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Wild Country Helium Clean Wire Quickdraw

Item #WDC0009 | 39 in Stock
2 Star Rating

Very fiddly and annoying to clip

By Backcountry.com Employee Backcountry.com Pro Athlete May 4, 2009

I really didn't enjoy clipping these draws. They were so light and narrow-profile that they were a pain to use. They were a little harder to pull off a gearloop because they are so spindly. If you should happen to bump the bottom biner when clipping the rope into them, they bounce around a lot more than normal draws. Frustrating.

I see a lot of people here talking about the weight savings, but how much will that affect you, the review-reader? I climb single pitch sport routes, so a little bit of weight savings won't mean squat to me. Unless you're loading up a ton of draws for super long pitches, I doubt the weight savings will mean anything to you either.

Helpful Votes: 0 Yes | 3 No

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Tech Specs:

Strength:
24kN 
Gate Type:
Wire 
Material:
Aluminum carabiner with Dyneema sling 
Weight:
[10cm length] 2.61oz 
Warranty:
1 Year 
Country of Origin:
China 

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