The media could not be loaded. I purchased this XSTRAP STANDARD Heavy-Duty Rope Hoist as a Christmas treat for my wife. She need an easy way to clip our dog's nails and handle other grooming functions. As seen in the video, I installed a rod as the hanging hook, which enables easy forward and back locating of the hoist. Used the two timber extensions to keep from drilling large hole in the basement floor joist. Hooks up the hoist went quick and easy.

Pros.
1) Make's lifting the dog an easy task for my wife to handle alone.
2) A quality product for the size, uses, and cost.
3) Easy install once I set up my hoisting station.
4) Plenty of excess rope. ( I cut to length and stored the excess for future replacements)
5) Works well once balanced out with weights.

A few problems along the way included:

1) Unless weighted, the hoist wouldn't descent on its own and tangled when used empty.
2) In order to keep it hanging high until ready for use, I had to add a hook for the pull rope. That forced the need for a greater weight on the hook end.
3) It's going to take a bit more fine adjusting to keep the dog facing the desired direction. I correct that by switching to a bearing hook system.

Since our pup weighs in at 60#, I can't make any statements concerning the 2,000 lb breaking strength of the 50' rope. I can say it handles great for our needs.

I will say I was originally skeptical about the build. But the does have metal pulleys and frame wrapped with a plastic casing. But it got the job done. I used to bring down an old water heater and hoist up a 185lb water heater into the attic. This little guy got it done. Gave 4 stars because I know there are better quality pulley systems out there but for lighter duty it works.

I bought this to help move large bulky items into my attic. It does work fairly well for this.
However, the rope included is only good for about 10 feet. The weight/pull reduction of the system works well, but the quality of the rope and length are questionable at best. The rope that came with my unit is not very solid, has bumps where the rope itself is flawed and definitely not long enough.
I mounted a 2x6 across 2 attic rafters over the opening down into the garage. With the rope switched down to 3 pulleys it was still about 4 feet short of where I needed it to be. The rope also does not feel nor look to be all that safe or sturdy. While the pulley system is rated for 4000 pounds I would question if the rope itself would be safe at half of that.
The straps though appear to be quite good for what they are designed for. It will work perfectly for what I intended it once I replace the rope with a longer and better quality item.

does the job well, lifting various equipment on and off my lathe and mill

Easy to use