Customer ratings

RACE XP - Universal Rope

  • Advantages
  • Colour (8)
  • Price/performance ratio (6)
  • Quality (7)
  • Hold (3)
  • Surface feel (6)
  • UV resistance (7)
  • Abrasion resistance (7)
  • Hold in clutch (3)
  • Material (1)
  • Disadvantages
  • Price/performance ratio (1)
  • Quality (1)
  • Surface feel (2)
  • UV resistance (1)
  • Abrasion resistance (1)
  • Hold in clutch (1)
Erkki S.
by Erkki S. Flag of Finland 5/6/2017 Verified purchase Variant: 55585
Splicing is a bit tricky because braid sits tighter on the sheath than the core.
da T.
by da T. Flag of France 8/24/2016 Verified purchase Variant: 55584
Very good halyard difficult to splice
laurent  L.
by laurent L. Flag of France 6/22/2016 Verified purchase Variant: 55585
This rope is difficult to splice, even impossible.
Max S.
by Max S. Flag of Austria 5/17/2016 Verified purchase Variant: 55585
Optimum price / performance ratio.
PIERRE W.
by PIERRE W. Flag of Belgium 5/31/2022 Verified purchase Variant: 55585
VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO SPLICE
Andreas K.
by Andreas K. Flag of Austria 9/9/2021 Verified purchase Variant: 55585
corresponds to the ideas
Andreas K.
by Andreas K. Flag of Austria 9/9/2021 Verified purchase Variant: 55585
corresponds to the ideas
Antonio C.
by Antonio C. Flag of Italy 3/22/2021 Variant: 55792
top has twists
the top has twists during use, the leads are not carried out in a workmanlike manner due to the presence of dinema protection cores
Peter M.
by Peter M. Flag of Netherlands 7/26/2017 Variant: 55586
Too thick
The shell is very loose around the core and the line itself is too thick. 12 mm is more like 14 mm in reality and therefore a little too thick for what I want to use it for.
Patrik S.
by Patrik S. Flag of Switzerland 8/10/2025 Verified purchase Variant: 555864
Does not hold in the winch
A good rope in itself. I bought it as a mainsheet. What I wasn't aware of is that this rope has an intermediate cover - i.e. there is a braided layer between the outer cover and the Dyneema core. This makes it difficult to splice and very stiff. The result is that it doesn't stay in the winch's clamp ring but works its way out of the clamp ring when screwed in (at least with my 46 Harken winch). This means it can only be operated with two hands: one hand keeps the sheet in the winch and the other does the cranking - which means I'm missing a hand for the rudder. I therefore wouldn't recommend this product for any running rigging; I always end up with it flying out and I'll have to look for something better.
  • Disadvantages
  • Surface feel
loic L.
by loic L. Flag of France 10/13/2025 Verified purchase Variant: 557922
Shrinkflation
Very small millimeters. 6mm feels like 5...
Campo L.
by Campo L. Flag of Portugal 8/5/2025 Verified purchase Variant: 555855
The biggest disappointment in a long time
Always trusted SVB, always a loyal and satisfied customer but this item was a total disappointment.
Its sold as Dyneema core but I'm sure the percentage of dyneema ism close to 0. the line streches more than 20%... core melts like poliester... I'm not going to use it. Very very poor quality
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