What Are the Different Types of Carabiners? || REI 

LOL! I'm a year late, but that was a good one.

me too...due to lack of funds.. ....and skill, talent, strength....plus gravity and reality (I have a mirror). so....there's that too.

@@realjohnnytuxedo Some of the watchers are just people scrolling through their recommended and don't actually plan to climb.

haaa yeah! I learnt it by mixing 'Caribbean' and 'Ribena' together. (The latter being a UK brand of drink).

I just do it the etymological way. The word "Carabiner" came from the German word "Karabiner", and I just pronounce it the German way "Car - uh - bean - er"

you want to avoid the carabiner being loaded flat (called cross loading) as much as you can. the carabiner gets its strength from the spine and cross loading pulls on it unfavorably.

Probably just being thorough, making certain no one calls her for making a mistake

The cheapest one! If it's not load bearing you don't need to worry about strength etc.

I guess a Petzl Vulcan Triact Lock will do lol

@@lottie4588 You mean the ones used on cable machines at planet fitness?

No. It definitely is not a rope thingy.

strength and capacity vs weight

Facts

Lol same here.\

People like you are ruining the world. Go virtue signal somewhere else.

@@AZDesertExplorer Nothing wrong with trying to make this sport approachable by anyone who wants to join, like maybe those of hispanic or latin descent who potentially find that word extremely offensive and hurtful. It's really not that hard to alter our language.

@@Yarrownew9759 what word do you read as offensive or hurtful?

I have used while camping, very convenient. You can even make a pulley system with carabiners to lift heavy stuff like tree logs

It doesn't really matter because climbing carabiners are rated for certain loads, no matter what material they are. The material affects price and weight more than anything else. Steel and aluminium are common.

@@Candesce Thanks Karina 🙏

How are you using it? Climbing? Instructing climbing? Rope access? Caving?

All climbing-rated carabiners are effectively equivalent strength within error tolerance. If every kN mattered, we would all be climbing on steel carabiners.

..which affects the strength quite a lot ;D compare gate-open vs gate-closed strength..

I tend to prefer the wire gate shape ones and with the locking thing. But I'm not a climber but I use them for other stuff

Hey, it's a rating of its strength. From REI website: Carabiners are rated for strength in three directions: lengthwise (major axis), sideways (minor axis) and while open (major axis open or "gate open"). These ratings are typically marked on the spine of the carabiner. All climbing carabiners pass UIAA and CE standards, which means they are plenty strong enough as long as you use them correctly. Gate-open strength and minor-axis strength are where you see the most variation.

latrine

For climbing purposes, strength rating is basically irrelevant as long as it's UIAA or CE certified. Carabiner failure occurs due to compromised, unrated scenarios (e.g. hooked nose, leveraged over an edge...) Material is also irrelevant because it's all aluminum. Steel is an option but unnecessary for the vast majority of use-cases.