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jbrd528
Mar 31, 2003, 5:29 PM
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Neutrinos and Hotwires
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benkiessel
Mar 31, 2003, 5:53 PM
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BD hotwires
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climberer
Mar 31, 2003, 6:16 PM
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ahhhh, Lucky Siuranas
made for metolius, but at half the price
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sharpie
Mar 31, 2003, 8:20 PM
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I think the DMM Wirelocks are the best general-purpose biners on the market, and maybe the most expensive. And, the DMM Eclipse is also a great biner, nice and big like the BD Big Easy, with super smooth gate action.
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dontfall
Apr 3, 2003, 2:09 PM
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Omega and Black Diamond Locking beaners are my favorite. They seem to always outlast all my others. :D :P
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ptone
Apr 3, 2003, 9:50 PM
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I haven't tons of experience, but the shape and feel of the clog draws works nice, and they're cheap and strong.
I like the Petzl pear screw (attache?) for belay--nice round profile, and drops nicely to the tip to avoid hanging up cross wise.
I hear all about petzl spirits, out of my price range right now, but a friend showed me a 10 year old well used biner and it clipped just as solid and smooth as a new one. Maby therein lies the price/quality difference!
-p
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naturalhigh
Apr 3, 2003, 10:14 PM
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if i was going to completely retro-fit my biners i'd select:
BD Ovals - great for aid and racking
Petzl Spirits - The best general purpose biner out there
Petzl Helium - Best lightweight biner - alpine use baby!
OmegaPacific D Screw-lock - cheap and bombproof
i love the design of the DMM wiregate but I don't like how the nose of that biner is wide... if they could change that, it would replace the Petzl Spirit as my fav workhorse.
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bigdrop
Apr 5, 2003, 4:27 AM
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-DMM PRO WIRES (draws)
-DMM WIRE LOCKS (draws)
-DMM BELAY MASTER (belay and assending) I won't climb on anything else.
-DMM LYNX SCREWLOCK BINER (SPORT achors)
-Simond JUMBO HMS screwlock Biner (TR anchors)
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bubba
Apr 6, 2003, 4:29 AM
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DMM Eclipse.
By far the best biner i've ever used. Massive gate opening, easy handling, deep baskets. Especially good for ice climbing.
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carnaged
May 17, 2003, 7:32 PM
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I'm a big fan of the Petzl Spirit carabiner.
It's light and easy to clip into anchor points.
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whichwayisup
May 18, 2003, 12:58 AM
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Trango Lightweight wire gate. Nothing fancy, just easy to clip and easy on the wallet.
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caughtinside
May 20, 2003, 12:03 AM
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Omega JC wiregates
I just got some, man are they smooth and light! I think they're the cheapest wiregate out there.
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vladowski
May 20, 2003, 2:36 AM
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I have quite a variety of biners, but i prefer metolius draws and omega ovals. I also have a petzl spin ball locker that is real danky. It's not too big, it's really light, and it's the strongest one I own (28 kN i think).
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rockunderfoot
May 20, 2003, 8:19 AM
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Yea for BD Hotwires! :)
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straightedgeteen
May 20, 2003, 11:05 AM
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In reply to: I love the petzl nuetrinos, and the omega wires... For belaying and repelling, the petzl williams lock takes the cake... And of course there's nothing like the original ovals and D's, they seem to maintain their usefullness and wonderful oldschool charm... I pretty much love any biner that's mine I guess! :roll:
BD makes nuetrunios haaa
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deafclimber
May 20, 2003, 11:31 AM
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hotwires...
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kyhangdog
May 20, 2003, 1:02 PM
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Anyone heard anything about the Omega Dovals?
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punk
May 20, 2003, 1:47 PM
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For…
Pro side - Petzl spirit, BD Positron, Kong guide
Rope side - Petzl spirit bent, BD Positron bent, Kong guide bent, DMM Mamba bent, WC big wire BD hotwire
Belay - DMM Boa
Cordelett - Petzl William, attach, Kong HMS, BD Positron
Ultralight – BD Neutrinos, Trango Lightweight II, Kong Helium (pro side)
For me there is no one favorite it is all depending on the applications
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wlderdude
May 25, 2003, 12:08 AM
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Yeah, the Omeglite 4.0's are terrible biners.
They snag on everything (even each other) and are hard to clip into bolts sometimes.
My favorites are the BD Positron and Kong biners that have the keylock. Spirits are fine, but a little too costly to be my favorite.
Kong biners tend to be little bit sticky, even when they are new. Metolius Cam lube (which is just White Lightning in a Metolius bottle) will get the gates flowing better than when they were new.
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badphish
May 25, 2003, 2:47 AM
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any wiregate, particularly black diamond
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sheldonjr
May 30, 2003, 2:34 AM
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I'm gonna go with the OP Ovals. (Not the BD, yuck.)
The OP screwlock D. (Cheap and stroongg!)
The OP Autolock Jake. (Dig that side swingin, auto lockin action.)
And Metolius 7" Quickdraws.
Whoa. I never realized how much I like OP. :?
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raingod
May 30, 2003, 3:54 AM
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When I started out I bought Camp Aliens bent and straight gates for my draws (5 bucks each at MEC) they worked fine then MEC stopped carrying them and I went to the next cheapest Luckies they also worked fine. Now that I am no longer a starving student or an unemployed graduate I buy wire gates... I like hotwires but I'll try anything new with some cool bell or whistle.
Now that I think about it I have a lot of draws but I guess thats ok I'm big I don't even feel the weight.
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