New “Throttle” Ascender by Buckingham?

[RodgerDodger]

Buckingham has a new ascender coming out, but I can’t find any info regarding release date, price point etc. Anyone here heard about it or see it at the expo in November?

MRS/SRS, midline attachable, replaceable wear components. Looks like a winner, only issue I can see is the “bird” looks a little on the large side, to me, might be easier to collapse with an errant limb or branch. Looks like an improved or updated Akimbo.



Buckingham Throttle

 

[Kaveman]

It do seem a smidgen bulky. Interesting though.

 

[Treeaddict]

It’s an Akimbo with a larger bird in my very humble opinion. I know on the Akimbo 2.0, the bird was supposed to be enlarged but I’ve had very little issues with the original size with getting gloves sucked in. I like its compactness. As others stated, more of a chance for accidental collapse.