Trango biner similar to BD Fin Design

[ConorB]

Screw Racking biner? thoughts?

 

[img:left]http://www.pawprince.com/pawprince/design/fin/polished.jpg[/img]

 

 

 

 

 

BD Fin left. Trango Right. 24kn major, 8kn minor, 7kn open. enough so your screws dont go tumbling downhill. i know that people were into the fin for racking. thought id put this one out there as well. not as deep of a basket as the fin but seems rather deep.

http://www.departmentofgoods.com/trango-directional-wire-carabiner?CMP_SKU=TRG0036&MER=0406&mr:trackingCode=DA700797-47F9-DF11-9C39-001517B1882B&mr:referralID=NA&avad=36495_d12468ad

[sean_beanntan]

Wire gates seem to me to be easier to gets the screws in and out, I go with a BD Oval biner with wire gate, seems to work fine

[G-spotter]

That little cutout T-slot for the draw webbing on the Trango is going to work oddly with a harness gear loop/clipper for racking screws, I would think

[ConorB]

yeah i use Petzl's ice clipper. but i have heard that folks seem to like the bd fin for racking screws. they don't make them anymore due to the fact that they would spontaneously combust.

 

http://cascadeclimbers.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/955458/Re_Best_Biner_for_Ice_Screw_Ra#Post955458

 

that little t slot is a weird thing as well. The biner just caught my eye and reminded me of a wiregate version of the fin.

 

i just worry about the ice clipper breaking and getting bent over a barrel halfway up a climb

[Lodestone]

Has anyone tried racking screws with the Kong Paddle carabiner? It's got a huge opening and basket to accommodate kayak paddles shafts. Available in both wire-gate an solid-gate.

 

 

 

Chad

[Coldfinger]

Since I sold one Fin and retired the other (nice piece in the collection now), I found two other possibilities.

 

1. BD Livewire, nice green color stands out, big opening, at REI on sale.

 

2. WC Xenon, nice bright yellow color, big basket, $6.50.