Also one of the reasons you don’t use this type of simple clip or carabiner for climbing or supporting dangerous loads, because if the line twists it can pop the clip open in this way.
We only use screw gates and lock gates for multi-pitch belay, top belay, and general pitch anchors.
To ensure the rope doesn’t twist out, we don’t backclip, and also face the gate away from the direction we intent to climb next so it doesn’t take load.
Here’s my day kit for sport climbing, trad anchors use the same push gates. All but my three orange lockers are push gates for simple and fast clipping. Be hella dangerous if they weren’t.
Edit: Oh, and so the rope clips in extra fast and easy, the spring in the gates actually opens and shuts with less effort than what’s in OP’s video. I can slip that sucker in with almost no pressure—its so smooth and low effort, I love DMM carabiners. But that’s why we don’t ever, ever, ever backclip :)
Also one of the reasons you don’t use this type of simple clip or carabiner for climbing or supporting dangerous loads, because if the line twists it can pop the clip open in this way.
That’s not true for climbing.
We only use screw gates and lock gates for multi-pitch belay, top belay, and general pitch anchors.
To ensure the rope doesn’t twist out, we don’t backclip, and also face the gate away from the direction we intent to climb next so it doesn’t take load.
Here’s my day kit for sport climbing, trad anchors use the same push gates. All but my three orange lockers are push gates for simple and fast clipping. Be hella dangerous if they weren’t.
Edit: Oh, and so the rope clips in extra fast and easy, the spring in the gates actually opens and shuts with less effort than what’s in OP’s video. I can slip that sucker in with almost no pressure—its so smooth and low effort, I love DMM carabiners. But that’s why we don’t ever, ever, ever backclip :)
That and many of them aren’t designed to support a lot of weight. Like the ones sold as keychains.