Great device

By Anonymous Ranked #420 - Belay and Rappel Devices March 13, 2009

Pros-Safe as you are going to get when belaying. For those who have no idea how this works. Basically the rope goes through this device and it acts a lot like a seat belt. Slow movement and it works its way back and forth no problem. When you add sudden and or a decent load, it locks up. Thus keeping the climbing from falling to the ground. There is also a lever on it that depending on how hard you pull will release some or all of the tension and thats how you slowly let the climber down.

Cons-I have heard that smaller ropes low 9's and smaller don't work well or at all in this device because they are too small for the gri gri to grab well. This is not something I have ever encountered because I don't use anything under 10mm. Also you want to make sure you understand and know how to use other belay devices in case of emergency and just so you know the proper and safe way to belay. You can get yourself in trouble using this thing sloppily. You get into bad habits and bam someone gets hurt. So use it because its the safest and also be smart and mature when using it because this is some ones life we are talking about.

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