New Auto Locking Belay Device

Designed for the climbing industry thousands of trublues are in use around the world in climbing gyms ropes courses family entertainment centers and more.

New auto locking belay device. Need to read more. Assisted braking belay devices also sometimes called self braking self locking auto blocking or auto locking devices are designed to lock down on the rope when a sudden force is applied to it to help the belayer catch and hold a fall. Proper technique must be mastered for this belay device. The loop is used when setting up the belay device at an anchor so that the belayer can top belay a second.

For instance to catch a fall with a tube style device the belayer must lock the rope off down by their hip while also gripping tightly to the rope to keep it from slipping. Two slots allow you to belay with double or twin ropes and to accommodate such skinny ropes the new alpine version comes in two sizes. Auto block tubular belay devices have an additional metal loop on the side. Petzl s grigrii is the third iteration of the device that started it all.

Belaying your follower or followers with an auto blocking device set up directly on the anchor allows the leader to go almost hands free while safely bringing the follower up to his stance. The eddy is no grigri and it costs twice as much. Climbing gyms that provide pre rigged grigri s a belay device with assisted braking will often come equipped with a 3 stage auto locking carabiner with the intention of adding as much safety as possible into the system. The trublue auto belay is the next generation of indoor and outdoor climbing wall auto belays.

New for 2011 the smart alpine is a two slot version of mammut s smart device 29 95. This setup which is also called guide mode automatically stops the rope from moving through the device or catches the follower if he falls. But afterward feeding slack belaying and catching falls feels. Sport climbing gym climbing multipitch trad climbing.

Which brings unprecedented versatility to an assisted braking device.