Gear Review
Black Diamond GridLock Screwgate Carabiner
Does exactly what it was designed for
By Jason Halladay
Ranked #247 - Carabiners, Quickdraws, and Belay Devices
May 12, 2011
This biner is great for belaying with a tube style belay device like an ATC. It stays orientated perfectly and keeps the biner from turning sideways and crossloading. If you use a Grigri for belaying you don't need this biner...it's been my experience that when using a Grigri the biner just doesn't move around that much, if at all. But this is great for use with an ATC.
It did take a little getting use to being efficient with taking the biner off the belay loop and getting back on but the flange on the inside the gate makes it easy to get the biner situated on the belay loop properly by acting like a one-way opening gate. Just tug the belay loop against the flange and it snaps open and then closed. Feed the rope through the ATC and biner and lock it up.
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1 Comments Last Reply: December 28, 2011 By: TNFGUY
Man, my GriGri seems to constantly cross load when lead belaying with a Black Diamond RockLock biner. I wonder if this would work well with the GriGri.
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