What's everyone fav wire gate 'biners?
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I should have said for the bolt end of quickdraws. I don't like their shape. That is the one thing I really like about BD's hoopty wires is that you can rack w/them and use them with older wider webbing. |
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Heliums by a good margin. Second-tier (IMHO) are DMM Alphas & Shields, followed by BD Hoodwire & new Oz. |
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I like the bd oval wire! At least for extended draws |
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I'm a big fan of the BD Hoodwires. I have a full set of 'draws out of them now and they're really slick. |
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Omega Pacific JCs! They've been discontinued a few years back but are my go-to clipping biners. |
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+1 for heliums. Pricey but smooth and relatively light. I do not like my Trango superflys, the nose hook catches on everything. Perfect size in my opinion, easy to hold and clip. Some prefer smaller biners - I am not one of those folks - so try holding and clipping your candidate biner and see how it feels to you. |
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Heliums, if you want to spend the money. I prefer the tradeoff of the BD Oz. |
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Neutrinos for racking, and camp photons for alpine draws. Light weight and super easy to clip. Plus they are on clearence at rei. |
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+1 for Neutrinos. |
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For sport quickdraws, BD Livewires are just about the best biner you can buy. They might be a little heavy and bulky for a trad rack though. |
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Bunkin wrote: camp photons Light weight and super easy to clip.Yep. josh |
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Trango Superfly |
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Trango's Superfly has been a favorite of mine, but they just released the Phase, which seems pretty worthy. They're light, compact, but have a nice wide gate opening so they don't catch my fat fingers. They also come in straight and bent gates. Definitely a strong contender to me. |
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CAMP Photon wires are nice and light. The spring is stiff. I recently picked up some OP Five-O's and like the gate better but they are a lot heavier. BD Ovalwire is nice if you want an oval. |
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My vote is for the large Ange. They are on the pricey end though. I could see myself using the Edelrid 19g for racking random bits of gear, or connecting webbing to webbing, but I don't think I would want to run the rope through it. |
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I have all these biners and I still like hotwires. They have a big gate for clove hitches, they're easy to clip, and I haven't had a sticky gate in all these years. They're heavier; OH WAA! |
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+ 1 for the camp photons, I prefer them over the BD neutrinos. |
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Whichever ones are on sale at Oriental Trading - 500 units for about 30 green backs! They are only rated to about 15lbs so I would be careful and either double them up or just buy all locking carabiners those are sure to at least double the weight rating. : ) |
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+1 for WC Nitros, I love em!! |
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Oz/Nuetrino for racking cams, Nitro for rope-side of slings/QDs, Nano for random stuff (belay gloves, approach shoes, etc.) |