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Jon Beck
Trad climber
Oceanside
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Soon to be released, the Integraton Carabiner, a non-metallic carabiner, all wood, take your climbing to the next level.
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GDavis
Social climber
SOL CAL
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OK Dave, looks like SOMEONE'S never tried coke before.
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MisterE
Social climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 7, 2013 - 12:43am PT
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BTW, you have long fingernails for a dude.
Thanks, I have a great manicurist. These climbing gear demo jobs are all about appearance, dontcha know. :)
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MisterE
Social climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 7, 2013 - 01:30am PT
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OK, so I am totally on board with the magnet to reduce gate-flutter on the rope-clip side during falls, that seems worthy.
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Jonnnyyyzzz
Trad climber
San Diego,CA
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I played with one in a shop the other day. What happens when you drop that piece of crap in the dirt and the magnets fill up the trick lock triggers with iron flakes like any other magnet that gets dropped in the dirt? How are you going to clean that out. What a piece of sh_t.
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mechrist
Gym climber
South of Heaven
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Magnetite is a common accessory mineral in granitic rocks, especially in earlier stage veins (~400-450C if memory serves)... so some of that magnetic sh#t ain'tchur common iron flakes.
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philo
Trad climber
Is that light the end of the tunnel or a train?
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I think they rock and will be common in the future.
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ELM !
climber
Near Boston
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I am always really suspicious when a company makes a product and immediately touts it as a "breakthrough". I've played with one. I'm sure that the magnet will collect flakes and filings as time goes on and get stuck open when you really need it to shut. I also don't really like that you need to pinch it to open it; that's a rather fine motor skill. I can handle normal lockers with less dexterity and from all kinds of angles. Pinching will be nice and fun to try to do with your heart rate is up.
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philo
Trad climber
Is that light the end of the tunnel or a train?
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Lots of folks also poo pooed Chouinard when he drooped ice axe picks.
Lots of folks thought it was just a gimmic.
Lots of folks were clearly wrong.
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philo
Trad climber
Is that light the end of the tunnel or a train?
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I am strangely drawn to magnetic carabiners.
Is it because they are a good idea or could it just be an affect of the medical metal in my body?
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couchmaster
climber
pdx
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"I am strangely drawn to magnetic carabiners.
Is it because they are a good idea or could it just be an affect of the medical metal in my body? " Ha! Funny stuff Phil !
Thanks E for the report for those us us too poor cough*lazy*cough to check them out yourself. I wasn't an early convert to wiregates but I did come around so I figure that there's plenty of time to fall in love with magnets. Or not.
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Mark Hudon
Trad climber
Hood River, OR
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I was touring Chouinard Equipment factory in the very early 80s and an engineer there was showing me an auto locking biner. I laughed to myself and thought "who the hell is ever going to buy that?"
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philo
Trad climber
Is that light the end of the tunnel or a train?
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Not to mention that mono-point crampons and leashless axes will never catch on.
My guess is that the issue is price not efficacy. I can remember when carabiners cost $2.50 for an oval and $3.25 for a locker. Back then I had to decide between gear and lunch. Same as it ever was.
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GDavis
Social climber
SOL CAL
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To me it is like the auto lockers, play with an auto and a magnetron and see which action you prefer. If you are like me and can't come to terms with your monkey brain just embrace it and have a fun toy. It isn't a need, and I don't think anyone (even BD) makes bones about it being necessary equipment for rock climbing... just another cool gadget that is fun. For some people that is worth twenty something bucks.
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Vegasclimber
Trad climber
Las Vegas, NV.
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I haven't had a chance to play with one, myself. I might get a pair just for grins. When I do, I'll make sure and go drop them in a bunch of dirt and report back.
I do recall that one of the guys at the shop said that they specifically can't be used in ice, so he has no use for them.
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handsome B
Gym climber
SL,UT
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This is the easiest 'one handed' locker design I have used. I don't do a lot of 'one handed' extreme locking so I'm not sure how handy that is.
We have been climbing with them for a little over a year and haven't noticed any gunk build-up in the magnets. I don't know how magnetic our soil is.
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Vegasclimber
Trad climber
Las Vegas, NV.
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Must be nice to have had them for over a year!
Our shop still keeps getting the brush-off and delay notices with the ship date on these, for over 3 months now. They get the grid lock belay version but that's it.
Same thing with both the REI's in town, can't get them there either. So either there is a hell of a lot of demand or they are having some serious issues with production.
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guyman
Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
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I own one, and use it.
It works really nicely for the ATC biner but I can't see it as part of a draw... you can't use two fingers to open it up and slap a rope into it.
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philo
Trad climber
Is that light the end of the tunnel or a train?
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I would like to hear more about use in winter. I thought they would be great with a gloved hand.
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