Heavily discounted (March 2010) and LIGHT!

By David Yount Ranked #545 - Carabiners, Quickdraws, and Belay Devices March 25, 2010

It would be great if the nose were notchless. Notchelss noses don't get hung up on slings, gear loops, wires on nuts and even ropes. It would be good if the nose were hooded. Hooded noses help prevent the gate being opened when the carabiner hangs against rock with features. It would be awsome if these were full size.

You want that? Then buy Wild Country Helium carabiners, they are only 33 grams.

But if you want to shave a little weight (and save money while doing so) then the CAMP Nano 23gram biners are a good choice. If you exchange 40 biners, and save 10grams each biner, then your total weight reduces by about a pound. If the biners you're replacing are 50grams and you exchange 50 biners then your weight reduces by over 3 pounds!

The small size of the body was different from my past experience, but in 100 pitches of climbing on a recent roadtrip I'm learning to grab the entire body of the biner when making a clip, rather than placing a single fingertip at the bottom of the hood. It's a different style of clipping and once learned I'm sure it's just as natural.

These are heavily discounted by all retailers; I bet CAMP is soon releasing an upgrade / update to this design.....

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