Besides price, what are you looking for when shopping for a climbing rope?
Diameter or weight is probably one. What about Impact Force? Designation (SINGLE, HALF, or TWIN)?
We put together a comparison of many popular ropes with some very basic information. Designation (SINGLE, HALF, or TWIN), Impact Force, Diameter, and GPM. One thing we noticed is that gpm is a more accurate way to compare diameter.
Grams Per Meter /Diameter - Because the UIAA rope diameter tolerance shall be within +/-0.3 mm of the diameter a 10mm rope can be marked 9.7mm or 10.3mm.
Here are some examples taken from our rope comparison chart. Have a look, we hope you find it useful.
| 58 gpm | 9.5 mm | Edeweiss Energy | 7.8 kn | ||||
| 61 gpm | 10.0 mm | Beal Tiger | 7.5 - 7.6 kn | ||||
| 61 gpm | 9.7 mm | BW Lightning Pro | 7.8 kn | ||||
| 62 gpm | 9.9 mm | BW Pulse | 7.84 kn | ||||
| 62 gpm | 9.8 mm | Sterling E Velocity | 8.8 kn | ||||
| 63 gpm | 9.8 mm | Mammut Tusk | 9.1 kn | ||||
| 63 gpm | 9.8 mm | Petzl Nomad | 8.6 kn | ||||
| 63 gpm | 9.7 mm | Beal Booster III | 7.0 - 7.2 kn | ||||
| 64 gpm | 10.2 mm | Beal Flyer II | 7.25 - 7.4kn | ||||
| 64 gpm | 9.8 mm | Mammut Delight | 9.3 kn | ||||
| 64 gpm | 9.8 mm | Metolius Monster 9.8 | 8.5 kn | ||||
| 64 gpm | 9.9 mm | PMI Synergy | 7.9 kn | ||||