowstails, and not to be used 'part time' as an ascender link - I usually need both of them.
Hammy said:I?ve got a green Pantin. It?s for my right foot.
I think we may have a solution to your problem!
skippy said:Rachel said:I have a gold one..it's left footed.
I originally bought a right and just couldn't get on with it no matter how much I practised, but as soon as I swapped to a left, I was away.
Hey Rachel,
The right one is still going strong