Karabina recommendation please...

[Rob Thompson]

Hello, new to srt, patience required ! I've got my srt kit, and I'm trying to tune it in. I was using a single attachment pulley with a loop of paracord threaded through the holes to clip on the chest harness. Now I thought I'd upgrade that for a very swanky triple attachment pulley, dose anyone else find it a royal pita to get to any of the two remaining holes ?

 

Also, I treated myself to a boa karabina and a swivel. Replaced my bridge while I was in the area ! Now, when the system is on, I did not foresee, the bloody things won't work together ! I had to put a ring back on the bridge. I suppose I'll need an oval karabina. I have a few of those in various sizes, but I find that they seem a bit cramped. Am I just being a ninny ? What do you guys use there ?

Thanks, Rob.

[Rob Thompson]

I've taken the standard triple off my DdRT system, and it's oval carabiner. This works a lot better. Maybe the eccentric is all mouth no trousers ! I'll see how it does in my DdRT O rig... meanwhile I'll probably order some more of these ovals.

[Mark Bolam]

Good call.

I’ve always used the DMM ovals.

[krummholz]

PerfectO are good, you might want to pop a rubber stopper on the far side to stop everything riding round

[Rob Thompson]

1 hour ago, Mark Bolam said:

Good call.

I’ve always used the DMM ovals.

Just ordered some more, my wife can't understand WHY I need more biners ! 

[Rob Thompson]

1 hour ago, krummholz said:

PerfectO are good, you might want to pop a rubber stopper on the far side to stop everything riding round

I've got 2 perfectO's. I have them on my re direct webbing slings. I think they are too tiny for a whole system. They are so cute ! 

[All About Trees]

Best carabiner I found for using with the rope wrench is the DMM Rhino. It's got a flatter top and a horn to stop your hitch cord etc slipping round onto the spine. The ultra o are awesome crabs but like you say they're a bit cramped when you've got 2 legs of friction cord, your pulley and 2 legs of tether.

[Mark Bolam]

19 minutes ago, Rob Thompson said:

Just ordered some more, my wife can't understand WHY I need more biners ! 

I told mine years ago it was illegal to put an order in and not buy at least one biner.

[Rob Thompson]

44 minutes ago, All About Trees said:

Best carabiner I found for using with the rope wrench is the DMM Rhino. It's got a flatter top and a horn to stop your hitch cord etc slipping round onto the spine. The ultra o are awesome crabs but like you say they're a bit cramped when you've got 2 legs of friction cord, your pulley and 2 legs of tether.

The rhino would be no good for my swivel. I need to invert the biner to be able to get it on, the gate section will not go through the swivels hole. The rhino is for belay devices, or anything that you don't want moving out of place. It prevents cross loading. It's a great biner for the right job, but no good for the DMM swivel.

[krummholz]

1 hour ago, Rob Thompson said:

I've got 2 perfectO's. I have them on my re direct webbing slings. I think they are too tiny for a whole system. They are so cute ! 

Ah I did mean UltraO, I'm always getting those 2 mixed up