Interesting biner

Looks like it's made to be easy to clip into one handed while lead climbing. They specify gyms I assume because of it's weight and complexity... it's for weeny gym climbers to 'lead' climb.
 
It looks like the capturing 'gate' is a star wheel. After the climb is completed the rope gets unthreaded not unclipped.

The little discussion that I read on rockclimbing.com says that it's market is for climbing gyms where they want to have permanent clip points that are more robust than biners.

A $50 unit seems expensive and complicated for that purpose. But...I know that Petzl designed and marketed the Pantin to cavers but arbos were the ones that purchased more of them.
 
I got one for my collection of weird gear. The Mammut Rotor carabiner definitely qualifies as weird. The rope goes into a pocket on the star wheel. The star wheel is racheted to turn in only one direction, though the rachet can be released by the catch on the face of the carabiner. In some ways, the catch can be released too easily. A rope can only be placed into the bottom of the carabiner. You need a second carabiner, or maybe a tied loop, to attach into the top of the rotor carabiner. And it is much heavier than a conventional carabiner.
 
you put the rope in the open gap and spin the red wheel clockwise and it lock there for it can't spin or rotate against anything its locked in one spot its an added safety kinda like that little ball on the triple action biners but then you also need another biner for the little whole at the top and then a sling or something to hold that. In my opinion for the uses i can think of stick with a friction saver of some type they're less gear intensive and they have a bigger bend radius. But thats just what I see
 
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