Petzl - Color coded carabiner gates

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Written By John Godino
 

A nice detail on Petzl carabiners:

  • The double action twist carabiners have RED gates.

  • The triple action twist carabiners have ORANGE gates.

You can look at your harness at a glance and know what you're grabbing. Is it mandatory? No. Is it a nice design touch? Yes.

  • Petzl Sm’D twist lock, my favorite for a personal tether. Once it clicks shut, you KNOW it's locked. Bonus: If you look closely, you can see a tiny hole drilled underneath the gate. If you’re a keeper-cord kind of person, this gives you a convenient place to tie one.

  • Petzl Rollclip, a combination triple action carabiner and (fairly) high efficiency pulley. Useful in various kinds of minimalist rigging and mechanical advantage systems, very cool tool.

(Side note: Please don't top rope through a pulley carabiner like this. The decreased friction increases force on the anchor, and makes it more difficult for you to control the lower of your partner, among other things.)

Petzl color coded carabiners
 
John Godino
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