This is well built and appears quite strong. I;m not a little guy and I can trust the strength of this. I would say when you are choosing size certainly get extra. although it seems 9 fit can get you from a 2nd story balcony in reality by the time you attach it somewhere that it can be climbed on to it barely gets below the railing. to get safely from a 2nd floor balcony 12-18 foot is more likely what you will want. I have no concerns bout the construction. I just didn't take into account leaving extra length for attaching and climbing to get to the ground without serious injury .

I got the BZ&BX Rope Ladder with a 9-ft drop to use as an emergency escape from a second story bedroom window. It comes with two heavy-duty locking carabiners attached to two rope eyelets reinforced with metal to prevent chafing. Before I got this rope ladder, I thought I could get by with a single rope as the basis of a fire escape. But believe it or not, it’s not so easy to climb down a rope! With a rope, you have to rely only on your own hand strength. On the other hand, with a ladder all you have to do is manage to throw it out the window, swing your legs over the side, then climb down by stepping on the rungs of the ladder and holding onto the rope sides. Of course, you need to have something to clip the carabiners onto. We attached them to a bed rail which is in front of the window and leave the rope bundled up on the floor under that end of the bed so it will always be ready and yet out of the way. This ladder is made of 5/8” thick polypropylene rope and 7/8” thick ribbed resin rungs. The ladder itself is about a foot wide and the rungs are spaced 16” apart. There’s about a foot of rope on the bottom that just dangles beneath the last rung, so hopefully once you get there you’ll be close enough to the ground to hop off. Note: This rope ladder doesn’t have spacers to keep it away from the wall, but if you have a wide popout around your window or an overhanging windowsill, that should push the rope ladder out far enough so you won’t be scraping your knuckles on the wall as you go down. Ideally, this emergency escape ladder should be tested and practiced in your household before it’s truly needed.

Like most two story homes, mine has a single stairway between the first and second floors. If a fire were to erupt at the base of that stairway, anyone on the second floor would be trapped. This emergency rope-ladder provides an excellent solution.In my house, just as an example, there would be two alternatives to trying to descend into and survive the flames at the bottom of the stairs. One would be to go over a railing and drop about 10-12 feet into the family room. At my age it is likely that I would break both legs, making it pretty difficult to continue my escape from the fire. Alternatively, I could jump out of a second floor window, probably resulting in the same two broken legs, but at least putting me outside, hopefully away from the flames and within reach of the EMTs who would need to whisk me to the hospital.Fortunately, this emergency ladder greatly increases my odds of exiting the second floor safely. Now I will confess that I have not tried out this ladder and I sincerely hope that I won't have cause to. But from close inspection, I like how well constructed it appears to be. The ropes on either side are very substantial and the resin bars between them also seem designed to hold considerable weight. The listing suggests that the ladder can take about 2000 pounds of weight, which means it could take the weight of most people, even a few at a time.The tops of the side ropes are securely fastened to strong carabiners that can be attached to railings, pipes and the like. The carabiners even have locks that can be twisted into place to ensure that they cannot open during use. If there is nothing that the carabiners will directly fit, one can always wrap the rope around an object and attach the carabiner to the rope itself. Despite all this versatility, I had a little difficulty figuring out what I would attach the ladder to in our guest bedroom. I ultimately decided that I would need to wrap the rope around the mattress siderail and then attach the carabiner to the rope itself. Since the bed is about 3 feet from the window, I would still have a bit of a drop after climbing down the length of the ladder that would hang outside. But still much safer than the alternatives.One minor negative that should probably be mentioned is that the ladder has no brackets to hold it away from a wall down which it might hang. It can be quite difficult to grasp the rung of a ladder when one's weight is pulling the ladder tight against the wall, as could happen when trying to exit an outside window, for example. However, this would not be an issue if the ladder hung from a balcony or over a protruding window sill.Finally, I should note that this ladder does come in longer lengths, some of which would work from three and even four story homes. It's a product that you hope you will never have to use. But if you ever do need it, you will be so glad to have it.

Rope is ok but will not work for camper needs to have hooks that can use on window fram to get out of camper.

So far I have not had the misfortune to need to try this out, nor have I set it on fire to test its flame retardant properties. I do think however that it appears to be well made. It has a durable feel to it and it is long enough that I can safely expect to reach a reasonable jumping distance from my second floor, which is perhaps higher than most, as my home has a basement and the foundation of the first floor is a good 5 feet off the ground level. I appreciate having this in my second floor as there is only way down from there and I live in an area where wildfires are common.

I have always had this fear of a fire in our home. And on a whim one day I saw this fire rope and immediately got it and it’s now in my bedroom. For the peace of mind, it’s great and I know that if I were to ever need, it will be sturdy and let me down to a safe place.

This emergency ladder has given me piece of mind for my second floor guests. It’s easy to install once you figure out how to hook it for your unique application - I recommend practicing it first so you don’t have to read instructions in an emergency. We have a small second floor balcony so looping it over the top railing seemed the most obvious attachment point. A nice feature to include would be a storage strap or bag so it doesn’t tangle when packed away; we found a small box to keep it in under the bed.