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Is a wire gate safer than a solid gate?
By grc3783084
Ranked #612 - Carabiners, Quickdraws, and Belay Devices
September 15, 2010
Is a wire gate safer than a solid gate?
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Helpful Votes: 0 Yes
By Lyric Rosatti
Ranked #80 - Carabiners, Quickdraws, and Belay Devices
September 15, 2010
That is a question that is highly debatable. It is mostly agreed that wiregates are easier to clip, and don't exhibit gate slap. FYI, gate slap happens when you hit the back of the rope 'biner on your hand or a wall and the mass of the solid gate makes the gate itself open up, wires have less mass and it is nearly impossible to reproduce this under normal falling conditions. However, solid and bent gates are stronger overall, and I don't really think much harder to clip under most circumstances. I have a mix of both wire and solid gate biners on my rack. Wire gate biners are also supposed to be better for ice climbers because you can get them open easier if they freeze. I'm not an ice climber and therefore cannot independently confirm that, but it makes sense to me as an engineer. Hope that helped, Climb On.
Helpful Votes: 0 Yes
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