As light as it gets

By Dominick Layfield Ranked #884 - Carabiners, Quickdraws, and Belay Devices June 6, 2006

These are amazingly light: about 2/3 of the weight of a conventional quick draw.

Before I climbed with them, I was a little nervous that they might be too small. My preferred clipping method involves hooking the ‘biner with my middle finger and pushing the rope in with thumb and index finger, and I was concerned that the tiny ‘biner might not be big enough to permit this. But I've used these on about five climbing days and haven't had any problems yet.

The different colors for top and bottom ‘biners (bottom ‘biner is prevented from rotation with a rubber band) is a nice touch that enables you to orient the draw correctly at a glance. The BD neutrino and DMM prowires don't have this feature.

I'm very impressed. They make my old draws look like stone-age relics!

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