SouthSoundTree
Treehouser
A friend got his gear stolen. I'm gonna send him some of mine current ones, and replace them with new.
What do you like?
What do you like?
Which life support 'biners?
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SkwerI
Treehouser
Petzl Am'D trilock. Bulletproof.
bonner1040
Nick from Ohio
I like oval biners the petzl ones are nice,
Petzl OK Triact Oval - Around $21, kindof pricy but works well with hitches and tending pulleys etc. light weight, positive locking (3 action), durable. Mostly i like how they load straight end to end, Ovals just seem to "work" better.
I hate the ball locks and would stay away from that crap, they just get jammed up with dust, dirt and the like.
I definitely prefer aluminum to steel being a rock guy first thats what i am used to i guess, but steel is just heavy and it will nick and dent any aluminum components you use like pulleys and such.
Just my opinion on the matter definitely not the bottom line.
Petzl OK Triact Oval - Around $21, kindof pricy but works well with hitches and tending pulleys etc. light weight, positive locking (3 action), durable. Mostly i like how they load straight end to end, Ovals just seem to "work" better.
I hate the ball locks and would stay away from that crap, they just get jammed up with dust, dirt and the like.
I definitely prefer aluminum to steel being a rock guy first thats what i am used to i guess, but steel is just heavy and it will nick and dent any aluminum components you use like pulleys and such.
Just my opinion on the matter definitely not the bottom line.
bonner1040
Nick from Ohio
I use these too, i needed some new ones and my local guy was out of ovals, they are more of a Doval or D-Oval... Good stuff though...
emr
Cheesehead Treehouser
I have Petzl AMD mostly. Last year I picked up one DMM steel oval to use on my eye spliced of my climbing line. I really like it because of the the weight for advancing my TIP as well as for its durability. It works well with the HC as well.
Burnham
Woods walker
Rock Exotica. Pirates and the ovals.
chris_girard
Treehouser
Petzl OK black color are my favs. Tried the DMM O's but they seem too sticky to me.
brendonv
Tree Hugger
petzl kador, I'm into a steel life support biner for some reason.
wiley_p
Climbing Up
Rock Exotica, Oval and Pirate. Really starting to like the ORCA gate now.
SimplyArbor
TreeHouser
DMM O's. Nothing but the best!
thattreeguy
TreeHouser
nuff said...$17.95 each @ bishop co.. part #m36tl
i know cause my order is laying next to me...close to 1500.00 in gear coming soon...yeah buddy
MasterBlaster
Administrator Emeritus
Did you ever find a climber?
Burnham
Woods walker
When you hear it from Nice Guy Dave and from Burnham...can there be the slightest doubt??
The problem about them, as I see it, is that they operate the opposite way of other carabiners.
So you'll have to give all your other biners away or live with never knowing which way the biner, you hold in your hand, operates.
We have one steel Rock Exotica floating around among the gear. One can always hear when it shows up, by the swearing.
Eventually someone is going to get irritated enough and toss it out.
So you'll have to give all your other biners away or live with never knowing which way the biner, you hold in your hand, operates.
We have one steel Rock Exotica floating around among the gear. One can always hear when it shows up, by the swearing.
Eventually someone is going to get irritated enough and toss it out.
thattreeguy
TreeHouser
no,just more aggrivation...i dont know how come people can not show up to do a simple climbing skills test, and turn in an application on time or even on the day they say they will, i've just worked way too many hours to pull it off, and bought chiropractic care for my climber so we can keep on keepin on together..sharing the duties
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RIVERRAT
Guest
I really like the Petzl AMD with the button actuated lock. Especially since a few years back they got rid of the crummy plastic barrel.
Because of the reasons brought up by Stig I wont tolerate a biner by Rock Exotica any where near the rest of my gear. I had a hard enough time getting used to the Colt Python doing what I thought to be the wrong way.
Once used to some thing such as house & car doors & what not, opening a certain way I just don't wish, as I see it, waste my time with learning this type of new.
Because of the reasons brought up by Stig I wont tolerate a biner by Rock Exotica any where near the rest of my gear. I had a hard enough time getting used to the Colt Python doing what I thought to be the wrong way.
Once used to some thing such as house & car doors & what not, opening a certain way I just don't wish, as I see it, waste my time with learning this type of new.
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RIVERRAT
Guest
YUP! But just a bit before my time.
