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Mammut Bionic Mythos HMS Carabiner
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The Mammut Bionic Mythos HMS Carabiner's I-beam construction provides tons of strength while decreasing weight to a minimum. Its pear shape works very well for belaying and rappelling, and a large basket helps when you need to clip in to a cluttered belay point. Mammut likes to keep things simple and functional, so it stuck with a basic screw gate to make this 'biner worthy of your trust.
Bottom Line: Strong light, and still bomber.
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Wearing very Quickly
By: gtboulder2282890
October 24, 2011
Just bought this and after a week of solid use sport climbing there is already significant wear. I use a Mammut Smart belay device and that seems to hold the rope in one spot so perhaps that is part of the wear issue but there is already a groove and with the I-beam construction it has created a sharp/rough edge. My last belay biner was a DMM and it lasted for well over 2 years before developing a significant groove
goto belay/rappel biner
By: marcello sbrocca
August 11, 2011
i love it! I use it for rappeling and belaying. The gate closure rubes a little bad on the biner when closing, but thats no big deal. its great!
HMS - Halb Mastwurf Sicherung (from German language) - it means half clove hitch belay. The sign HMS or H in a circle on a carabiner indicates that this carabiner is designed to be used with this kind of knot for belay or descending. The HMS carabiner is always locking and is generally oversized and pear-shaped one.
Minimal requirements: 20x7x7 kNa
By: kfl4676141
November 13, 2011
Halbmastwurfsicherung. Mouthful, isn't it? Also known as the Munter Hitch or the Italian Hitch, it's a link in a belay system that can be reversed with a wide enough 'biner, like this one.
By: Christopher Minguez
April 11, 2011
worth every penny
By: Andy Paul
July 25, 2011
Great biner. Love it in an autolocker for anchors and belays two climbers well with a reverso. Also a great sport climbing biner, and the suuuper large pear shape easily accommodates a munter hitch if your atc magically disappears or never showed up.
What does HMS mean when describing a caribiner?
What does HMS mean when describing a caribiner?
By: ele100382930
June 17, 2010
It's a German abbreviation for "HalbMastwurfSicherung" (=Munter hitch belay)
By: N
October 12, 2010
HMS just means that the biner is oversized and generally pear shaped and meant to be used for belaying or with a Munter hitch due to their bigger size, and it also tells you it will lock in most cases
By: sam addington
July 19, 2010
light and big
By: Trevor Wallner
April 23, 2010
great size and does not weigh much .. love this for lead climbing the locking is great
I'm looking for another
By: mal
September 12, 2011
Keeps twisting around so that it ends up sideways many times (the load is on the gate) while belaying. Otherwise, it's great...
Sweet
By: Pbskis141163897
April 5, 2010
This carabiner has a nice auto-lock mechanism that should last a while. Works great for belaying and looks cool too. Definitely a large biner
Awsome
By: mar3681411
February 26, 2010
prefer the screw gate to the auto-locker, best looking biner i have found, and other than that its just another caribiner-there all the same-but this one looks sweet and im a fan of all mammut products.
Excellent
By: bre2726255
March 31, 2010
Great for belaying. Would recommend if you don't mind paying a few extra dollars.
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Wearing very Quickly
Just bought this and after a week of solid use sport climbing there is already significant wear. I use a Mammut Smart belay device and that seems to hold more...
goto belay/rappel biner
i love it! I use it for rappeling and belaying. The gate closure rubes a little bad on the biner when closing, but thats no big deal. its great! more...
- Shape:
- pear
- Locking:
- yes, screwgate
- Gate Shape:
- straight
- Gate Type:
- solid
- Nose Type:
- standard
- Major Axis Strength:
- 25 kN
- Minor Axis Strength:
- 8 kN
- Open Gate Strength:
- 8 kN
- Recommended Use:
- belays, anchors
- Manufacturer Warranty:
- 1 year
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