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I need to buy an 80m sport rope for a trip to Chulilla. My number one priority is that it has to handle nicely with a grigri. I recently used a friend's Edelrid Swift with Aramid and found it horrible. It was full of kinks and twists and felt really stiff. A second wish would be a reasonable balance between being hardwearing and not too heavy. I currently have a 70m Eidelweiss Energy 9.5mm and am very happy with it, but don't want the same rope (I can only see it in one colour) in two sizes. I've looked at the usual places, but given the price of an 80m,  if anyone knows any current deals that would be very useful.

https://www.decathlon.co.uk/p/climbing-rope-9-5-mm-x-80-m-cliff-green/_/R-p...

I've heard good things about the handling of these, and the durability surprisingly enough. And they're cheap. They do an 8.9mm single as well if you're feeling brave. 

That is a very good price. I think 9.5mm would suit me. I'm not so brave. 

Good ropes for the money. Not as nice as more expensive ropes but a bargain, I find they last well too.

The vast majority of climbers simply wouldn't get any benefit from a thinner or thicker rope. That's before you get onto the fact that measurement of diameter is not controlled properly so manufacturers can near enough say its a thick or thin as they want.

There don't seem to be many deals around lately for 80m ropes, I was looking around Christmas and ended up going for a green  decathlon one. I've had several over the years and they're fine, and I've always bought the cheapest I could find.

I have a 70m version of the green it's excellent. Quite heavy though and obviously heavier in 80m. If by the 8.9mm you mean the pink one, I was after one of those for ages but it seems is only sold as a 50m (or maybe 60?) now (at least in France). It was replaced by the 9mm Edge which I found was a great rope... until it was recalled ! 

Good deals on Dark Ventures website!

Definitely worth checking. I picked up a 50m single for 40 quid recently so I didn't have to wreck any decent ropes dragging them through the mud in the Masson Lees tooling cave. 

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More AI stuff? How long till we teach you so much that we can't tell the difference.