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Trango Pulse Carabiners

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NYClimber · · New York · Joined Jul 2011 · Points: 85

Anyone have any experience with these yet?
Price seems pretty good.

???

Allen Corneau · · Houston, TX · Joined May 2008 · Points: 80

They're not listed on Trango's website.

Got a link?

NYClimber · · New York · Joined Jul 2011 · Points: 85

No. I saw them advertised new in Ascent - the latest issue from Rock & Ice magazine. Less than $5 ea. Like $4.15 ea it said!

mattm · · TX · Joined Jun 2006 · Points: 1,885

New Ascent has a Trango PHASE advertised for $5.95

NYClimber · · New York · Joined Jul 2011 · Points: 85

Opps! My mistake! That's the one - the Phase for $5.95 ea.

I don't think that's any less costly then BD's or Omega wire gate 'biners!

NYClimber · · New York · Joined Jul 2011 · Points: 85
matt zia wrote:I'm getting some hopefully in the next week or so. I'll put up some thoughts when they get here. From the looks of it...pretty sweet deal, lighter than Neutrinos, same and/or lower price. We'll see!
OK Matt thanks!
Mark R · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Feb 2014 · Points: 65
Matt.Zia wrote:I'm getting some hopefully in the next week or so. I'll put up some thoughts when they get here. From the looks of it...pretty sweet deal, lighter than Neutrinos, same and/or lower price. We'll see!
Matt, how did they work out? Any thoughts?
Graham Johnson · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Apr 2006 · Points: 0

I've got a bunch of these - they're nice, lightweight small 'biners. The nose is pretty low profile so it doesn't get snagged. I like them. In that size range, I think I like the Wild Country Astro a tiny bit better, but they're pretty close.
The difference between the Bent Gate and the Straight gate Phases is minute. Can't feel a difference between the two when actually out climbing. The Astro is 1 gram lighter than the Phase, but I've put some hard use on my Astros over the past couple years and some of them are looking a bit beat up. I haven't had my phases long enough to trash them, but they seem like a beefier unit than the Astros.

Anyway, the phases are nice, small, workhorse 'biners but nothing to get too excited about.

runout · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Jun 2013 · Points: 30

I was playing around with making my rack lighter and so I started looking at the biners in the market. I had no idea that a lot of the biners I have had are actually pretty heavy by toady's standards. I use Metolius Inferno for slings and Neutrinos for racking. Infernos are at 35g and Neutrinos are 36g.

I bought one of each of Trango Phase and Elelrid Nineteen G. I already had one of the Photons and had played with Petzl Ange, Camp nano 23, and Metolius FS in the store so I didn't have to buy them.

I already knew I wouldn't buy the Camp nanos or the metolius fs. Elelrid Nineteen G is available in a color pack and so is the the trango so I bought one biner of each to compare.

The Nineteen G has a stiff spring and it is so light that it spins too easily while clipping. Cleaning would be a pain on a 9.8 mm rope too because of the hooked nose, tiny opening, and stiff spring. So I ruled that out.

I personally don't like Trango gear so I was biased against it. But like Graham said, the Phase have a recessed notch to make cleaning less of a problem. I also tried to clip using different orientations and it felt fine. At first I thought the grooves on the spine for your fingers to hold on to is a gimmick, but they actually serve their purpose.

So it was down to the Trangos or the Camp Photons. While I know people love the photons for their size and weight, they do cost a fair amount more AND personally I think I clipping fullsize biners is actually more awkward for me now - it just seems like I have to stretch my hand open so much more to clip.

So in the end I bought the trangos racking set for my cams. Still undecided as to what to get for the slings. Something lighter than Metolius Infernos and preferably cheap and with a snag-free nose. Still haven't found it yet.

biners! From Left: Camp Photon, Wildcountry Helium, Madrock something, Black Diamond Neutrino, Trango Phase, Elelrid Nineteen G

GhaMby Eagan · · Heaven · Joined Oct 2006 · Points: 385

Trango has seriously stepped up their game in the last year or so.

For slings i like the mammutt.

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