anybody had legropes just fall apart in your hands.
Ive had a palmers creatures and FCS legrope break while moving the leggie around.
right where it's connected to the leash.
anybody had this issue.?
or could the wife be the culprit ?

add a brand called "wet dreams" to that list, failed me out on a bommy, I had to ask a 666 to tow me in, very embarrassing.

Balin or O&E only from now on.

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Cobra said..
anybody had legropes just fall apart in your hands.
Ive had a palmers creatures and FCS legrope break while moving the leggie around.
right where it's connected to the leash.
anybody had this issue.?
or could the wife be the culprit ?

Ocean & Earth (the one ) no issues full stop.

Oh and perhaps try not falling off

Oh, my mistake I thought this was a post about tying a girl up with a LegRope.

ET.

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Macaha said..
Oh and perhaps try not falling off

Mac everytime one has broken it's been in storage and I'm talking about the
connection between the ankle strap and rope,,,not the urethane rope.

Yes. FCS ones mainly. I avoid anything with FCS screws holding **** together now as i had the same problem with them breaking were the leash connects to the ankle strap or swivel.

Da Kine Leashes are good and i don't mind Creatures, never had a problem with them.

Been off Balin since the Velcro just gave way on one after 6 months. Just wouldn't hold together when any force was put on it.

O & E are good leashes but find they are the worse for wrapping your feet up.

I Buy new ones every few years to..

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Cobra said..

Macaha said..
Oh and perhaps try not falling off

Mac everytime one has broken it's been in storage and I'm talking about the
connection between the ankle strap and rope,,,not the urethane rope.

Rats mate rats

Are you storing them in a very hot place foe an extended period of time?

Creatures

No not that hot or in any daylight Mac.they Last about 3-4 years then crap, I own three or four and they get rotated.

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Tux said..
Creatures

Last one to break was creatures,, only ones so far that haven't are balin Storm ,,,but they have same connection as a creatures so I don't have much faith.

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SP said..
Yes. FCS ones mainly. I avoid anything with FCS screws holding **** together now as i had the same problem with them breaking were the leash connects to the ankle strap or swivel.

Da Kine Leashes are good and i don't mind Creatures, never had a problem with them.

Been off Balin since the Velcro just gave way on one after 6 months. Just wouldn't hold together when any force was put on it.

O & E are good leashes but find they are the worse for wrapping your feet up.

I Buy new ones every few years to..

I normally have three leggies on the go. I have two medium leggies and one big leggy for big boards. I trade them in every July so the rubber never perishes. I hate swimming and my broken leggies have invariably occurred in solid waves where swimming is tiring and/or long.

I snapped a leggie on the take off at Centers up at Gnaraloo once. Followed the board all the way into the beach with it just out of reach, then it hit the rip and was dragged north along the shore before being sucked out into the Bombie. I followed it out to the right hander off the Bombie and finally got it. At no time was it more than ten metres away from me and was a lot closer for a lot of it. For those of you who know the joint, it was 4-6 so not huge, but the swim was sooooooooo long.

I use Creatures.

Most of the time I use thin comp leggies, whatever I find on sale between $20 & $30 coz my local is pretty soft most of the time. Otherwise I use Creatures & FCS thicker leggies I've also bought according to price. Last leggy I broke was at head & 1/2 low tide second section Impossibles. It was an FCS 6ft 10mm leggy 2years old & broke on the swivel, I guess it had had a fair beating over the last couple of years. I replaced it with another FCS 8ft 10mm.

I don't really follow any brands...My longboard/666 10ft 10mm leggy is a couple of years old, brand name "Horny" lol & has had an absolute beating but still going strong *touch wood*...probably care more if I was in the habit of surfing more serious waves.

Sounds like you got lemons though Cobra, I'd complain if they were not very old.

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Cobra said..
No not that hot or in any daylight Mac.they Last about 3-4 years then crap, I own three or four and they get rotated.

3 or 4 years thats a long time mate,I'd be happy with that.

Balin are good, dog ate it. Farking are good, dog ate it.

Don't let the dog near your leggie

Have creatures now, hate it

Maybe Mac is right the heat up here, humidity can stuff lots of stuff but can't see moisture stuffing a leggie
my wife's leggie is a cheap $15 and about 10 years old and going strong.

