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Black Diamond Gridlock Screwgate Carabiner

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Item No. 994072

Award Winner - Climbing Magazine Editors' Choice Award 2011

The Black Diamond Gridlock Screwgate Carabiner is a new hot forged belay biner that eliminates the possibility of cross-loading. The intuitive design is simple with no extra moving parts, just snap your belay loop into the smaller side of the "8", lock the gate, and you are good to go. The Gridlock screwgate also features an i-Beam spine that transitions into a rounded rope bearing surface. This Black Diamond carabiner is totally hot forged and weighs in at a teensy 76 grams.

DECENT FEATURES of the Black Diamond Gridlock Screwgate Carabiner

Hot-forged construction
I-Beam spine transitions into a rounded, large rope-bearing surface
Intuitive and easy-to-use design
Screwgate sleeve

The SPECS

Weight: 2.7 oz / 76 g
Closed Gate Strength: 4.946 lbf / 22 kN
Open Gate Strength: 1.798 lbf / 8 kN
Minor Axis Strength: 1.574 lbf / 7 kN
Gate Opening: 0.83" / 21 mm

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"Great Carabiner!" 05/16/13

Perfect carabiner to prevent cross loading

by Forrest from Pocatello, Idaho

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"Great Belay/Rappel Biner" 04/21/13

Really good to keep you out of Crossloading territory, this is a solid biner that you can put through the works and come out on top. Pros- no crossloading, easy to open. Cons- takes some time to work on maneuvering the gate around.

by Peter from Preston

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"innovative and practical design" 04/17/13

pros:awesome carabiner for belaying.super light, keeps anchor rope and climbers rope separated and orientated properly. cons:takes a couple of goes to get used to using it.takes slightly longer to get ropes positioned and clipped properly. you have to make sure the rope is siting properly below the small separator bit. if the rope is sitting on the separator bit, it'll be trying to force the gate open.

by Sasanka

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"Very simple, useful design" 03/06/13

Not sure what all the fuss is about, it might take an extra second to take this off, but it's really not that hard. Besides, I think it's nice to know you don't have to worry about a crossload being put on in. I love it, planning on getting another one sometime soon.

by Trevor from Woodford, VA

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"bad ass carabiner" 02/07/13

great for any belay, awesome black diamond idea! I can't wait to try the magnetron version.

by Laura from Las Cruces NM, United States

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"Great carabiner for what its made for! Less convienient to take on and off." 11/20/12

The Gridlock will not crossload on you! Guarenteed I have tried to force it to crossload and it just won't which is perfect because that's what it was made for. It is slightly less conveinient to take on and off because you have to situate the carabiner around your belay loop but considering my old carabiner was constantly cross loading its worth it. Also a heads up if you have an Alpine style harness ( I think that's what they are called. I'm talking about the ones that just have a crotch loop and you tie through that and your waist belt) it won't fit as designed. My buddy makes it work and I don't see a safety hazard with it but I really don't know so I wouldn't suggest it.

by Robert from college station

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"Never cross loads" 11/11/12

Fantastic design means you'll always apply the load right, slightly fiddly when furst handeling but you quickly become adept at navigating the belay loop and yes i do use this as my dedicated belay crab

by Matt from Melbourne, Australia

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"Now, I don't like using any thing else for my ATC. Also solid, takes heat from friction well." 09/15/12

The pear shape combined with the "Gridlock" Flare on the gate makes this Biner the next step in Biner-dom. It is not Fat or thick.. But does have a good rope edge for when belaying with an ATC. Yes it is one more step to take on and off but, worth it when you don't have to fiddle a Biner turning, flipping, cross-loading, or whatever when you are belaying. Completely worth the trade off in my book.

by Charles from Yangshuo, China

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"Not a necessity, but definitely a cheap luxury upgrade" 09/06/12

I had read previous reviews about people saying it's hard to figure out/use and takes longer to set up. But I'm here to tell you, I didn't major in rocket science at Harvard and I figured it out on my first try : ) As far as it taking longer to set up, yes, it does take one second longer. Though in the grand scheme of things, one second is well worth the added safety benefits. As far as it being a necessity? No, definitely not. But for an extra $10, it's added piece of mind!

by Stacey from Iowa City

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"Getting the job done." 09/05/12

This is one of the first Carabiners that I have owned and thus far it has been easy to use and my favorite. I have used regular carabiners and would choose this one over those. This one works well and the gate is large enough to be effective in multiple situations. Comfortable to use and grips well over standard carabiners.

by Ryan from Logan

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"Not just a gimmick" 08/23/12

Doesn't take long to get used to using it, and stops cross loading. However, it does seem to wear faster than other carabiners because it doesn't spin, especially in sandy areas.

by Tony

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"Solid Carabiner" 08/19/12

my only complaint is that the biner itself does not actually lock. Granted, it does not need too since the belay device will be in the smaller pocket, but it would still be nice. Other than that i have never had a single issue with this gridlock

by Chase from Lakeville

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