Keylock Locking Biners?

[tomtom]

I use them on my daisies and need to be able to open it easily with a thumb.

 

Anyway, I don't think it exists...

 

Yates Mongoose

[Lambone]

Ah-ha! Cool!

 

This is what I use them for (not my picture):

[erik]

i think all auto lock biners are dumb and add a potential for faliure.

[thelawgoddess]

i think all auto lock biners are dumb and add a potential for faliure.

[Rodchester]

I wouldn't say they are dumb, but I'd say that autolockers can let one get lazy and assume becuase you heard a metalic click/sound that the biner locked.

 

In an alpine environment or multi-pitch setting one often has a lot of gear on, and the biner gate may be making that metalic sound as it hits something else made of metal, say another biner, a cam, a nut, etc.

 

With a classic screw locker, you know you have to lock it...not just check it. I stick with screw lockers to force me to not get lazy and assume that it locked.

 

Just my opinion/preference.

[erik]

the spring mechanism tends to get clogged or dirty faster then a traditional screwgate biner, hence the additional point for failure. granted all gear should be checked for wear or dysfunction to prevent such an occurance.