It's designed for the plAcement and retrieval of ropes in trees, can be utilized with only one hand--and if dropped (or thrown ) to the ground is light enough to pose little or no danger to those below. Abuse of tools over time just doesn't pay
Once I passed forty I found it more and more in-appealing to work my way out on a limb or to some outer tie-in point to place a rope or retrieve a stuck throw cord. Got turned on to a gadget called the Sidekick. Has extended my climbing life and made things much simpler and safer. I rank it...