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You save 10% Outdoor Caving Karabiners-and-Connectors Handy Raumer
Handy
A snapgate carabiner in AISI 304 stainless steel, used in combination with caving descenders (pulley or figure of 8) on a single rope.

£22.45 (inc Vat)
You save 10% Outdoor Caving Karabiners-and-Connectors RockLock Magnetron Black Diamond
RockLock Magnetron
The classic Rocklock shape but with Black Diamond's new magnetic lock 'Magnetron Technology'

£21.42 (inc Vat)
You save 11% Outdoor Caving Karabiners-and-Connectors Omni Petzl
Omni
Lightweight, alloy semi-circular karabiner.

£16.45 (inc Vat)
You save 11% Outdoor Climbing Karabiners-and-Connectors Locking William Petzl
William
large, pear-shaped karabiner, ideal for belaying with an italian hitch.

£12.85 (inc Vat)
You save 11% Professional Access Karabiners-and-Connectors Maillon-Rapides Standard Twist Maillon Rapide
Standard Twist
The oval shaped Maillon Rapide with a 90 degree twist

£10.62 (inc Vat)
You save 11% Outdoor Climbing Karabiners-and-Connectors Locking Aero Screw Gate DMM
Aero Screw Gate
D shaped screw gated locking karabiner with good rope radius. Ideal for rigging on single and multi pitch routes as well as vital runners such as spikes and trees.

£10.62 (inc Vat)
You save 11% Outdoor Climbing Karabiners-and-Connectors Locking OK Oval Petzl
OK Oval
Ideal for use with pulleys or as a general purpose krab.

£10.62 (inc Vat)
You save 11% Professional Outdoor-Education Climbing Karabiners-(Steel) 10mm Oval DMM
10mm Oval
The DMM 10mm Oval carabiner is a small and compact, it’s great for use when working with pulleys. The Oval shape helps to ensure that the pulley sits square and is perfectly equalised for the best levels of per...

£7.52 (inc Vat)
You save 11% Outdoor Climbing Karabiners-and-Connectors Snapgates Aero Bent Gate DMM
Aero Bent Gate
D shaped alloy bent gate karabiner.Often used as Saftey, Climbing, Caving Equipment, because of its superb handling and functionality along with its exceptional strength and safety features.

£7.19 (inc Vat)
You save 10% Outdoor Climbing Karabiners-and-Connectors Snapgates Oval Wire Black Diamond
Oval Wire
A well priced, strong, oval wiregate.

£7.19 (inc Vat)
You save 11% Professional Access Karabiners-and-Connectors Maillon-Rapides Semi-circular Maillon Rapide
Semi-circular
Semi circular or half moon Maillon Rapide, ideal for securing caving harnesses

£7.14 (inc Vat)
You save 10% Professional Access Karabiners-and-Connectors Maillon-Rapides Square Maillon Rapide
Square
Square shaped Maillon Rapide

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Karabiners and Connectors


Caving connectors are generally one of two types, either Maillons, or Karabiners.

Maillon Rapides have a screw thread connection, which makes them very strong (stronger than a karabiner of the same size) and unlikely to come undone, which makes them ideal for use in rigging pitches, where the pitch head will not be checked before you go back up the rope. They come in many different shapes and sizes, but the most common are the long oval maillon used for rigging, and the semi circular maillon that you will need to secure your harness and hold your SRT kit securely.

Karabiners are much faster to use, and are much better for use as the connector on your cowstails and for attaching various bits of SRT kit to the central maillon. We stock a variety of karabiners in steel and alloy forms with different types of gates.

Steel karabiners are heavier than alloy, but are much more resistant to wear. If you want a karabiner to belay ladder and lifeline pitches using an italian hitch, or as a braking krab to use with your descender, go for steel.

The type of gate your karabiner has will affect how you want to use it. Snap gates are light and quick to use, but can open if badly positioned. Screw gates are slightly slower to use if you do up the gate (if you don't, it's essentially a snapgate), but will not open easily. We like the reassuringly named Petzl OK with its red indicator to tell you that you haven't fastened the gate. If you think that you might not be able to see your karabiner during use, go for a screwgate!

The shape is important too, Oval krabs are good as general connectors, but really come into their own when using pulleys. The symmetrical shape of the krab will allow the pulley to hang straight. D shaped krabs are good as general connectors, but if you're going to be attaching lots of things to one krab, or belaying using an italian hitch you'll appreciate the larger HMS karabiners.




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