aliens!

Are aliens a thing of the past?? Because I want a couple, and I can't find them anywhere. I know the manufacturer died, may he rest in peace, what does that mean for the company? Anyone have any info?

Bent Gate Mountaineering still has them for sale on their website.

Evan,
There's some fresh info and posts from Dave's Widow on this thread: rockclimbing.com/cgi-bin/fo…;forum_view=recent_posts;page=unread#unread

Before you buy, you NEED to do some research on recent Alien issues.

Good luck,
Mal

There are several long threads on rockclimbing.com (I mean really long, like hundreds of posts. Possibly one or two broke 1000 posts, but I'm not positive) talking about Alien failures.

A couple people fell far, very far, because the entire head popped right off the cable under a low fall-factor fall.

No matter what you do, you need to test any Aliens before climbing on them. I still have 6 on my rack and use them frequently. My tiny green held a 20' whipper about 2 months ago. On the other hand, many climbers won't touch them with a 10 foot pole.

Like Malcolm said, do your research.

try the new metolius master cams, single stem with a simlar trigger to aliens.

Also take a look at the Wild Country Zeros. They don't cover the range of the Aliens though, the Master Cams are a better alternative for that. I agree with the previous posters, do the research and come to your own decision. I personally like the Zeros and would pass on Aliens, but many others feel differently.