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i'll likely buy one of these, but i'll be reluctant to let anyone belay me who didn't learn on a gri-gri.

real belaying standards.

It would be nice to have something that would compete with the gri-gri and bring it's price down.

If two machines perform the same, go with the simplest.

If buying one gets me a high five and a fist bump before a climb (like in the second video), I'm all in.

caribe, you ARE the standard.

anybody have the grigri2 yet?

"people seem to love it already!" Woooo! people love boobies at the crag too, but you wont see me being the first dude to get implants...

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.

Likes:
-very simple to use
-autoblocking is quick and very difficult to override
-controlled lowering. You'd have to really work to get it into a position to allow a freefall.
-very smooth feeding of rope on lead belaying
-works great with the smaller diameter ropes
-clearly displayed diagrams on the device can alert you if it is threaded incorrectly
-even threaded backwords, it works just like an ATC

Dislikes:
-Can't double rope rappel
-difficult to pull thicker ropes through

Bottom line from the feedback I've received from the people I climb with is that it's a great belay device for single pitch climbing. Everyone liked it over the gri gri because of the ease of use.

GWG

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.