Gear Review
CAMP USA Nano 23 Carabiner - Six Pack
Terrible Gate Action
By Ryan Hamilton
Ranked #3 - Carabiners, Quickdraws, and Belay Devices
May 25, 2011
The size is ok, but the gate action on these is terrible. Unless you push really hard the gate opens barely enough to squeeze a rope through, and even that requires more effort than any other biner I have. I haven't used these yet, but I'll probably stick them on the bolt end of some quickdraws. I think clipping a rope into them would suck, but it they'll probably be OK for clipping a bolt.
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1 Comments Last Reply: June 28, 2011 By: fy1climbsome
unless you have the finger strength of a newborn, the clipping on this biner is easy and mechanically very sound - but on the other hand i don't know how hard is "really hard" for you. i can see, however, if you had really thick sausage fingers, clipping a rope (depending on your clipping style) can be inconvenient, but by no means difficult.
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