Oh missed the 3-4 years comment, that is a pretty good innings. Usually break or give mine away with a surfboard sale by then.

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DARTH said..
Balin are good, dog ate it. Farking are good, dog ate it.

Don't let the dog near your leggie

Have creatures now, hate it

Hahaha a mates dog chewed a board up once.

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MickPC said..
Oh missed the 3-4 years comment, that is a pretty good innings. Usually break or give mine away with a surfboard sale by then.

Mick I had a brand new leggie used only two weeks in indo,never used the board for a year& half
pulled the board out and the plastic connection just started decintergratededecintergrated &$@?

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Cobra said..

MickPC said..
Oh missed the 3-4 years comment, that is a pretty good innings. Usually break or give mine away with a surfboard sale by then.

Mick I had a brand new leggie used only two weeks in indo,never used the board for a year& half
pulled the board out and the plastic connection just started decintergratededecintergrated &$@?

I bet you dont leave a cartoon of beer laying around for the amount of time,I'd say your leggies have gone OFF

That sux man, maybe it would of been better if it got used once in a while lol ...nah I dunno mate, maybe a lemon or stored in a place where the conditions were not favourable to its existence. I made sure to have a toilet style vent above the window in my garage to regulate temps where I store my boards n sh1t. Used to get boards sticking to board covers with wax in the old garage, got pretty hot in there.

Friends dog ate my gath helmet in the 90's, was not stoked at all...but could not help but laugh

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Cobra said..

MickPC said..
Oh missed the 3-4 years comment, that is a pretty good innings. Usually break or give mine away with a surfboard sale by then.

Mick I had a brand new leggie used only two weeks in indo,never used the board for a year& half
pulled the board out and the plastic connection just started decintergratededecintergrated &$@?

I bet you dont leave a cartoon of beer laying around for the amount of time,I'd say your leggies have gone OFF

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obct said..
add a brand called "wet dreams" to that list, failed me out on a bommy, I had to ask a 666 to tow me in, very embarrassing.

Balin or O&E only from now on.

+1
O & E preferably.

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Cobra said..
anybody had legropes just fall apart in your hands.
Ive had a palmers creatures and FCS legrope break while moving the leggie around.
right where it's connected to the leash.
anybody had this issue.?
or could the wife be the culprit ?

Ocean & Earth (the one ) no issues full stop.

^^^^^^^^^^
Ditto what Mac said..never had a problem.

salt water gets em eventually only a matter of time - plastic degrades & stretches , longest use I had was O & E , on a Balin now 7 or 8 months so far , been thrashed too

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Cobra said..

DARTH said..
Balin are good, dog ate it. Farking are good, dog ate it.

Don't let the dog near your leggie

Have creatures now, hate it

Hahaha a mates dog chewed a board up once.

Hungry dog

I usually use OE but I bought a Shapers about 3 years ago,no probs with it yet.Just bought a new creatures for the !0 footer,see how it goes!...

Dont laugh but over the years i have broke many top brands of legropes, even 'the world strongest' legrope. The only ones i have not broken and use exclusivley now are Anticorp leashes and i get them off E Bay for $22.50 + postage. Might not be a cool Far King or Creatures brand but they have never let me down and they do live up to whatbthey say about them. I spoke with the owner once and he said they are made in the very same factory as some other big brands that are 3 times the price. Still it may be just luck that i have not broke one yet, but i have them on 4 longboards and 2 shorties.

steve

That doesn't surprise me,sometimes I get years out of cheaper brand stuff

This is the one I'm using atm but 10 foot and Red,pretty sure it was $36 delivered,going strong after 3 years.I just whack a bit of Inox on the swivels every now and then
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Shapers-Aust-6-Air-Lite-Leg-Rope-in-Blue-/172353243749?var=&hash=item28210dca65:m:mlIYg7z7yUzwcXdzTiYxUlA

Bloody Cobra,ya must have put a Jinx on me ,hahaCame home this arvo and found my legrope broken

Ah well on to Ebay!...
Has anyone used Mad Dog legropes

Just bought one of these,Vintage Heritage range,see how it goes? http://www.oceanearthstore.com/heritage-regular-moulded-leash-9ft/