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This carabiner is one of the most innovative on the market. It has a hooded nose that brings the best of both worlds: the light design of a wire gate and the ease of removing from bolt hangers (something that previously only keylock carabiners ...
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| | Petzl Spirit Bent Gate
The Petzl Spirit is maybe the oldest and most popular sport climbing carabiner in the world. More than a decade ago, Petzl's innovative keylock design of the gate was the first to eliminate the problem of the notch getting snagged on the bolt hanger...
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The Petzl Spirit is maybe the oldest and most popular sport climbing carabiner. More than a decade ago, Petzl's innovative keylock design of the gate was the first to eliminate the problem of the notch getting snagged on the bolt hanger when c...
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The Wild Country Nitro is one of the best values in a sport climbing
carabiner. It scored near the top in all our tests but is often 50% cheaper than the carabiners that scored higher. It has a normal notched nose which is really the main diffe...
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| | Petzl Ange S
The Ange is the most striking wiregate carabiners we have seen. Instead of a loop of metal that every other wiregate uses, the Ange uses a single straight piece: the gate looks like a toothpick that stabbed a raison. My first reaction was, "That look...
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The Black Diamond Positron] is a good medium-sized carabiner for sport, trad or top rope routes. The stand out feature being the easy to unclip keylock design.
The Petzl Spirit is its main competitor and has a similar non-wiregate keyloc...
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The Oval Wire is the wire gate version of the classic Black Diamond Oval. It is a little lighter than the oval and stronger. It is great for racking gear because so much gear fits on it.
The oval shape reduces carabiner shift and al...
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| | Black Diamond Oz
The Black Diamond Oz is a lightweight (28 grams) small to medium sized, multiple use, wire-gate carabiner. When Tommy Caldwell first handed me an Oz Quickdraw, I had to lift it up and down a few times – I was trying to feel weight that was not there....
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When this biner first came out it was my favorite. I instantly bought a bunch, put them on my rack and was psyched. That was five years ago. Now the
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| | Wild Country Astro
The Wild Country Astro is one of the best lightweight carabiners out there, especially for the price. Only the Mad Rock Ultra-Light Straight cost less but it is a little heavier and did not score quite as high. The Black Diamond Oz scored a tiny bit ...
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The Mad Rock Ultra-Light Bent is probably the best value on a bent gate wiregate
carabiner and, at only $6, one of the best deals in carabiners period. It is $1 less than the Wild Country Astro and $2.50 less than the Black Diamond Oz. The Oz s...
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| | Black Diamond LiveWire
The Black Diamond Hotwire and Black Diamond Livewire were some of first carabiners with the once revolutionary "wiregate" design. At first glance the wiregate looks weak and fragile but after reading the specs and seeing them in action it is no surpr...
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The Mad Rock Ultra-Light Straight is the best deal for a lightweight carabiner we found. Its hard to find any cheaper carabiner, let alone a really light one. Its forged I-beam construction makes it pretty easy to hold and overall it was a solid but...
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| | Black Diamond Hotwire
This was the first carabiner we know of made with the revolutionary "wiregate" design. At first, they scared people. Today wire-gate carabiners are among the most popular because they are light, strong, and reduce gate shutter (the effect of the gate...
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| | Black Diamond Neutrino
A decade ago, the Black Diamond Neutrino was the first really small and light carabiner to gain popularity. It was dramatically lighter and smaller than anything else seen on Yosemite's big walls. I wouldn't do a speed ascent without them. Today, the...
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| | Black Diamond Oval
The Black Diamond Oval is the classic carabiner design and Black Diamond has been making them for as long as anyone. The oval design is tried and true and it's just kinda cool to have a few of these old school carabiners lying around. However, ...
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| | Black Diamond Quicksilver
Strong and versatile at an affordable price, Black Diamond Quicksilver is one of the most popular climbing carabiners in the United States. It has proven itself over time but has some stiff competition both in price and performance. For only 50 cents...
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The CAMP Nano 23 is the lightest carabiner made. The small size is best suited for alpine or traditional climbing but also makes a great biner for clipping small hangers or links on anchors. This carabiner is also available in a Nano 23 6 pack packag...
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The Metolius FS Mini carabiner is one of the lightest and smallest climbing-strength carabiners on the market. When I first saw this at the Trade Show I thought it was a keychain biner – it is that small. It is much smaller than the Black Diamond Oz ...
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| | Omega Pacific Doval
The Doval is a new take on the old-school oval design that incorporates lightweight with practicality. It is 40% lighter than most ovals out there due to the wire gate. Yes you can still use it typical oval tasks like carabiner brake rappel and oppos...
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