The click up. People seem to love it already.

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These things look pretty bitchin I have to say. Where did you get yours Caribe?
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caribe wrote:
GWG wrote:I did order one of these and when I brought it to the gym where I climb in PA, most people were skeptical. After we used it for the night, everyones' opinion was changed.
I had one at the crag over the weekend. I think my buds who tried it were favorably impressed also. I like it. Older ropes are harder to manage (buddy had a new 10.2 mm that worked fine), but my no means impossible.
I've been promoted to bud? Or, did you climb in Sunday too. :lol:

Yeah, actually the device looked easy to use. Andrew used it with just a few quick instructions. The lowering process is smooth. If a gri-gri is too pricey, this would be a good alternative.
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This device could be preferable to a gri gri actually--it appears keeping the brake hand all the time is a part of the ergonomic design of the device and much easier relative to a grig, but it is still self-locking for the purpose of belaying a climber while working a project. This could help avoid many a problem such as the one over on that "other" thread...

I'm down to try it out anyway. Plus it's lighter and meant to work on thinner ropes.... a big problem with grigri (ie. belayer) failure is that they aren't designed for ropes under 9.6. Of course, this should be improved with the GriGri2....
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dustonian wrote:These things look pretty bitchin I have to say. Where did you get yours Caribe?
'I know a guy who know a guy . . . ' a dealer gave me a sweet deal that I could not pass up. I can't say more. :|
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bcombs wrote:I've been promoted to bud? Or, did you climb in Sunday too.
F (pawilks+saxman+Alana), S (U & Andrew) & M (Brentucky + Ryan + Tania Smith). All great buds. What an awesome weekend I had. I feel so grateful to know and climb w/ U guys.
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I ordered mine from Open Tip for $49.95. Delivery was about a week.
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GWG wrote:I ordered mine from Open Tip for $49.95. Delivery was about a week.
Do you like it?
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Yes. Very simple to use. I use it just like an ATC and if I understand what you mean about keeping your brake hand as part of the ergonomic design, you are correct. It doesn't feel awkward to use at all.

I don't use it at the gunks because of the amount of climbing I do with double ropes and double rope raps.
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I ordered one from opentip. They charged me $55 plus $10 shipping plus $3.50 handling fee.
You can ship this item any place in lower 48 states for $5 us postal service.
I used the click up, it's ok but I will stick with the Gri gri.
I found that the auto locking would kick in when you did not want it to
while feeding rope for a quick clip. Any suggestions welcome.
I used it only once. It's yours for $40 if you want it. I'll pay the shipping.
PM me if you want it.
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sold
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